We stay up with not only technology, but with what is what in social networking. I feel it is important as that is how most people are connecting with clients and prospects. Well, Karl Logue A good friend of mine that is a big wig over at CMIT Solutions sent me one of their articles about a Facebook worm, so I wanted to pass the good information along to you guys as well.

“In the computer security industry, it’s a well-known fact that hackers and malware makers tend to go wherever the users go. That means that these days they go to social networking sites like Facebook: in the addition to high traffic, social networking sites offer up a treasure trove of personal information that hackers are constantly looking for new ways to unlock. According to a recent news report, Facebook dealt with five different security threats in the space of a week. One of the most serious threats is the Koobface worm, which surfaced in two major attacks last year and is now back for more. 

Once downloaded, the worm searches for cookies left on the user’s machine by social networks. It uses these cookies to connect to the site and find the user’s friends, and then sends them a message telling them to download a video.  People often click the link to the video because they tend to trust their friends and are too tempted by the promise of entertainment to resist. Of course, what they end up downloading isn’t a video at all — it’s Koobface. In addition to the Koobface worm, Facebook is also battling four new applications that attempt to get users to reveal their usernames and passwords. Facebook now has over 175 million users, and more people sign up every day to connect to friends, family, and work colleagues. If you’re one of them (and you probably are), just remember that the same good habits you learned for surfing the Web and handling email apply when you’re on Facebook as well. Keep your security software updated, don’t download unnecessary applications or plugins, and don’t ever trust a suspicious link.

Still worried about viruses, worms, spyware, and other Internet threats? CMIT Solutions can help. Our Marathon service automatically runs regular system scans and anti-virus updates.”

We here at Revolution Web Studios, hope you found this article helpful and if you did please leave us a comment here on our blog. Have a nice day.

By Jeremy Thompson 

About the poster: Jeremy Thompson is CEO and an Interactive Web & E-Commerce Consultant for Revolution Web Studios, consulting on web technologies for small business. You can reach him via email at Jeremy@revolutionwebstudios.com 

Article Provided By Karl Logue 

About the article provider: Karl Logue, MSOLE, President of CMIT Solutions of West Austin. Served as a programmer analyst at Dell, Inc. for sixteen years as architect, project manager and team lead in a variety of international projects, leading projects in Malaysia, India, Europe, Mexico and Australia. Karl graduated Summa Cum Laude from St. Edward’s University with a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Communication and completed his Master of Science Organizational Leadership and Ethics from St. Edward’s University in Dec. 2007. In addition to his educational background, Karl is licensed in administering the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and actively provides MBTI consulting in the Austin area. You can view their site at CMIT-West Austin

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