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November 05, 2009

Facebook, Part Two

Earlier today we had a Facebook phishing scam to capture login credentials. Now Facebook is being abused as a way to get spam recipients to install a Trojan:

From: "Facebook Support" <confirmation@facebook.com>
Subject: Facebook Password Reset Confirmation.Support Message.

Hey [removed] ,

Because of the measures taken to provide safety to our clients, your password has been changed.
You can find your new password in attached document.

Thanks,
Your Facebook.

The attachment is a file named Facebook_Details_11c97.zip. Unfortunately, VirusTotal shows only 5% recognition by antivirus products.

Posted on November 05, 2009 at 10:30 PM