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Sexy Women Attacking Facebook

clickbuttonFacebook security hole exploited in certain parties to spread their sexy female picture link. According to AVG anti-virus, no sexy pictures are worm CSRF (Cross-Site Request forgery), which spreads through the wall of the Facebook users.

This worm tangible like an ad with a picture of bikini-clad women. ‘Want something hot? Click on this button, honey, “the writings contained in seductive ads.

However, if tempted to click it, the picture on the wall would be Facebook users. To stop this problem, the AVG claimed only Facebook can do.

Lucky in a short time, the Facebook managed to stop the circulation of the offending images. So far, no other adverse effects were reported in addition to the circulation of the photograph on the wall the Facebook user.

Responding to this problem, the image denies Facebook worm but it is a form of clickjacking. According to Facebook spokesperson, Simon Axten, not many Facebook users are affected by this problem.

“Overall, the percentage of affected users is small,” claims Axten.

Cyber Attacks Hit 750 thousand users Facebook

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Massive botnet attack reportedly hit 750,000 Facebook users. According to security vendor Cloudmark, in this attack Facebook users send a false message that states your password has been reset user related security matters.

Message with the subject “Facebook Password Reset Confirmation” that has claimed a file attachment containing a new password. But really, the file type. Zip file contains a Trojan downloader called ‘Bredlab’ or ‘Bredolab’.

It delivers a wide downloader malware, including fake security software. As a result, the victim’s computer can be infected. The attacks made security companies including Symantec, Trend Micro and Websense released a warning.

“This variant Bredolab connected with a Russian domain name and the computer seems to be infected by botnet Bredolab charts,” said Shunichi Imano, researchers at Symantec.

Jamie Tomasello from Cloudmark said that the company detects the number of messages that spread of nearly a million. “Count us continue and there are about 753,000 (which spread the message) right now,” he said.

At least 8% of the user who sent the message to think are true. However, Cloudmark has no data on how many Facebook users are exposed to the effects of the attack.

Previously, Facebook has also been hit by a virus called Koobface. Parties also suggested that Facebook users do not open e-mails are suspicious.

“Facebook will never send you a password in the form of attachment,” Facebook spokeswoman said.

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