Ramnit worm targets Facebook, 45,000 logins compromised
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Facebook users have had their accounts compromised once again after the Ramnit worm, traditionally used to target the financial industry, set its crosshairs on the social networking site. According to researchers at the security firm Seculert, 45,000 user accounts have been affected.
Users in France and the United Kingdom appear to be most affected by the worm's new tirade on social sites. "We suspect that the attackers behind Ramnit are using the stolen credentials to log-in to victims' Facebook accounts and to transmit malicious links to their friends, thereby magnifying the malware's spread even further", the security firm commented in a blog post. »read more
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