Security News Malware Spread via Facebook Makes 10,000 Victims in 48 Hours

[Jack]

For around 48 hours between June 24 and 27, crooks used Facebook spam messages to distribute malware that hijacked user accounts to carry out operations like giving likes and sharing unwanted content.

A security researcher from Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab discovered the campaign, which was spreading among Facebook accounts in the form of a spam message received from a friend that informed users about being mentioned in a comment.


Malware used a two-stage attack scenario
Accessing the link would start the first phase of the two-stage attack, which would secretly download a trojan on the user's computer.

During the second stage, this trojan would download and secretly install an extension in the user's Chrome browser, if found on the infected system.

The Chrome extension would wait until the user tried to access Facebook again, asking him to reauthenticate. At this moment, the extension would log the user's Facebook username and password and send them to the crook's server.

The crook would then take advantage of these credentials and instruct these accounts to give likes and shares to desired content, while also spamming the infected account's friends to spread the malware further.

The crook behind this campaign was most likely selling Facebook Likes and Shares via his botnet of infected devices.

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[_CyberGhosT_]

Facebook is well on it's way to being Trashbook imho
Nice share Jack

 

[DardiM]

Social Network with large population, an easy way to spread malware

 

[boredog]

hello

since I am new here and was looking at this thread, why is there a big security alert when entering? all I see are links to articles. I know I must be missing something.

update: ok I just got the popup saying if I have less then 100 posts malware download links are hidden. I better get busy then

 

[boredog]

how would this malware do against kubuntu? that is what I have on my older sisters computer without any extra protection.

 

[jamescv7]

The problem for Facebook is that, partnership with numerous security companies for campaign against threats became inconsistent at all.

For some reason, the campaign goes effective very well from the first place but seems later on, any threats are easily bypass through Facebook.