HackNBlog @ Salamanteri Server

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I was and still am going to install Greasemonkey plugin for my SwiftFox (optimived version of Firefox, with patches an code optimization for CPU in use).

There are however security issues - some fixed unlless you use old version (in case you have old ccomputer that can’t run veru modern FF) and some are easy to prevent. IF you read the documentiation, and in this case the section “Avoid Common Pitfalls“. Of course reading the whole manual is a good idea.

I may infact intead of regular FF plugins start making Greasemonkey scripts, though that willl require the user to installl Greasemonkey to get my add-on - oh welll, I could think that if he doesn’t then he does not need it - or better yet, maybe he does not even deserve it (tee-hee, I make a joke).

Anyway, have a nice day - I have gone FF add-on mental, pretty soon I will post all add-ons that I installed and yound actually worthy to keep.

Now there seems to be a similiar new case in Facebook. It seems like te send a fake message from one of your friends showing your firends name and picture and a link to a video. Opening link seems like YouTube but has a message in middle of screen telling that you need to install new version or Adobe Flash Player.

Cliking on install will however not update Flash but instead instead a new version of Koobface worm. This worm is also spread on MySpace and, unlike the last one I posted about, on Friendster.

Koobface will let black hats to run commands on infected computers. Naturally this will only be a problem for Windows users as the worm cant infect other OS’s but according to stast of my blog quite a few visitors I get are using a Windows system so I decided it to be best to warn people again.

There is more information about this on security site TrendMicro and on F-Secure Malware Information Pages.

I decided it best to inform MySpace and/or FaceBook users about a new nasty malware spreading trough messages seeming to come from the users friend. I found this information from another blog, but here’s a quote from there:

The messages look like they contain links to video clips. When clicked on they prompt the recipient to download an executable file that purports to be the latest version of Flash Player. Instead, it is the worm itself, infecting yet another victim.

Go read the whole article from Dan Morrils IT security blog.