Beware of Fake Facebook Profiles, Google Ads Pushing Sys01 Stealer

By Deeba Ahmed The researchers have been tracking the malware campaign since November 2020. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Beware of Fake Facebook Profiles, Google Ads Pushing Sys01 Stealer...

SYS01stealer: New Threat Using Facebook Ads to Target Critical Infrastructure Firms

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new information stealer dubbed SYS01stealer targeting critical government infrastructure employees, manufacturing companies, and other sectors since November 2022. "The threat actors behind the campaign are targeting Facebook business accounts by using...

533 Million Facebook Users' Phone Numbers and Personal Data Leaked Online

In what's likely to be a goldmine for bad actors, personal information associated with approximately 533 million Facebook users worldwide has been leaked on a popular cybercrime forum for free—which was harvested by hackers in 2019 using a Facebook vulnerability. The leaked data includes full...

Malicious Firefox, Chrome Extensions Target Facebook Users

Facebook users are being warned of malicious Firefox and Chrome extensions that can give an attacker remote control over a Facebook profile. Microsoft has seen an increase in activity around these extensions, in particular in Brazil. The threat is detected as Trojan:JS/Febipos.A and has been...

Paul Judge

Paul Judge, chief research officer at Barracuda Networks shared results from a five month study the company conducted in which they analyzed over 3,000 fake Facebook profiles. Barracuda used a tool they created to scour Facebook and detect fake accounts and the mounting risk they can draw. “It’s ...