Facebook tops attackers’ list for cyber frauds
4 years, 2 months ago

Facebook tops attackers’ list for cyber frauds

The Hindu  

Facebook has been at the top of the list of cybercriminals for launching a cyberattack to steal personal information, according to a report by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. Facebook was leveraged with 4.5 million phishing attempts between April and September this year, as per Kaspersky’s analysis. While Google’s offering including YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive held sixth position with 1.5 million phishing attempts. “These results only confirm the trend that popular applications have become valuable platforms for fraudsters’ malicious attacks,” Kaspersky said in a report. While the organisations bar Facebook, they don’t include messengers, file sharing or mail services in their list of applications that cannot be used by employees due to their work purpose needs.

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Cybercriminal are making fake Facebook profiles to phish high-profile users: Report
1 year, 7 months ago

Cybercriminal are making fake Facebook profiles to phish high-profile users: Report

The Hindu  

Cybercriminals created more than 3,200 scam profiles, most of them impersonating Meta employees’ profiles, to phish public figures, celebrities, businesses, sports teams, and individual users. Scammers tricked victims by impersonating Meta’s technical team and requesting users to voluntarily share data on a phishing website or by sending their browser cookies to avoid their profiles being blocked, according to a blog …

Meta says nearly a million Facebook users’ login information compromised by malicious apps
2 years, 2 months ago

Meta says nearly a million Facebook users’ login information compromised by malicious apps

The Hindu  

About a million Facebook users’ accounts may have been compromised after they downloaded malicious apps that stole login information, Meta Platforms said last week. According to a company blog post on October 7, Meta identified over 400 malicious Android and iOS apps that tried to steal users’ credentials, mainly by having them log in through Facebook. “We’ve reported these malicious …

Usernames, passwords of 1 million Facebook users ‘compromised’: Meta
2 years, 2 months ago

Usernames, passwords of 1 million Facebook users ‘compromised’: Meta

Hindustan Times  

Meta Platforms, the company formerly known as Facebook Inc., said on Friday usernames and passwords of around 1 million Facebook users have been ‘compromised,’ adding that those affected will be notified about the situation. “This year, we identified more than 400 ‘malicious’ apps, on both Android and iOS, that target internet users and steal their login information,” Meta stated. Meanwhile, …

More Than 1.5 Crore Social Media Phishing Attacks in Q2 In India: Report
2 years, 4 months ago

More Than 1.5 Crore Social Media Phishing Attacks in Q2 In India: Report

News 18  

Phishing attacks via social media are on the rise and India witnessed over 1.5 crore such cyber threats in the second quarter this year, an average of more than 17.5 lakh attacks per day which were blocked by Norton Labs, the cyber-security company said on Tuesday. Globally, there were 302,000 mobile threats and 78,000 ransomware attacks, according to Norton Labs, …

Android smartphone users alert! Remove these 9 apps with hidden Trojan virus
3 years, 5 months ago

Android smartphone users alert! Remove these 9 apps with hidden Trojan virus

Live Mint  

The Android ecosystem has encountered a new batch of virus that hide themselves in applications. While Google Play Store may have removed these apps, users who might have downloaded the apps should also delete them from their device in order to steer clear from any further compromise. A cybersecurity service provider, DrWeb has published a new report showcasing the discovery …

Facebook says U.S. is the most targeted country by hackers on its platform
3 years, 6 months ago

Facebook says U.S. is the most targeted country by hackers on its platform

The Hindu  

Hackers operating fake accounts on Facebook have improved their tactics to attack users on the platform, with the U.S. being the most targeted country between 2017 and 2020, according to a Facebook report. Cybercriminals on the social network have moved to attacking users through smaller campaigns, after the social network started using automation to block hackers conducting high-volume operations. Facebook …

Facebook, Google lack effective scam reporting processes
3 years, 7 months ago

Facebook, Google lack effective scam reporting processes

The Hindu  

Google, Facebook, and other platforms are hosts to fraudulent 'Which' surveyed over 2,000 people across the U.K. to understand their behaviour towards online About 35% of 1,630 social media users said they didn’t know how to report dodgy ads that appear in their search listing, indicating the lack of transparency, the survey stated. Nearly a third of respondents said they …

Facebook Messenger users in over 80 countries hit by large-scale scam
3 years, 8 months ago

Facebook Messenger users in over 80 countries hit by large-scale scam

The Hindu  

Users of Facebook Messenger have been targeted in a large-scale scam campaign in at least 84 countries including Canada, the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Africa. According to analysts at a Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Group-IB, cybercriminals distributed ads promoting an allegedly updated version of Facebook Messenger to harvest users’ login credentials. To draw users’ attention, fraudsters …

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