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| » 24 May 2010 |
| Fake Facebook application fools more users |
According to the reports from some security experts, a new kind of threat plagued the social network Facebook once again. The fake application was used by the online crooks as their newest tool in infecting the computers of countless of Facebook users on Saturday of the previous week.
Similar methods are constantly used
As said by Patrik Runald, the Australia-based security researcher of Websense Security, the recent attack was similar to the one that occurred earlier as it utilized once again a sex-oriented type of video as a trap.
Based on Runald’s post on the company’s blog, online criminals trick many Facebook users with the use of the interesting videos of “Distracting Beach Babes”. Behind the advertisement is the link that will direct an individual to the more harmful applications.
Differentiation appears to be a bit difficult
The process of this fake application is similar to the usual procedure of opening the authentic Facebook applications. Upon accessing the link, permission will then be requested from the user in order to gain entry into the target profile pages. It will also forward messages to the other individuals found on the user’s list and allow same links to be posted on each of the walls.
Upon approval, the user will then receive the direction on what to do next and this is to download the most up-to-date version of the FLV Player so as to get the chance to see the video clip.
Fake Windows media player as a disguise
Unfortunately, the type of malware masked as an FLV player is still unknown. But then, it was seen that there is a resemblance between this and the previous attack that happened just a week ago, which originated from the harmful Hotbar adware. This malware is a form of toolbar that incorporates itself into the IE browser and various pop-up ads and links.
There were speculations that the web criminals initiate their attacks specifically on weekends since it is believed that the security experts and the engineers of Facebook are all resting after a busy week.
Even in this security assault, the large social networking service did not release any statement. In addition, the security page did not include any information about the occurrence of the said glitches.
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