KOOBFACE Is Still Being Social

Malware such as KOOBFACE hasn’t gone away quietly. In fact it’s the largest social networking threat of this year.

KOOBFACE spreads through social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace. It steals your profile information and even puts a face to the information. Here’s how it works. You get a status update from a friend, directing you to watch a video. But when you click on it, there’s an error message saying you need to update your Adobe Flash Player.

For more information check out Trend Micro’s 8 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About KOOBFACE. While the article is a little old, the basic information is still the same.

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