Network spreads dangerous virus!
The virus spreads via e-mail or a message on Facebook where there is a link, and to view the link you need to download malicious plug-in. hackers and online criminals are recycled through the most popular social network, which in recent days spread a dangerous virus that steals passwords for Facebook, emails and other services.According to the information conveyed to Digital Trends, this is a virus in a short time has infected more than 800,000 Facebook users, and spreads via e-mail or message on Facebook stating that the users identified in the video on this network. But To view this video they must first click on the link included in the email or message, and from there download the plug-in or extension for Google's Chrome web browser in order to view the video, and that this extension hides malware. Given that users think that the video received from a friend, and that it states that they are labeled in the video, many of them not aware of the dangers so that only one-hour virus has infected more than 40,000 users have downloaded the plug-in. After downloading plug-ins, attackers who have developed this virus have access to all information stored in the Chrome browser, Internet sites, including information and passwords to access email accounts, Facebook, Twitter and other online services and social networks. Through these data attackers can continue to send messages and e-mails with the virus or due to have information for their accounts, they can monitor and spy on users. Apart from stealing passwords, the problem with this malware is that the users can easily remove it from your browser because it blocks access to the settings of Chrome, but blocks access to web sites where you can download the software to remove the virus. From Google announced that they had aware of the problem and that they have prevented the extension that caused the attack, while the Facebook announced that they are working on a solution that would prevent the further spread of malicious links through their network. But some security experts warn that the attackers (who are most likely coming from Turkey) adapt malicious code for other browsers and found the way that could endanger users Mozillinog Firefox, browser Internet sites used by millions of users. Security expert Carlo De Micheli says This is not the first case of attacks via the browser extensions, but this is one of the most dangerous attacks so far because attackers can easily get their hands on a number of personal user information.'A few years ago they would say friends do not click on attachments in the mail, and now the same advice can be applied to extensions for web browsers, "he said Micheli.
- 31 Aug, 2013
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