Social media platforms are now a critical part of building networks with people. However, it is unfortunate to note that attackers are leveraging platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to steal login credentials and other personal data of individuals.
Ongoing cybercrime trends on Facebook
Phishlabs noted that threat actors are impersonating executives of well-known brands on Facebook for the purpose of stealing credentials and damaging the companies’ reputation.
Another Facebook phishing scam that is making the rounds on the Internet, involves tricking users into believing that they have been spotted in an x-rated video shared on Facebook Messenger. This malicious and fake video is actually used to compromise unsuspecting users’ accounts by redirecting them to a fake Facebook login page.
Attackers are also impersonating Facebook’s automated notification to warn users. These emails claim to unpublish a user’s page as Facebook has received a number of complaints. In case of error, the user is appealed to provide correct information on a link given in the email.
Even Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram are misused
Executive impersonation attack is popular across Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram to promote a fake giveaway scam or contest.
Phishlabs reported that scammers are using LinkedIn to impersonate a high-rank executive to conduct fake job recruitments or offer individuals fake goods and services.
In this attempt, threat actors send private messages to targets from the impersonated accounts and ask for Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or money.
ESET researchers uncovered a cyberespionage campaign named ‘Operation In(ter)ception’ that lev ..
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