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  • Koobface gang pulls server after Facebook exposes hackers

    After Facebook released their identities, the five hackers behind the Koobface worm have apparently taken down their "Mothership" server and have started deleting their social networking accounts.

    Blog posts | January 19, 2012 8:56am PST

  • Facebook exposes hackers behind Koobface worm

    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.

    Blog posts | January 17, 2012 2:21pm PST

  • Facebook to expose hackers behind Koobface worm

    Facebook plans to name the five hackers behind the Koobface worm, which wreaked havoc on the social network a few years ago. All of the men have yet to be charged for their crimes.

    Blog posts | January 17, 2012 6:33am PST

  • 10 things you didn't know about the Koobface gang

    The intensive multitasking on behalf of the Koobface gang, next to the fact that the Koobface botnet is the tip of the iceberg for their malicious operations, prompts the publishing of this top 12...

    Blog posts | February 23, 2010 9:30am PST

  • Koobface botnet enters the Xmas season

    The Koobface botnet enters the Xmas season with a new holiday-themed YouTube page. In between, the botnet masters are clearly experimenting with new features. Let's review some of them.

    Blog posts | December 1, 2009 10:04am PST

  • New Koobface campaign spoofs Adobe's Flash updater

    Earlier this week, the botnet masters behind the most efficient social engineering driven botnet, Koobface, launched a new campaign currently spreading across Facebook with a new template spoofing...

    Blog posts | October 14, 2009 7:11am PDT

  • Social engineering tactics of the Koobface botnet

    The gang behind the Koobface botnet is periodically updating the template it relies on for infecting new years. Here are some of the most popular ones introduced by the gang throughout the year.

  • Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twist

    Popular microblogging service Twitter was knocked offline for an extended period this morning by what appears to be a massive distributed denial-of-service attacks. Twitter confirmed the outage...

    Blog posts | August 6, 2009 9:46am PDT

  • Koobface worm joins the Twittersphere

    Cybercriminals are experimenting with a new feature introduced in one of the latest Koobface variants - the ability of the worm to hijack the Twitter accounts of infected users and post tweets in...

    Blog posts | July 7, 2009 2:00pm PDT

  • 56th variant of the Koobface worm detected

    Researchers from PandaLabs are reporting on the detection of the 56th variant of the Koobface worm (Boface.BJ.worm), spreading across Facebook, Tagged, Friendster, MySpace, MyYearBook, Fubar.com,...

    Blog posts | May 15, 2009 10:46am PDT

  • Koobface Facebook worm still spreading

    Originally spreading since July, the Koobface worm remains active according to a recent security alert issued by Websense : "The email reveals that infected user accounts are being used to post...

    Blog posts | November 10, 2008 8:25am PST

Additional Results

  • Was Koobface exposé the right move?

    Stefan Tanase argues that the public outing of the Koobface hacker gang makes it even more difficult for law enforcement to act.

    Blog posts | January 20, 2012 5:50am PST

  • Koobface gang pulls server after Facebook exposes hackers

    After Facebook released their identities, the five hackers behind the Koobface worm have apparently taken down their "Mothership" server and have started deleting their social networking accounts.

    Blog posts | January 19, 2012 8:56am PST

  • Facebook exposes hackers behind Koobface worm

    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.

    Blog posts | January 17, 2012 2:21pm PST

  • Facebook to expose hackers behind Koobface worm

    Facebook plans to name the five hackers behind the Koobface worm, which wreaked havoc on the social network a few years ago. All of the men have yet to be charged for their crimes.

    Blog posts | January 17, 2012 6:33am PST

  • Koobface for Mac OS X squirming on Facebook

    Security researchers have found the first version of the Koobface malware targeting Mac OS X users on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.

    Blog posts | October 27, 2010 12:57pm PDT

  • 10 things you didn't know about the Koobface gang

    The intensive multitasking on behalf of the Koobface gang, next to the fact that the Koobface botnet is the tip of the iceberg for their malicious operations, prompts the publishing of this top 12...

    Blog posts | February 23, 2010 9:30am PST

  • Koobface botnet enters the Xmas season

    The Koobface botnet enters the Xmas season with a new holiday-themed YouTube page. In between, the botnet masters are clearly experimenting with new features. Let's review some of them.

    Blog posts | December 1, 2009 10:04am PST

  • New Koobface campaign spoofs Adobe's Flash updater

    Earlier this week, the botnet masters behind the most efficient social engineering driven botnet, Koobface, launched a new campaign currently spreading across Facebook with a new template spoofing...

    Blog posts | October 14, 2009 7:11am PDT

  • Social engineering tactics of the Koobface botnet

    The gang behind the Koobface botnet is periodically updating the template it relies on for infecting new years. Here are some of the most popular ones introduced by the gang throughout the year.

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