Facebook is making public Identity of Five people who responsible for spreading the notorious Koobface worm on social networks and earned millions of dollars.
The five men are named as Anton Korotchenko, Alexander Koltyshev,Roman Koturbach, Syvatoslav Polinchuk, and Stanislav Avdeiko, and are said to be involved in the Koobface malware gang.
Sophos explains how these individuals were identified as part of the Koobface gang, in a detailed investigation conducted by independent researcher Jan Drömer, and Dirk Kollberg of SophosLabs between early October 2009 and February 2010.
About Koobface worm:
Koobface is a computer worm which spreads via social networking sites.Koobface knows how to create itsown social networking accounts so that it can aggressively post links helping it to spread further.
Infection: The most common infection method is through a fake video player.
If you click on one of the links which Koobface has posted on-line, you’ll end up at a web page – typically a fake YouTube orFacebook Video page – pretending to offer you a clip to watch. But first, claims the web page, you need a Flash update.
The video player update is as fake as the web page: it’s actually just an installer for the Koobface virus
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