Ramnit' worm infects 45000 of Facebook account

Recently Facebook has hit by a worm called " Ramnit " which has stolen facebook account credentials of 45000 thousands users and so on after login into users account it strting to spread malicious link through walls
we identified that attackers behind the Ramnit worm is using stolen credentilals like stolen passwords. the onother fact of this attackers advantage is that millions of users are using same password fro diffrent accounts like google+ , facebook, twitter, linked in, yahoo to gain remote access to corprate networks

a Facebook rep told ZD Net. "Thus far, we have not seen the virus propagating on Facebook itself, but have begun working with our external partners to add protections to our antivirus systems to help users secure their devices," the rep added. The "Ramnit" worm has infected about 45,000 Facebook accounts, stealing usernames and passwords primarily in the U.K. and France, the social networking site has confirmed.

 
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