Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
Fortinet reports that "It appears that cyber criminals
behind the Facebook worms registered Google Reader accounts (either
manually, or automatically via phishing operations or automated CAPTCHA
solvers) for the sole purpose of loading them with links to malicious
sites."
Click on that video frame which appears within
this shared content page and the old redirect to a fake codec download
kicks in, with a Trojan-enabled site being the endpoint of this
particular game.
So why bother with the addition of the Google Reader layer? Why not
just go straight for the video within Facebook needs a new codec
jugular? Because people are starting to become aware of the dangers of
link clicking this stuff.
Google, however, is seen as a trusted host. If the video is hosted at
Google it must be clean, it must be safe, right? Wrong! There is no
video, this is just a leveraging of trust layer which, when combined
with the 'it started with a note from a friend' factor all adds up to
that itchy click trigger finger syndrome.
Guillaume Lovet, Senior Manager at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Global Security Research Team, advises the
following ‘Top Five Tips’ to avoid becoming a victim:
Beware of messages with a link inside.
Ask yourself if the message you're reading is from who it claims to be - worms cannot imitate people’s own style of writing.
Be vigilant about video content. Keep in mind that online videos share
a very common format, so if you can normally see flicks on YouTube or
DailyMotion, you won't ever need any additional plug-in or codec.
Don't browse the Web with a system that's not up-to-date with security updates.
If you have already been fooled by the virus, antivirus protection may very well save you.
David Bass
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