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Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:20:38 -0700
From: "James Matthews" <nytrokiss@...il.com>
To: az-guy@...hmail.com
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: No subject

It;s the new facebook friend adder

On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 3:11 PM, <az-guy@...hmail.com> wrote:

> Not just Rouge apps, it's much more widespread: other colors such
> as magenta, mauve, fuschia, and even the extremes of pink and
> purple can also be impacted.
>
> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:56 PM, John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP
> <bambenek.infosec@...il.com> wrote:
>
>    What's the infection vector?  URL Link?  Rouge Facebook app?
>
>    On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 4:44 PM, Gadi Evron <ge@...uxbox.org>
> 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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