[pchelpers] News: Google's Orkut Hit By Personal-Data-Stealing Worm
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 12:51:31 +1200
The malware works its way onto users' personal computers when they
click on infected links in Orkut scrapbook pages.
By Reuters
InformationWeek
Jun 19, 2006 05:13 PM
SAO PAULO, Brazil - A new Internet worm capable of stealing bank details
and other personal data from users is circulating via Orkut, Google
Inc.'s social networking service, a computer security company warned Monday.
Instant-messaging service provider FaceTime Communications said its
software security lab had detected the spread of the electronic virus,
the third such threat to disseminate itself via messages posted on Orkut
users personal Web pages.
Google's service, while available globally, is wildly popular among
Brazilians which make up the bulk of its users.
The malicious program, dubbed by FaceTime as "MW.Orc," works its way
onto users' personal computers when they click on infected links on
Orkut scrapbook pages. The link is followed by a message in Portuguese
that entices the user to click.
Once the link is activated, a file is uploaded to the PC, according to a
description of how the worm works contained in a statement by the Foster
City, California-based company.
When infected Orkut users using Microsoft Corp.'s widely used Windows XP
operating system to find personal files on their PCs through their "My
Computer" icon, that triggers an e-mail back to the creator of MW.Orc
creator filled with personal information stored on the PC, FaceTime said.
More here:
http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=NC2LMKKBKUTTGQSNDLPSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=189500744&subSection=
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