the Criminals try to fraudulently get users Facebook to install malicious software through increasingly sophisticated methods. This time the bait was under attack.
Hackers use pictures published on Your profile to create an image that looks as ready to play on YouTube movie. The link to it – along with the suggestion that this video file gets messages from already infected friends.
After clicking on the link we just move in service, visually reminiscent of the popular service with the movies online. Instead of the promised live get we face, however, is the animation, which involves the download of the film and the message about the need to install plugins.
If it carelessly we will see, the browser is Chrome sets the extension that is malware. Then the scheme repeats itself on our behalf messages are sent to people that we have in our circle of friends.
thus, in the short time the criminals are able to reach millions of users Facebook – if they are not going to bother telling about the dangers of friends.
Even if you do wyczulibyście scams hackers immediately, think about people who are in the field of computers do not feel so confident and do not know how to distinguish the fraudulent from the true website, a warning can save a lot of nerves.
the Dangers they are most likely to only users of Google Chrome is the most popular browser in the world. It is not known yet what exactly makes a malware – it could be a spyware program designed to compromise credentials for the Bank – this assumption is confirmed by using the permissions that you want to get a plugin, i.e. the ability to read and modify data on all open pages. Thus, criminals may, for example, change the account to which is sent via internet Bank transfer, by the amount.
the Extension can also be used to rewrite the reference to the file containing the application, type ransomware encoded files and demanding a ransom before restoring access.
This last type of malware is becoming more and more popular and shocking is one of the programs, to scare victims was used the image of Hitler.
okay, you got once for a trick of the hackers?
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