Koobface worm joins the Twittersphere
Cybercriminals are experimenting with a new feature introduced in one of the latest Koobface variants - the ability of the worm to hijack the Twitter accounts of infected users and post tweets in an attempt to infect their followers.
According to researchers from TrendMicro, once the infected user attempts to log into Twitter, Koobface hijacks the session and posts a tweet on behalf of the user. Would this novel feature allow the worm to spread even more efficiently? It largely depends on whether or not they’d remove the beta label from it, and go mainstream with the feature.
For the time being, the pre-defined set of messages include the following: My home video :); michaeljackson’ testament on youtube and Watch my new private video! LOL :).
