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Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:45:30 -0500 (CDT)
From: Gadi Evron <ge@...uxbox.org>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Cc: funsec@...uxbox.org, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: [funsec] facebook messages worm

I am constantly updating on this on my twitter account to avoid 
list clutter: 
http://twitter.com/gadievron

You can watch the infection live on a web counter from the hosting 
provider that the worm points to. This thing is fast-spreading.

 	Gadi.

On Wed, 6 Aug 2008, Gadi Evron wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> There's a facebook (possibly worm) something malicious sending fake
> messages from real users (friends).
>
> The sample also has a remote drop site (verified by someone who shall
> remain nameless).
>
> This is possibly zlob, not verified. Thanks Nick Bilogorskiy for his help.
>
> Infection sites seen so far are on .pl domains.
>
> The AV industry will soon add detection.
> Facebook's security folks are very capable, so I am not worried on that
> front.
>
> It's not that we didn't expect this for a long time now, but...
> Be careful. Some users know to be careful in email.. but not on facebook.
>
> Note: unlike 2003 when we called everything a worm and the 90s when
> everything was a virus--this is a bot which also spreads/infects on facebook.
>
> 	Gadi.
>
>
> --
> "You don't need your firewalls! Gadi is Israel's firewall."
>     -- Itzik (Isaac) Cohen, "Computers czar", Senior Deputy to the Accountant General,
>        Israel's Ministry of Finance, at the government's CIO conference, 2005.
>
>     (after two very funny self-deprication quotes, time to even things up!)
>
> My profile and resume:
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/gadievron
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