Facebook Security Phishing Attack In The Wild
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At the time of writing there is a new Facebook phishing attack going
on. It will not just try to steal your Facebook credentials; it will
also try to steal credit card information and other important
information such as security questions.
This Facebook phishing attack is pretty interesting because it does not just try to trick the victim into visiting a phishing website. It will reuse the stolen information and login to the compromised account and change both profile picture and name. The profile picture will be changed to the Facebook logo and the name will be translated to “Facebook Security” but containing special ascii characters replacing letters such as “a” “k” “S” and “t”.
Once an account is compromised it will also send out a message to all contacts of the compromised account. The message looks like this:
"Last Warning: Your Facebook account will be turned off
Because someone has reported you. Please do re-confirm your account
security by: => http://apps-xxxx-xxxxx-user.de.vu
Thank you. The Facebook Team"/
When clicking on the link you will be redirected to a website which looks very similar to Facebook, and asks you for personal information such as: Name, Email, Password, Webmail system, Password to email etc. When submitting this form the details will be sent to the attacker, and they can automatically login to your Facebook account and compromise it.
After the victim submitted the information another webpage will
appear, this page states that you need to confirm your identify with a
payment and asks for your Card Number.
The last page of the phishing scam will try to confirm your Credit card information including CSC/CVV code.
These scams are just getting more popular and we really recommend not
giving out personal information, especially not email, password and
credit card information over social medias. It is also recommend that
you contact your security vendor and the social media vendor if you
encounter these sites.
Source:http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193325/Facebook_Security_Phishing_Attack_In_The_Wild
This Facebook phishing attack is pretty interesting because it does not just try to trick the victim into visiting a phishing website. It will reuse the stolen information and login to the compromised account and change both profile picture and name. The profile picture will be changed to the Facebook logo and the name will be translated to “Facebook Security” but containing special ascii characters replacing letters such as “a” “k” “S” and “t”.
Once an account is compromised it will also send out a message to all contacts of the compromised account. The message looks like this:
Thank you. The Facebook Team"/
When clicking on the link you will be redirected to a website which looks very similar to Facebook, and asks you for personal information such as: Name, Email, Password, Webmail system, Password to email etc. When submitting this form the details will be sent to the attacker, and they can automatically login to your Facebook account and compromise it.
Source:http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193325/Facebook_Security_Phishing_Attack_In_The_Wild
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