Facebook Worm Sends Users to Porn
Facebook is infected with a porn worm, and apparently it's spreading rather quick.
Ahh the glories of online porn: apparently no web surfer or website is immune. As it stands, porn is slowly infecting Twitter, and now it's infiltrating Facebook as well. According to a security researcher at AVG Technologies, a porn-related worm has actually infected the latter site, passing from one user to another after clicking on a rather interesting image appearing on Facebook Walls.
AVG's Nick FitzGerald reports that the worm attracts its victims by using a thumbnail of a sexy bikini-clad woman along with the following text: "Want 2 C something Hot? Click da button, baby!" Once clicked, another browser window opens displaying a larger version of the thumbnail. Daring web surfers who click on the larger image are thus sent to a porn site. If the victim is logged into Facebook, then the worm inserts itself onto the user's Facebook Wall.
"This worm uses what is technically known as a CSRF (Cross-site Request Forgery, also called XSRF) attack," he said. "A sequence of iframes on the exploit page call a sequence of other pages and scripts, eventually resulting in a form submission to Facebook "as if" the victim had submitted a URL for a wall post and clicked on the "Share" button to confirm the post."
FitzGerald doesn't really offer a solution for Facebook users, but advises them to not click on the button (duh). He said that the issue is something Facebook needs to correct behind-the-scenes.
UPDATE: Apparently Facebook has now successfully blocked this worm.
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Wait... So you are saying that when I am on the internet if I click on links of mostly naked girls it will take me to porn sites? OmG Haxx
And why would a "professional" news site post an article with such a picture on it. I can understand needing to inform people about what they should avoid but you should have had it on a link that labeled it as NSFW. If something like this happens again I will need to start looking for another tech news site.
How Is This a Problem ?
And why would a "professional" news site post an article with such a picture on it. I can understand needing to inform people about what they should avoid but you should have had it on a link that labeled it as NSFW. If something like this happens again I will need to start looking for another tech news site.
Techreport.com is good.
Just a suggestion mind you.
That pic is hot.
LOL why would you press the button
Some people can't resist pushing a button or two. Or three.
LOL why would you press the button
Why wouldn't you press the button?
Well, teacher did always say "if you're going to have some, make sure there's enough for everyone"
And why would a "professional" news site post an article with such a picture on it. I can understand needing to inform people about what they should avoid but you should have had it on a link that labeled it as NSFW. If something like this happens again I will need to start looking for another tech news site.
I wouldn't really classify that image as NSFW imo.
But meanwhile...It didn't matter how many times I clicked the image, it didn't post to my Tom's comments section
I will say FB was ok in the beginning then it became too much info for me. I closed my account who really needs to know what my friends every move is.. WAY TOOOOOO MUCH DRAMA FOR ME...
How is this "worm" different from any other ad you find on the internet?
It should have said "If you click it, she will come." Field of Dreams reference, anyone? Oo... Field of Dreams sounds naughty now. Damn you, Kevin Costner!
sends you to porn? as long as it doesn't send you to gay or bestiality i don't see a problem
If you want people to read your Twitter blog then it's probably best not to tell people that Twitter is full of porn.
On second thoughts, maybe it is...
If u want 2 send da pr0nz learn 2 spell
Anyways, I only like gay porn, so... not interested.
USE YOUR OWN PERSONAL SPACE FOR THAT NO ONE WANTS TO SEE PORN
EVERYWHERE THEY TURN.EVERYONE USES FACEBOOK HAVE SOME RESPECT.
I was going to ask is it too late to sign up...
Then I read this line "UPDATE: Apparently Facebook has now successfully blocked this worm."
And there goes the 5 minutes worth of entertainment.... lol
@webbwbb : Oh noes...
Hmmm... I bet Firefox users who have the NoScript add-on were immune to it.
awwww, why can't I get viruses like that
I wanna press the button