Google Reader and Picasa users should beware of
invitations to view fake YouTube videos.
The invitations hide the
malicious Trojan that
infected Facebook users earlier this year, say security
experts.
Researchers at web security firm Fortinet say a malicious
program, similar to
the Koobface
worm that
infected Facebook users this summer, is using the Google Reader
and Picasa photo websites to spread.
Cybercriminals are hosting
images
that look like YouTube videos on the Google sites. Facebook
users are being
invited to
watch the videos.
When Facebook users try to view the videos they are told they
need to download codec decompression software to enable them to do
so.
Instead,
they download a malicious program onto their PC. This gives the
cybercriminals remote access to their data which can be used for
fraud. Their machine could also be used to relay spam e-mails.
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