Facebook Responds to Security Threat

Michael Arrington of TechCrunch has followed up on yesterday’s post with an update on the Facebook worm with a response from Facebook’s head of security, Max Kelly.

From TechCrunch:

Facebook head of security Max Kelly, a former FBI computer forensics examiner, wrote a blog post tonight addressing the worm attacks on Facebook we wrote about earlier today. His advice to Facebook users: report suspected malware, and try not to share your password with anyone. Kelly also says Facebook blocked the ability to link to the malicious website from anywhere on Facebook, although a black list approach like this is a never ending battle.

Thanks Max for that great advice! At least Facebook is taking the initiative to get this taken care of, although attacks such as these tend to be an ongoing battle in today’s society.

Security firms have warned that social networks such as Facebook and MySpace are breeding grounds for security attacks becuase they have massive user bases, numerous outside developers working on the Web sites and lots of ways to spread malware to unwitting users. The worm was first flagged by security firm Sophos, just days after another one had been discovered by Kaspersky Labs.