Better Safe Than Sorry

Facebook Botnet Proof of Concept

An application was recently created for Facebook called ‘’Photo of the Day‘’ that displayed a new photo from National Geographic every day. What users were unaware of was that the app turned their PC into part of a botnet that launched a denial-of-service attack on a targeted server. The server was one owned by the creators so no one was harmed but as a concept its frightening.

These co-opted PC's could be used to spread malware, trojans, etc. and are a direct threat the many social nnetworking sites that are now all the rage.

So, always assume that any software, even those online, could be compromised. One of the best ways to protect yourself is to use Firefox browser with the No-script add-on. This would likely have informed users that something weird was up.