Friday, March 19, 2010

New Password-Stealing Virus Targets Facebook

From ABC News:

Virus Attempts to Steal Banking Passwords, Other Sensitive Information.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information.

The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an attachment to obtain new login credentials, according to anti-virus software maker McAfee Inc.

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