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Koobface is a network worm that attacks Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. [1] [2] [3] This worm originally targeted users of networking websites such as Facebook, Skype, Yahoo Messenger, and email websites such as GMail, Yahoo Mail, and AOL Mail.
The Koobface Virus is a worm that uses social engineering and phishing to infiltrate systems and steal data. Learn more about this threat here.
Koobface is a real piece of malware that began circulating in late 2008 via messages sent through social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
Facebook has confirmed it is releasing as much information as it can about the Koobface worm, which wreaked havoc on the social network a few years ago, and the five hackers behind it.
The Koobface gang, a Russian-based group, has grown wealthy by apparently spreading a computer worm on Facebook and other social networks and cashing in on various schemes.
The Koobface worm has played a big role in shaping Facebook’s approach to combating malicious software, or malware, and spurred increasingly elaborate defenses.
KOOBFACE malware are known for targeting the social networking site Facebook to spread via infected wall posts. It was first spotted in 2008, but KOOBFACE was at the height of its operations in 2009 and 2010.