Tue, Oct 27 2009 4:47
Don
Malicious Facebook Password Spam
Websense® Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has discovered a new
wave of malicious email attacks claiming to be a password reset
confirmation from Facebook. The From: address on the
messages is spoofed using support@facebook.com to make the messages
believable to recipients. The messages contain a .zip file attachment
with an .exe file inside. The .exe file currently has a detection rate
of about 30 percent on VirusTotal. Our ThreatSeeker™ Network has seen up to 90,000 of these messages sent out so far today.
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