Comments on: Researchers Build Malicious Facebook App

By: nikos

nikos — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:07:46 +0000

Beware of Greeks bearing apps

By: Andrei

Andrei — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:44:03 +0000

Word.

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By: Malware on Facebook, Google News Archive, Rick Sanchez Direct, Geni, The “Four C’s” of Blogging - Free Line 9-10-08

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:19:34 +0000

[...] at the Foundation of Research and Technology in Greece have created an experimental malicious Facebook app designed to disable websites. The malware masquerades as a “picture of the day” app. When a [...]

By: Έλληνες μετατρέπουν το Facebook σε… botnet! « GHz.gr

Έλληνες μετατρέπουν το Facebook σε… botnet! « GHz.gr — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:06:10 +0000

[...] sites. Περισσότερα μπορείτε να διαβάσετε εδώ και εδώ. « Far Cry 2: Κυκλοφορεί στις [...]

By: Socialnetworking in danger? « Nelsonpa’s Weblog

Socialnetworking in danger? « Nelsonpa’s Weblog — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:44:29 +0000

[...] in danger? This disturbing article claims that facebook researchers have discovered an app that if clicked on in facebook it will [...]

By: The end of facebook? « Christina’s Weblog

The end of facebook? « Christina’s Weblog — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:59:08 +0000

[...] end of facebook? This weekend I had read an article about a potential facebook application that poses as the ‘Picture of the Day’ and when [...]

By: Ελληνες μετατρέπουν το Facebook σε Botnet! | arvanitidis.gr

Ελληνες μετατρέπουν το Facebook σε Botnet! | arvanitidis.gr — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:21:00 +0000

[...] είδηση κάνει ήδη το γύρο του κόσμου και δεν μένει παρά να δωθούν συγχαρητήρια στους 7 [...]

By: Hakimi

Hakimi — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 05:13:45 +0000

Facebook is nice but we prefer Friendster and Myspace

Those paid social network such as Yuwie and Frenzone are crap. They are not usual friendly

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By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 06:10:55 +0000

I think the point to take home is that whenever you are developing an application with such reach, you have to consider as many negative scenarios as possible, and be ready to deal with them quickly. I am interested to see what measures Facebook will put in place to combat this.

By: coolnalu

coolnalu — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:31:09 +0000

That’s pretty insane. Sounds like it’s gonna be a new technique for terrorists.

By: Nerdlife » Antiantisocial Networks

Nerdlife » Antiantisocial Networks — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:09:47 +0000

[...] TechCrunch reported on a paper describing a way to use Facebook for malicious means. The paper describes a DDoS attack that can be done, leveraging the large number of users of an [...]

By: Ελληνες μετατρέπουν το Facebook σε Botnet! | internetakias.gr

Ελληνες μετατρέπουν το Facebook σε Botnet! | internetakias.gr — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:39:59 +0000

[...] Δε χρειάζεται βέβαια να πω οτι η είδηση κάνει το γύρο του κόσμου [...]

By: Star-chan

Star-chan — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:49:02 +0000

Wow thats really clever.

By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » 研究チーム、DDoS攻撃もたらすFacebookアプリを作成

TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » 研究チーム、DDoS攻撃もたらすFacebookアプリを作成 — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:24:55 +0000

[...] [原文へ] [...]

By: CoolG

CoolG — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:59:31 +0000

Hi all !

I checked out the paper and the applications. It sounds cool !!
Try it out (http://www.new....p?id=8752912084)

By: afewtips.com

afewtips.com — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:36:00 +0000

This is a simplistic version. It’s a “proof of concept” test.
The real bad guys have probably already taken this idea and are working very hard on introducing new ways of using the concept of sending a request to a site and possibly watch the over flow in some way to gather info.

http://afewtips.com

By: worldlifesite

worldlifesite — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:07:40 +0000

this is what happens when you don’t respond to their email

By: CG

CG — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:58:24 +0000

This isn’t shocking. The same could be said for anyone running any website. Anyone who runs ad networks on their sites, puts widgets onto their blogs, or subscribes to html-formatted emails could be involved with a similar situation (notice I didn’t say victimized).

Move along everyone, nothing to see here.

By: Tostada-man

Tostada-man — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:49:48 +0000

“Don’t be too proud of this technological terror you’ve
constructed. The ability to destroy a website is insignificant next to
the power of the Forc…. oh, crap! Luke hacked the Death Star’s power servers again. Damn you, puny water farmer from a god-forsaken place. May your midi-chlorians turn you gay!”

By: Spike

Spike — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:21:57 +0000

Obviously any popular website could use the same approach to attack other sites. Maybe they should update their “what if” scenario to describe the horrific things that would happen if Google updated their search page to funnel attacks on Joe Blow’s website. Oh the horror.

I suppose the theory is that FB’s platform lowers the bar for non-professionals creating webpages that reach millions of users, but the reality is that only a few apps gain that reach, and any app that can get there should be working to monetize it, not wasting time on mischief.

By: Tech forums-News

Tech forums-News — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:16:39 +0000

Nice news!

By: RahulC

RahulC — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:14:07 +0000

Is it that someone is using the -eve publicity to actually get in the limelight…

By: neil patel

neil patel — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:09:36 +0000

Great application! I wish I thought of it.

By: WormDrake

WormDrake — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:08:14 +0000

Give me the code…