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Windows 7: Cross-browser worm spreads via Facebook, security experts warn

22 May 2012   #1

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Cross-browser worm spreads via Facebook, security experts warn

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Malware writers have used Crossrider, a cross-browser extension development framework, to build a click-fraud worm that spreads on Facebook, security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab said on Monday.

Crossrider is a legitimate Javascript framework that implements a unified API (application programming interface) for building Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Internet Explorer extensions.
Read more at:
https://www.infoworld.com/d/security...ts-warn-193800

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