Facebook - Beach Babes video alert

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http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/20...beach-babes-video-attack-hits-facebook-users/

Thousands of Facebook users are reporting that they have been hit by a malware attack posing as a video of young bikini-clad women on a beach.

The messages are posted on the walls of Facebook members, seemingly from their friends and associates on the site, with a thumbnail which appears to be an image of a young woman's bottom in a bikini.

The messages read:

<name>, this is hilarious! lol :P :P :P Distracting Beach Babes [HQ] Length: 5:32

The "Distracting Beach Babes" scam appears to be the latest incarnation of the widespread "Sexiest Video Ever" assault we saw spreading on Facebook last weekend, installing adware onto victims' computers which can make money for the hackers behind the attack.

And you shouldn't be in any doubt as to how successful a scheme like this can be. Many Facebook users are all-too-comfortable with receiving salacious videos and humourous links from their friends, and will click on them without a moment's thought. Unfortunately that can then begin a bombardment of malicious posts to their social networking contacts - do you really want a blitz like this unleashed in your name?
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I've received around 10 of these in the last hour so it's out there ......
 
It's a nightmare. I'm getting calls from lots of distraught users... and I'm seeing it all over friends profiles! :eek:

Another nice embarrassment for FB, whether they are involved or not. It's hitting their network.
 
Jeez. You have to be an idiot to click that. My friends have been pwned by these.
Wait, do you get infected by clicking it or does it lead you to a site or does it make you activate the app
 
Yaayy!!! I will pay the hacker who can kill FB.

Work productivity and efficiency will increase astronomically!

People might realise that there is a real world beyond their walls...
 
boramk said:
Jeez. You have to be an idiot to click that. My friends have been pwned by these.
Wait, do you get infected by clicking it or does it lead you to a site or does it make you activate the app
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It does do it's job very well, even personalising the message. Just saw it on a mate's wall and it even used his name in the message.
 
And as soon as everybody is on the lookout for the "beach babes" video, it will get a new name. Stop giving all the stupid apps access to your profile and stop listening to websites that want you to install something. People complain about Windows/FB/whatever security flaws but it's the people that are the biggest security flaw.
 
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