WARNING: Porn Video Worm Affects Facebook, Ow.ly, Amazon Web Services, Box
Using pornographic videos as bait to entice unsuspecting users into installing malware is far from a new tactic, but the latest threat being spread around Facebook affects several other services, as well.
Using pornographic videos as bait to entice unsuspecting users into installing malware is far from a new tactic, but the latest threat being spread around Facebook affects several other services, as well.
Malwarebytes Labs reported that the worm being spread around the social network is likely part of the Kilim family, which has been used to make victims like, share and follow social media pages, eventually spreading itself to victims’ contacts, as well.
This particular worm also leverages and abuses other Web services, including Ow.ly,
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