Did Koobface Cause Twitter, Facebook Outages?
August 6, 2009By Alex Goldman:
A new variant of the widespread Internet worm Koobface made its debut today -- just as Twitter and Facebook were hit by denial-of-service attacks (define). Coincidence? Researchers admit it's too early to say for sure, but some say it's likely.
Koobface is a virulent worm that was originally designed to compromise Facebook accounts. Since last year, there have been hundreds of variants of the malware, some of which attack other Web sites.
Koobface is a virulent worm that was originally designed to compromise Facebook accounts. Since last year, there have been hundreds of variants of the malware, some of which attack other Web sites.
At the very least, Koobface remains up to its old tricks....
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