Bikini Worm- Invading Facebook Walls

Bikini Worm- Invading Facebook Walls

- To all Facebook User be Aware of the "bikini" worm, try not to click the advertisement that can destroyed Facebook walls. According to forbes Magazine, Twitter's early bird has gotten its fair share of worms, but it's on Facebook where bad actors get the most sophisticated--and scandalous.
On Monday, the anti-virus firm AVG showcased a worm that has spread via users' Facebook walls. The worm is an ad with an image of a bikini-clad woman. "Wanna C Somthin' HOT!??" the worm asks users. "Click Da' Button, Baby!"
When you click the ad, the worms get posted to your wall.
The "bikini" worm was first discovered by independent security researcher Gadi Evron.

According to AVG, the worm uses a tactic called "cross-site request forgery" to initiate a chain of actions on a logged-in user's behalf. Since the user is already logged into Facebook, the bug does not need to worry about authentication and passwords. If more users click the ad, its growth rate will likely increase geometrically. Evron, who first alerted Facebook to the bug, admits to clicking it himself before finding out its effects.

Facebook says it is investigating the problem.

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