Stolen Facebook Names, Passwords Mostly Old Data

The cyber bandits who nicked 45,000 Facebook user names and passwords with a computer worm Thursday got less than they bargained for. A “majority” of the credentials stolen by the thieves were “out of date,” according to a statement Facebook released to the media Friday. When pressed on the point…

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Malware makes off with 45,000 Facebook passwords

Malware makes off with 45,000 Facebook passwords View Larger Image A A |  Email  | Print    Tweet CTVNews.ca Staff Date: Friday Jan. 6, 2012 4:20 PM ET A computer virus has stolen 45,000 Facebook passwords from users, according to security experts. The virus, known as Ramnit, was first identified in April…

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Malware Steals Over 45,000 Facebook Passwords

Like us on Facebook The worm also acts as a backdoor for hackers to launch an attack on infected computers and networks, and had previously stolen banking details. “With the recent ZeuS Facebook worm and this latest Ramnit variant, it appears that sophisticated hackers are now experimenting with replacing the…

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Ramnit worm steals 45,000 Facebook passwords

A computer worm has begun targeting Facebook accounts and has stolen at least 45,000 login credentials from users, say security researchers. Although the worm, known as Ramnit, is targeting Facebook users around the world, most of those affected are in the UK (69%) and France(27%), according to researchers at Seculert….

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Worm ‘steals Facebook passwords’

5 January 2012 Last updated at 12:55 ET More malware is worming its way onto social networks. A computer worm has stolen 45,000 login credentials from Facebook, security experts have warned. The data is believed to have been taken largely from Facebook accounts in the UK and France, according to…

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Dammit Ramnit! Worm slurps 45,000 Facebook passwords

A bank account-raiding worm has started spreading on Facebook, stealing login credentials as it creeps across the site, security researchers have revealed. Evidence recovered from a command-and-control server used to coordinate the evolving Ramnit worm confirms that the malware has already stolen 45,000 Facebook passwords and associated email addresses. Experts…

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