ESET Security Research has published an interesting analysis on the PokerAgent botnet detected during 2012 that hit Facebook users stealing log-on credentials and collecting information on credit card details linked to the Facebook account and Zynga Poker player stats. The botnet infected computers all around the world, mainly located in Israel stealing over 16194 Facebook credentials. Social networks are an ideal conduit, due their large diffusion, for the spread of malware, they are used by cybercrime to realize complex fraud schemes and by military to conduct offensive operations or cyber espionage campaigns.”]