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Facebook Phishing Attacks Claim 10,000 Victims In Two Days

Malware attack tricked approximately 10,000 Facebook users around the world into infecting their devices after receiving a message from a friend claiming to have mentioned them on Facebook. Compromised devices were used to hijack Facebook accounts in order to spread the infection through the victims own Facebook friends and to enable other malicious activity. Countries in South America and Europe were hardest hit, with Brazil, Poland, Peru, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Greece, Portugal, Tunisia, Venezuela, Israel and Israel.”]

Source: https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/articles/facebook-phishing-attacks-claim-10000-victims-in-two-days/

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