Good thing the social engineering here sucks.
Facebook users are getting private messages from firends this morning containing the words Hi (Rand) and a link to a Web page.
Not surprisingly, this is a scam. In fact the link takes you to a Web site that attacks your computer.
Roger Thompson, Chief Research Officer with AVG Technologies say's the attack appears to be based on the Luckysploit toolkit, which throws a big whack of different attacks -- IE, Adobe, etc -- at your browser. If you're not fully patched, then it installs a rootkit on your PC.
I've seen a message that includes a link to the bulitre. com (don't go to these domains, they will attack you) and in Twitter messages Facebook users also mention the domain junfunrun . com. (which shares the same IP address)
Judging from the Twitter chatter, this looks low-volume right now, but it still sucks.
Do I have to worry if I use a Mac and was foolish enough to press on the link
any word on whether this affects windows and os x or just windows?
i accidentally opened that message :S whatta heck ill do now???
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