Crooks using Zeus in new Facebook attacks
A new worm spreading on Facebook is aiming to infect users with the data-stealing trojan Zeus, security researchers have warned.
The worm uses stolen Facebook account details to log in to users' accounts and spam their contacts, according to researchers at Danish security firm CSIS, which first identified the threat.
The messages contain a link, which, if clicked, appears to be downloading a screensaver of two attractive women, but actually attempts to drop a cocktail of malware onto the system, including Zeus, a prevalent trojan capable of stealing online banking credentials. Numerous compromised domains are hosting the malware, according to CSIS. Facebook is currently blocking “almost all” the domains serving the malware, spokesman Fred Wolens told SCMagazineUS.com in an email on Wednesday.
