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In the last month, a phishing scam that comes from your own contacts with the message "Are you the one in this video?" Has become viral through social networks? The main objective is the identity theft of users.
How does this scam work?
This type of malicious program is distributed through messages that circulate with a text and a link that can come directly from a contact you have on the social network. In fact, it is very likely that this contact from whom you received the message was also a victim of this type of scam .
The quality of this virus is that it has the ability to replicate itself every time someone clicks on the link. According to Facebook , the device infected with the virus carries out unwanted actions within the social network, such as posting spam in the biography, sending the same message to more contacts and of course, delivering system information.
The effectiveness of this scam is in the confidence that the message generates when coming from your own contacts. When the user accesses the link from a mobile device, he is directed to a phishing site that pretends to be the official login page of the social network, where the user must supposedly enter the email...
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