The return of the threat tells us that social networks are perfect targets for hackers to collect personal information from users McAfee Labs warned today that the “Koobface” virus continues to grow in social networks , generating a multiplication of messages during the Lebanon Phone Number List first quarter of this year. The firm reported the increase in these programs that aim to get passwords on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and Hi5, among others.
The company pointed out that there is a “significant upswing” in the insertion of this malicious program, a computer worm, which becomes a global threat given the large number of the population that uses social networks. The virus – Koobface – has been designed to fool the followers of Facebook users especially, in order to install malicious code on their computers, which can then be used to hack bank accounts and others.
On the other hand, according to Vincent Weafer , vice president of the company to News Asia, “Cybercriminals have begun to appreciate sensitive information and personal organization as the currency of their hacker economy” and therefore it is important to be attentive to the resurrection of Koobface , as it “reminds us that social media continues to provide a substantial opportunity to intercept personal information.”
In other words, pay attention to all Phone Number List that information that asks us to see “what they are saying about us” or with misleading links that say “this is really going to interest you”. A friend will never send us any information with those headers and if he does, well he will have to repeat the message because we cannot believe what he says, for security.
