Koobface

Facebook Hit With New Version of Koobface Worm

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 5, 2008 - 2:54pm.

Palo Alto, Calif. - Online social network Facebook said on Friday that a new version of a worm known as Koobface has surfaced, tricking users into downloading malicious software. The worm, which first appeared last summer, takes the former of a video. When users click to play it, they are taken to a new page where they are told they first need to download new software.