The KOOBFACE botnet, that’s known for using pay-per install and pay-per click mechanisms to help the masterminds that run it earn millions, has recently been upgraded with a sophisticated traffic direction system (TDS) that handles all of their traffic referenced to affiliate websites.
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20 December 2011
08:35 GMT |
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Security researchers have identified a new version of the Koobface worm which uses the global torrent network instead of social networking websites to spread.Dating back to July 2008, Koobface is one of the oldest and most successful computer worms that are still active to this day. Its original variants targeted MyS... |
19 August 2011
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Security researchers from Web and email security provider Websense have spotted a new private message spam campaign on Facebook distributing the notorious Koobface worm.The messages have a subject of "Check out the movies wsith yor ass in it" and advertise a link that leads to a bit.ly shortened URL through Facebook&... |
14 January 2011
13:37 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that a new attack is capable of infecting Windows, Mac OS X and Linux systems with a new variant of the notorious Koobface worm.The attack was spotted on social networking websites like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, the usual hunting grounds of the Koobface gang.It begins with users receivi... |
28 October 2010
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A new Koobface campaign gathers statistics about people who land on the fake video pages pushing the malware. The worm's authors have embedded code from a free visitor tracking service.Koobface is a computer worm, which spreads on social networking websites. Originally launched in mid-2008 on MySpace, different ... |
2 August 2010
04:26 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that the latest Koobface variant drops a scareware program, which severely impacts the victim's ability to use the infected system. The application, which poses as an antivirus, makes Web browsing impossible and prevents almost all programs from running.Koobface is a computer worm, whic... |
19 July 2010
05:59 GMT |
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Security experts at TrendMicro have discovered at least 1,300 public Google Reader pages infected with a new Koobface type of attack. Hackers have employed Google Reader accounts to host links redirecting users to a Koobface infected page.Attackers employed Google Reader's possibility to share links and messages... |
10 November 2009
09:20 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that a new Koobface variant is currently making the rounds on Twitter. However, while the lure remains the same, the underlying social engineering has been improved to make them more credible.Koobface is one of the first and, at the same time, one of the most successful, social networking wo... |
7 August 2009
10:02 GMT |
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The creators of the Koobface social networking worm have made a significant change in its botnet infrastructure, in order to make it more resilient to takedown attempts. Meanwhile, the worm, which started plaguing Twitter a few weeks ago, proves very successful in infecting users of the micro blogging platform. Koob... |
24 July 2009
09:53 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that Koobface, the most successful social networking worm to date, has increased its activity on Twitter, to the extent that the website's administration saw it fit to issue an alert via its status page. The staff has also began to suspend the affected accounts and send out notification... |
13 July 2009
08:41 GMT |
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On March 10, 2009, Microsoft released its monthly batch of security bulletins. Accompanying the no less than eight patch releases for Windows is a new version of the Malicious Software Removal Tool. The March 2009 version of MSRT is designed to tackle a worm that the software giant has deemed nothing short of anti-so... |
12 March 2009
07:40 GMT |
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The writers of the Koobface worm that propagates on social networking websites have just released a new variant that is able to trick the security filters enforced by Facebook. In order to achieve this, the new strain makes use of the website's own features against itself. The Koobface worm was first detected b... |
6 December 2008
06:12 GMT |
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