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Users invited to view a video that pretended to be hosted on a Google or YouTube Web site.

Ah the thrills and spills of Web 2.0. Facebook reported this week it had blocked links to malicious Web sites that affected a small percentage (the company said .002 percent) of its users. The perpetrators left messages on the posting area or "walls" of Facebook users, urging visitors to view a video purported to be hosted by Google or YouTube. "We've identified and blocked the ability to link to the malicious websites from anywhere on Facebook" Max Kelly, head of security at Facebook, said in a blog post. Ironically, Kelly noted his team had to work into the night to install a fix for the worm (define) before leaving for the Defcon security conference in Las Vegas. It's not clear what specific, if any harm the worm may have done; some reports said clicking the link merely downloaded an image of a jester. Facebook was unavailable for comment. The attack comes at a time when enterprises are under increasing pressure to introduce more consumer technologies, particularly Web 2.0 and social networking type applications, for both better interactions with customers and to appeal more to prospective, typically younger job applicants more comfortable with the tools than traditional business software. RELATED ARTICLES Web 2.0 in Enterprise Needs a Lock Facebook Eyes Enterprise Market Web 2.0: Unsafe At Any Speed? For more stories on this topic: "Enterprises need to have a presence on the Web and they... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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