Seculert security company announced that more than 45,000 Facebook accountwas hacked hackers and viruses to enter. The virus is spread through the link sent toterbajak Facebook account.
Seculert said, Ramnit, which first appeared in April 2010, again raged. In addition tothe terbajak 45,000 Facebook accounts, Ramnit called successfully infect 800,000machines. This went on from September to December 2011.
Microsoft calls Ramnit as multicomponent malware that infects Windows executable files, Microsoft Office documents, and HTML files. The goal is to steal sensitive information.
Seculert suspicious, irresponsible parties behind Ramnit use stolen data to enter the victim’s Facebook account and sends a malicious link to friends. In addition, the criminals targeted access to corporate networks.
“Cyber ??criminals take advantage of users who use the same password for all accounts (such as Facebook, Gmail, Corporate SSL VPN, and Outlook Web Access). This opportunity is used cyber criminals to enter into a corporate network,” explains Seculert.
Facebook itself has said that every day they blocked the 600,000 logins fromaccounts that are detected are already infected. The amount is only slightlycompared to the number of Facebook users who logged in every day, that is 1billion logins per day.
Facebook says, less than 4 percent of Facebook content is spam and less than 2percent of Facebook users who see spam accounts every day. It is still far to an e-mail that 89.1 percent of that is spam.
To avoid viruses and spam, how simple can always try is to use a password that isunique and has different passwords for different accounts as well. Use of antivirusupdates also help reduce the risk of infection.