Koobface is a multi-platform computer worm that originally targeted users of the social networking websites Facebook (its name is an anagram of "Facebook"), MySpace, hi5, Bebo, Friendster and Twitter. In the later versions it has stopped using those social networks so extensively because they improved their protection. Koobface is designed to infect Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, but also works on Linux (in a limited fashion).
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Koobface is a multi-platform computer worm that originally targeted users of the social networking websites Facebook (its name is an anagram of "Facebook"), MySpace, hi5, Bebo, Friendster and Twitter. In the later versions it has stopped using those social networks so extensively because they improved their protection. Koobface is designed to infect Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X, but also works on Linux (in a limited fashion).
Koobface ultimately attempts, upon successful infection, to gather login information for FTP sites, Facebook, and other social media platforms, but not any sensitive financial data. It then uses compromised computers to build a peer-to-peer botnet. A compromised computer contacts other compromised computers to receive commands in a peer-to-peer fashion. The botnet is used to install additional pay-per-install malware on the compromised computer as well as hijack search queries to display advertisements. Its peer-to-peer topology is also used in showing fake...
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