How Koobface has evolved to stay a step ahead
March 4, 2010
By Byron Acohido
March 4, 2010 p2A, USA TODAY
The Koobface worm is a case study of how swiftly cybercriminals react to emerging trends. Koobface first appeared in the fall of 2008 just as social networks were getting hot. Its creators initially sent Facebook users friendly messages asking them to click on a link to see a video.
Doing so called up another message asking the recipient to click on …More
How Facebook phishers breached a corporate network
March 4, 2010
By Byron Acohido
USA TODAYÂ P. 1A 04Mar2010
SAN FRANCISCO — “Hey Alice, look at the pics I took of us last weekend at the picnic. Bob”
That Facebook message, sent last fall between co-workers at a large U.S. financial firm, rang true enough. Alice had, in fact, attended a picnic with Bob, who mentioned the outing on his Facebook profile page.
So Alice clicked on the accompanying Web link, …More