Malware uses video and tags to infect 100,000 people on Facebook

Campaign was first noticed on Saturday by researchers at Bitdefender, an anti-Virus firm in Bucharest, Romania. Initially, the three-day campaign was said to have infected just over 5,000 users. The campaign hinges on videos posted on a person’s timeline, which tags a number of friends. The videos themselves look as if they are legitimate, and use the goo.gl URL shortening service to mask their true destination. The malware that’s being delivered by the scam comes in two parts.”]

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