New Facebook Scam "Naked Video Of Your Facebook Friend"
https://softtechnew.blogspot.com/2014/03/new-facebook-scam-naked-video-of-your.html
Millions of people have been tricked into installing Trojan virus after clicking on a new Facebook scam (Link) that wrongly promises naked videos of their "friends".
The scam – which ask users to install a fake Flash player supposedly needed to view the video – can multiply automatically rapidly across multiple timelines by tagging the victim’s friends.
In an attempt to investigate, cyber-criminals vary the scam messages by incorporating the names of Facebook friends with phrases "private video", "naked video" or "XXX private video".
A malvertised link promises videos of the mark's Facebook friends naked, redirecting the victim on it to a fake YouTube website hosting a fake FlashPlayer.exe file. Fake Flash updates are, very useful trick to attract users into installing malware. This malware attempts to install itself on computers when users click on the fake Adobe Flash Player update.
For Affirming the news of Scam, cyber-criminals try to get the number of views of the adult video to show that more than two million users had purportedly already clicked on the infected "YouTube link". Another Awesomeness of the Scammer is addition of message that the video is “age-restricted” based on community guidelines. The whole scam is designed to gain private information from victims, according to a famous Antimalware Company.
When clicking the link that promises a naked video of friend, victim are redirected to a fake YouTube website where a FlashPlayer.exe file install a Trojan, explained Catalin Cosoi, chief security strategist at a famous Anti malware Company.
A Scam web page suggest that Adobe Flash Player has crashed and an update to the latest version is required. Then Malware prompt to installs a browser extension capable of posting the scam on users’ behalf and stealing their Facebook pictures.” Bitdefender Labs detects the malware named as Trojan Fake-Flash.A Famous Romanian security software maker blocks the scam using their free application for Facebook accounts, which is named as Safego. Other safe surfing products are also available.
In an attempt to investigate, cyber-criminals vary the scam messages by incorporating the names of Facebook friends with phrases "private video", "naked video" or "XXX private video".
A malvertised link promises videos of the mark's Facebook friends naked, redirecting the victim on it to a fake YouTube website hosting a fake FlashPlayer.exe file. Fake Flash updates are, very useful trick to attract users into installing malware. This malware attempts to install itself on computers when users click on the fake Adobe Flash Player update.
For Affirming the news of Scam, cyber-criminals try to get the number of views of the adult video to show that more than two million users had purportedly already clicked on the infected "YouTube link". Another Awesomeness of the Scammer is addition of message that the video is “age-restricted” based on community guidelines. The whole scam is designed to gain private information from victims, according to a famous Antimalware Company.
When clicking the link that promises a naked video of friend, victim are redirected to a fake YouTube website where a FlashPlayer.exe file install a Trojan, explained Catalin Cosoi, chief security strategist at a famous Anti malware Company.
A Scam web page suggest that Adobe Flash Player has crashed and an update to the latest version is required. Then Malware prompt to installs a browser extension capable of posting the scam on users’ behalf and stealing their Facebook pictures.” Bitdefender Labs detects the malware named as Trojan Fake-Flash.A Famous Romanian security software maker blocks the scam using their free application for Facebook accounts, which is named as Safego. Other safe surfing products are also available.
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