Facebook and its users are having a rough day. A serious Facebook virus is attacking the network’s users.

For the laymen:

If you receive a Facebook message (or a Facebook message alert in your email) with a questionable subject line, DO NOT CLICK THE LINK IN THE BODY!

All of the information in this post was garnered from an awesome article from news.com.au by Narelle Towie.

Questionable subject titles vary from “Maan,yyou’re great!” to “your ass looks not bad in this video”, “Some0ne thinks your special and has a *Hot_Crush* on you. Find out who it could be*” or a youtube link that says ‘”i can see yooooooooo”. These links disguise a trojan worm and should not be clicked.

This trojan comes just months after Facebook said it was working to protect its user from phishing scams.

Read more from source

Malware has managed to get off the planet and onto the International Space Station (ISS), NASA confirmed today. And it’s not the first time that a worm or virus has stowed away on a trip into orbit.

The attack code, which space news site SpaceRef.com identified Monday as “W32.Gammima.AG,” infected at least one of the laptops used on the station, an international effort headlined by the U.S. and Russia.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration spokesman Kelly Humphries declined to identify the malware, saying only that antivirus software detected a worm on July 25.

Read more from source: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9113654&intsrc=news_ts_head

The Trojan virus is programmed to steal passwords for online games. But Computer Associates has analyzed Mocmex and found it can do more damage to PCs because it is immune from anti-virus software from more than 100 security vendors and can penetrate firewalls of the Microsoft Windows operating system.

According to United Press International, Brian Grayek, head of product development at Computer Associates, said Mocmex can “capture something and leave no traces.”The Mocmex virus infects PCs when connected to the digital frames.It is said by the Gadgettastic.com that the virus can download files and hide these. Mocmex can also transfer to another PC or storage device when the digital photo frame is plugged to these.Grayek said the virus was made by a Chinese group, but he did not name them.

• To monitor and track your browsing activity
• Your personal information can be sold to other parties without your knowledge or consent
• Your default homepage and settings can be hijacked so you can’t change them
• It’s very easy to intercept your web activities
• Unauthorized sites automatically invade into your system

So beware about Spywares, and better is to use anti spywares and don’t let the internet privacy hijackers enter into your personal concerns.