Bank Trojan botnet targets Facebook users


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October 28, 2009 1:16 PM PDT

Bank Trojan botnet targets Facebook users

by Elinor Mills

On the heels of one fake Facebook e-mail scam, a researcher warned on Wednesday of another such campaign in which users of the popular social network are being tricked into revealing their passwords and downloading a Trojan that steals financial data.

In the latest scam being blasted to e-mail in-boxes, a legitimate-looking Facebook notice asks people to provide information to help the social network update its log-in system, said Fred Touchette, a senior security analyst at AppRiver. When the user clicks the "update" button in the e-mail, they are directed to a fake Facebook log-in screen where their user name is filled in and they are prompted to provide their password.

Full details & screenshots at CNET News - http://news.cnet.com/security/

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