A rampant worm by the name of Ramnit has stolen login and password information for 45,000 Facebook users, mostly in the UK and France. Prowling the 800-million-strong social network, the worm eats user names, passwords and browser cookies. It also acts as a backdoor, meaning a hacker can attack any computer that has already been infected. According to the Microsoft Malware Protection Center, Ramnit infects Windows executables, Microsoft Office and HTML files. The Ramnit worm initially transformed into financial malware in August 2011, according to reports from Trusteer.
“What was once malware designed to steal data from financial institutions has evolved into a social network threat,” says John Weinschenk, CEO at Cybersecurity company Cenzic. “Bank account numbers and Facebook log-in credentials seem very different, but to hackers, they are equally as lucrative.”
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