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Users of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn are vulnerable to a new kind of cyber attack, according to researchers in Israel.
"Imagine watching and 'liking' a cute kitty video in your Facebook feed, and a day later a friend calls to find out why you 'liked' a video of an ISIS execution," said Rami Puzis of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba.
He and his colleagues are presenting a paper on the subject at The Web Conference in Taipei, Taiwan, this week, reported Breaking Israel News.
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"You log back on and find that indeed there's a 'like' there. The repercussions from indicating support by liking something you would never do (Biden vs. Trump, Yankees vs. Red Sox, ISIS vs. U.S.) from employers, friends, family or government enforcement unaware of this social media scam can wreak havoc in just minutes," he continued.
At risk are the billions of users of Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
The attack takes advantage of the weaknesses in the management of the posting systems. Twitter generally doesn't allow changes to posts, and Facebook and LinkedIn make a note when a post has been edited.
But the new attack, called "Chameleon," overrides such protections, the research shows.
The Israeli researchers' study, posted on arXiv.org, the report said, explains the attack "involves maliciously changing the way content is displayed publicly without any indication whatsoever that it was changed until you log back on and see it."
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