Koobface Gang Uses Facebook to Spread Powerful Worm
The men live comfortable lives in St. Petersburg — and have frolicked on luxury vacations in places like Monte Carlo, Bali and, earlier this month, Turkey, according to photographs posted on social network sites — even though their identities have been known for years to Facebook, computer security investigators and law enforcement officials. One member […]
Koobface malware spreading via torrent
After spreading via social networking site Facebook several months back, the Koobface virus appears to be back, this time spreading via torrent and peer-to-peer file sharing. Computer security firm Trend Micro said that the virus, which turns computers it infects into a peer-to-peer botnet, now uses Trojanized shared application files. “Based on our research, we […]