KoobFace
- First seen
- 2008-07-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- worm, botnet
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:50:37
Targeted industries: media-and-entertainment technology-and-telecommunications
Context
KoobFace is a worm and botnet targeting users of social media platforms such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter. It spreads by sending links to contacts of infected users that lead to compromised sites, which in turn install the malware.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Koobface_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- web.archive.org — Blackhat Eu 2010 Carrera Silberman State Of Malware Slides (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Koobface (report)