It may either be simple trickery or, and I guess I am being optimistic here, an overly aggressive / erroneous attempt by FB to deal with an ongoing problem.
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/2240114125/-Facebook-users-targeted-by-transformed-Carberp-Trojan On Jan 19, 2012, at 11:10 PM, xD 0x41 <sec...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 > > this was the first and biggest hack ever done on myspace, wich simply, > pretended you needed the 'java flash' plugin, to view the 'wall' of > your friend..now, they killed it but by then, it was suicide...and, > they had no idea for many months... this, is known, and also that FB > has added new features, but, not being a user of it, i guess, id > rather not learn and, all im thinking is, the virus i will endup > having to remove from my sisters PC in the next day or so :) > cheers... but, yea, i agree, i think it is a simple page trickery, FB, > theyre own security, would be used against them, it is that new :P,. > so, everything new...well...lets say, has teething probs eh...well, > many of major sites did...and, this worm for myspace, was simple, it > prentended to be the actual, legit page, but, it was just simply > hiding a vuln in myspace wich let you still, eceute a 'plugin' wich, > was your url to malware, but, you had to use the actual 'plugfin' to > succeed, so, not the official one ofc, but, it seemed VERY > offcial...and, took solong to detect, i think thats what killed > MSpace..forsure...and will be same, for Fb, if they dont keep up with > the times...as, people , even as big as cisco, now see... that, it is > very very important, to update code :) > have a great day. > > > On 20 January 2012 14:57, Byron Sonne <byron.so...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >>> “Your computer has malware!” Facebook says to me. >> >> I am really curious to know, assuming that everything you've said is >> accurate, how they determine you've got malware. This is rather curious. >> >> The more I think about it, the more I wonder if something's come between >> you and facebook pretending to be official, hoping to trick you into >> downloading something. >> >> Cheers >> >> -- >> freebyron.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. >> Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html >> Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/