Thanks Judy...Good to know...
Brian A. Moriki
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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Tyler, Judy K Ms CIV USA MEDCOM CRDAMC
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 5:37 AM
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Subject: FW: Facebook Security Issue (UNCLASSIFIED)
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This message came from our Information Assurance Officer this morning.
Thought I'd share with the list.
JUDY K. TYLER, CRM
Records Management Officer
Information Management Division
Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center
Fort Hood, TX 76544
(254) 288-8009
DSN 738-8009
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Be wary:
Facebook Users Warned of Social-Networking Virus
Internet users are being warned to watch out for a computer virus
targeting popular social networking sites in the run up to Christmas.
Sky News has been told that Facebook users are most at risk from a
variant of the Koobface virus, which has been disguised as a festive
greetings video hosted on a YouTube site. Security experts say the new
virus is "particularly nasty" and compels its victims to participate
manually in creating a new Facebook account to help spread the worm.
In previous years, variations of this virus have caused chaos across the
Web
<http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,462784,00.html?sPage=fnc/scitech/cy
bers
ecurity> .
But Internet security experts believe the new worm is likely to prove
particularly effective in fooling users, because of the growing number
of people who now opt to send out electronic greetings cards.
The attacks work by posting malicious links on Facebook wall pages,
inviting users to click on the Christmas card videos. However, any
attempt to play the video turns over control of the PC to the attackers.
The victim then sees a warning message, requiring them to solve a
Captcha (Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers And
Humans Apart) puzzle within three minutes. A timer ticks down and if the
puzzle goes unsolved after the allotted time, the PC freezes up.
Experts warn that rebooting the computer will not help and the only way
to end the loop is to solve the Captcha puzzle. The victim would then be
able to use their PC as normal, but the attacker would still have
control.
While those targeted grapple with the unfolding problem, the worm
separately uses the victim's computer to fill out a new account
application, unseen by them. The new account is then used to post more
Christmas video worms in a continuing cycle.
Internet security company Panda Security <http://www.pandasecurity.com/>
has been tracking the latest variant of the Koobface worm from its labs
in Spain.
"There is no doubting that this latest Koobface attack represents a
serious threat to social networkers," the company's UK managing director
Peter Lautin told Sky News.
"If someone runs the infected file on their Facebook or MySpace page,
the worm will automatically log in to their account and several other
social networking sites, sending malicious messages to all their
friends.
"The more people who use an application such as Facebook, or any other
means of social networking, the more likely they are to be targeted by
bad guys to send out malicious threats such as Koobface."
The company recommends that users do not reply to or follow links
included in unsolicited Facebook messages and users should always
carefully check that the URL they are entering is really that of the
site they want to access.
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http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2009/12/16/facebook-users-warned-new-soci
al-n
etworking-virus/
IMD
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