Gone Phishing: Facebook Apps Used as Bait
Unfortunately, phishing is always in season on Facebook, and Jovi Umawing of Malwarebytes Labs shared several examples where application pages are the bait.
Unfortunately, phishing is always in season on Facebook, and Jovi Umawing of Malwarebytes Labs shared several examples where application pages are the bait.
Umawing shared screenshots where Facebook users are prompted to secure their accounts, change the colors displayed on their accounts or receive 1,000 friend requests, and she wrote in a blog post:
Anyone online can end up on these dodgy app pages, as whoever is behind these individual campaigns has made it a point to widen his/her net in the hopes of catching a lot.
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