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| » 24 May 2010 |
| Click-jacking worm scares Facebook users |
According to some security researchers, there is a new type of click-jacking worm that was recently discovered and it has been extending across the social networking website Facebook. The worm will then be utilized on scamming by allowing it to appear on the status update of a Facebook victim. However, this worm does not look like it can actually be harmful to any machines.
Vicious criminals use tricky methods
Based on the statement made by Mikko Hyponnen, the chief research officer of F-Secure, one can determine the worm when he or she sees the message “try not to laugh XD” and the link “http://www.fbhole.com/omg/allow.php?s=a&r=[any number]" as a status update from another user. And, an individual will be redirected to another page after falling into the trap by clicking on the malicious link. A false error message may be read upon viewing the new web page.
Unique type of glitch affects status messages
Hyponnen enlightened the users through his latest blog post. According to the security expert, a script will be automatically activated when the person clicks on any part of the web page. In addition, this script will then allow updating of the victim’s wall with an identical status message.
There is an indistinguishable iframe, which goes after the direction where one’s mouse is heading to. Thus, one ends up clicking the “publish” button without even knowing it. But then, no other things will occur after the status message has been placed on the user’s wall.
Threat can truly spread rapidly
As said by the chief research officer, the worm extends throughout the whole social networking site. And, the site is plagued with the specific domain fbhole.com, which appears to have an IP address that is specific to Czech Republic.
Graham Cluley, the senior technology consultant from Sophos, stated that the worm is not created for the purpose of making money out of it. Based on the study, the people behind the worm spread their creation just out of pure naughtiness.
Cluley said that there is no reason for one to be surprised with this most recent online assault on the social networking site. Considering the 2010 Threat Report of Sophos, it can be concluded that the large population of online users believe that Facebook is the most unsafe social networking service in the web.
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