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Facebot transforms Facebook into massive botnet

zdnet.com » 2008 » September » 5th » Facebot transforms Facebook into massive botnet

Tagged: web 2 0, research, malware, browsers, facebook, phishing, anti virus, botnets, vulnerability research, exploit code, pen testing, denial of service dos, social networking applications

Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the popular social network into a powerful — and malicious — botnet. The demo application, called Photo of the Day, delivers a different image from National [...] … Continue Reading »

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