Security experts Sophos have pointed out a
new spam campaign that is aimed at Facebook users, designed to infect
recipients' computers with malware.
"If you don't take the right steps to protect your computer, one day a cybercriminal might find the right social engineering trick to dupe you into making a bad decision or visit a dangerous website."
The spam mail lures Facebook users by
telling them they have been tagged in a photograph. On clicking the
link, users are directed to a dubious photo. However, by then the web
browser is taken to a malicious iFrame script that supposedly launches
the exploit kit, known as Blackhole. The exploit then opens gates to
your system for more malware attacks.
The spam mail, however, is quite tough to spot, as within four seconds, your browser starts loading a Facebook profile-like page. Users hardly get any time to figure out something has gone wrong, in the meanwhile.
"Even if you didn't notice that
"Faceboook" was spelt incorrectly, you could have seen by hovering your
mouse over the link that it wasn't going to take you directly to the
genuine Facebook website," says Sophos. "If you don't take the right steps to protect your computer, one day a cybercriminal might find the right social engineering trick to dupe you into making a bad decision or visit a dangerous website."
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