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Koobface October 2009 Youtube spoof (Social engineering tactics of the Koobface botnet)

Koobface October 2009 Youtube spoofYou might want to check out the 3rd image for the article "Koobface October 2009 Youtube spoof". There is some words in it that some might not want to see.

Tags: social engineering, Koobface, YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

New Koobface campaign spoofs Adobe's Flash updater

Earlier this week, the botnet masters behind the most efficient social engineering driven botnet, Koobface, launched a new campaign currently spreading across Facebook with a new template spoofing Adobe's Flash updater embedded within a fake Youtube page. The malware campaign is relying on compromised legitimate web sites,...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., CAPTCHA, YouTube Inc., Social Engineering, Worm, Gang, Koobface, 0x3E8/youtube/console=yes/, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Social engineering tactics of the Koobface botnet

The gang behind the Koobface botnet is periodically updating the template it relies on for infecting new years. Here are some of the most popular ones introduced by the gang throughout the year. by Dancho Danchev

Tags: Social Engineering, Gang, Security, Botnets, Malware, Cybercrime, Koobface, Photos, Screenshots, Dancho Danchev

Image galleries 2009-10-14

Report: Final version of free Microsoft Security Essentials to ship September 29

Do we really need another security software on Windows 7?Hi!If I install MSE on Windows 7, do I really need to install another security software on Windows 7?Thanks!yes...It's called Linux and that will cure all windoze security threats forever.Yes and...while introducing 8 year old kernel faults on its own.No, but...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Koobface, FCS, MSE, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, security

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twist

Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twistFacebook also having issuesI can't play Mafia Wars what to do now! LOLNo no, they were selling a product that was uncovered as a scam!It was on the news last night. They are getting their stupid people stupid back to...

Tags: Koobface, Twitter, distributed denial of service

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

Koobface worm joins the Twittersphere

Cybercriminals are experimenting with a new feature introduced in one of the latest Koobface variants - the ability of the worm to hijack the Twitter accounts of infected users and post tweets in an attempt to infect their followers. According to researchers from TrendMicro, once the infected...

Tags: Worm, Twitter, Koobface, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-07-07

56th variant of the Koobface worm detected

Researchers from PandaLabs are reporting on the detection of the 56th variant of the Koobface worm (Boface.BJ.worm), spreading across Facebook, Tagged, Friendster, MySpace, MyYearBook, Fubar.com, Hi5 and Bebo since May, 2008. According to the company, the growth of Koobface related infections is as high as 1,200% since...

Tags: Infection, Malware, Social Engineering, Worm, MySpace, Koobface, Cyberthreats, Social Networking, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web Site Development, Security, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-05-15

Additional Resources

Kaspersky tool detects malware in Twitter links

The "Krab Krawler" analyzes the millions of tweets posted on Twitter every day and blocks any malware associated with them. Kaspersky unveiled a new tool on Thursday called "Krab Krawler" that analyzes the millions of tweets posted on Twitter every day and blocks any malware associated with them. ...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Tool, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Kaspersky, Twitter, malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-10-29

News to know: Oracle OpenWorld; Google Wave; Intel; Windows 7; WiFi

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Ellison's keynote: Linux, Exadata, the Governator and more Paul Greenberg: Oracle OpenWorld 2009 - Social CRM...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Wi-Fi, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-10-15

New Koobface campaign spoofs Adobe's Flash updater

Only one OS is affected:"The Windows operating system is currently the only operating system affected by these worms."Yes, 77% of web sites running *nix.Care to comment?This is why we can't have nice thingsNT

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, operating system, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

Click fraud facilitating Bahama botnet steals ad revenue from Google

Originally exposed as a botnet redirecting and monetizing hijacked traffic to over 200,000 parked domains primarily located in the Bahamas, researchers from ClickForensics have recently found evidence on active DNS hijacking of Google properties allowing cybercriminals to steal revenue from Google by pulling search results and displaying them on a...

Tags: Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-08

Newest Twitter phishing attack is not 'rofl'-worthy

Looks like the bad guys are up to it again. Or still. Or again. Twitter is being inundated with warnings about a new phishing attempt that tries to take advantage of, you guessed it - user vanity and sense of humor. The new attempt, after taking hold...

Tags: Twitter Inc., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Corporate Communications, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Scareware scammers hijack Twitter trending topics

Researchers from F-Secure and Sophos are reporting on an ongoing scareware serving campaign abusing the popular micro-blogging service Twitter. Hundreds of tweets using four different URL shortening services are currently spammed through the automatically registered Twitter accounts, relying on a pseudo-random text generation using Twitter's trending topics....

Tags: Twitter Inc., Spamming, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-23

The ultimate guide to scareware protection

Throughout the last two years, scareware fake security software, quickly emerged as the single most profitable monetization strategy for cybercriminals to take advantage of. Due to the aggressive advertising practices applied by the cybercrime gangs, thousands of users fall victim to the scam on a daily...

Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Search Engine, Antivirus, Malware, Social Engineering, Security Software, Search, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing Research, Marketing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-13

IE8 outperforms competing browsers in malware protection -- again

A recently released study by NSS Labs is once again claiming that based on their internal tests, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 outperforms competing browsers like Google's Chrome, Mozilla's Firefox, Opera and Apple's Safari in terms of protecting their users against "socially engineered malware" and phishing attacks. Not...

Tags: Malware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, IE8, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-08-19

News to know: Twitter DOS attack; Cisco and IBM, Clunkers, Win 7 chart; Murdoch; CTO

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twist Larry Dignan: Cisco CEO Chambers: IBM...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Larry Dignan, CTO, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Ryan Naraine, Twitter, Sam Diaz, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-08-07

After Twitter attack, Facebook investigates potential foul play

Early this morning it was reported that Twitter had experienced at distributed denial of service DDoS attack that took the site offline for a few hours service has since been restored. During the time rumors floated that Facebook had suffered a similar attack due to slowness in service. ...

Tags: Facebook, Distributed Denial Of Service, Twitter, Attack, Security, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twist

Popular microblogging service Twitter was knocked offline for an extended period this morning by what appears to be a massive distributed denial-of-service attacks. Twitter confirmed the outage was linked to malicious attackers in a brief status message posted around 11:00 a.m EST. We are...

Tags: Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Does Twitter's malware link filter really work?

Today, researchers from F-Secure stumbled upon a long-anticipated feature in Twitter's fight against malicious abuse of its service - a malware URL filter preventing automatically registered or compromised legitimate accounts from tweeting known malicious links. Whenever a Twitter user is attempting to post a link to a...

Tags: Malware, Twitter, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-08-03

News to know: Chrome OS; Azure; Cable speed; Google Apps; Internet radio

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Google goes after Windows with launch of Chrome OS Matthew Miller: Google Chrome OS announced, It should...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Larry Dignan, Sony Vaio, Internet Radio, Radio, Microsoft Corp., Cable, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-07-08