WARNING: Zeus Trojan Using Facebook Login Pages As Bait To Target Credit-Card Info

The Zeus Trojan is on the prowl again, hungry for credit-card information and other personal data, and Facebook is being used as the bait.

The Zeus Trojan is on the prowl again, hungry for credit-card information and other personal data, and Facebook is being used as the bait.

ThreatMetrix reported that a new variant of the peer-to-peer version of Zeus Trojan has been luring Facebook users with a seemingly authentic login page, but once users enter their credentials, fraudulent pages request credit-card information, with common scams including offers to link debit cards to Facebook accounts in order to easily transfer Facebook Credits, or to earn 20 percent cash back by linking debit cards with Facebook.

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