Sunday, January 8, 2012

Ramnit malware

Ramnit malware steals 45,000 Facebook login credentials
If you're a Facebook user in France or the UK, you might want to change your passwords. A nasty piece of malware known as Ramnit recently stole over 45,000 Facebook login credentials; 96 percent of which were from the UK or France. Read ...

Facebook clarified to ZDNet that "over half of these logins were either invalid or had old/expired passwords." The company has "initiated remedial steps for all affected users to ensure the security of their accounts" and "have begun working with our external partners to add protections to our anti-virus systems to help users secure their devices."

Facebook: most hijacked logins by Ramnit were invalid

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