{"id":941,"date":"2009-07-14T11:11:49","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T15:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wmlinfospot.wordpress.com\/?p=941"},"modified":"2016-07-20T16:12:24","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:12:24","slug":"beware-koobface","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/library\/2009\/07\/14\/beware-koobface\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware Koobface"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Scranton&#8217;s Information Security Office has released a memo warning the University community about the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Koobface\" target=\"_blank\">Koobface worm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the official word:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The University&#8217;s Information Security Office has received official  notice from the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team about  the increasing threat of the Koobface worm.\u00a0 This computer malware  targets users of social networking sites such as facebook.com,  friendster.com and myspace.com with the intent of stealing personally  identifiable information and credit card information.\u00a0 There are  approximately 60 reported Koobface variants, all of which entice users  to click on a link to a fake video hosting website with messages such as  &#8220;This is a video of you on the street.&#8221;\u00a0 These messages can appear to be  sent from someone the user knows whose profile has already been compromised&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Users are advised to ignore messages similar to the one above  and refrain from clicking links in unsolicited message, even out of  curiosity.\u00a0 For more information about this and other malware threats,  please contact <span><span> <\/span>security@scranton.edu<span>.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can find more information about Koobface from <a href=\"http:\/\/vil.nai.com\/vil\/content\/v_148955.htm\">McAfee<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.symantec.com\/security_response\/writeup.jsp?docid=2008-080315-0217-99\">Symantec<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Scranton&#8217;s Information Security Office has released a memo warning the University community about the Koobface worm. 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