16 January 2012

New phishing attack on Facebook

Kaspersky Lab researchers have warned of a new phishing attack on Facebook that uses hijacked accounts to pose as the social network's security team and trick users into divulging credit card numbers.

The latest scam is unique because it doesn't just try to get Facebook users to click on a link to a malicious Web site.The attackers also use the stolen information to log into the person's account and swap the profile picture with a Facebook logo and change the name to "Facebook Security."


Once the account is compromised, it is used to send out a message to all contacts, warning them that someone has reported a problem with their accounts and they will be turned off unless re-confirmed by the accountholder. Within the message is a link that takes victims to a Web sited dressed to look very similar to a Facebook page. Once on the Web site, the cyber criminals ask for name, e-mail, password, Webmail system and password to e-mail.

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