Facebook – New Christmas theme leads to malware and spam
Uncategorized December 28th, 2011Please avoid any new Christmas, New Year, or other holiday themes or unusual links presented in the Facebook environment
Facebook – New Christmas theme leads to malware and spam
http://blog.trendmicro.com/christmas-theme-for-facebook-profile-leads-to-malspam/
QUOTE: Attacks that use the holidays as a social engineering lure are starting to pour in as the Christmas day draws near. We recently found a page on Facebook that offers a Christmas theme on one’s profile. The page leads to a malware that comes in the form of browser plugin. Once users click the Like button, the page redirects them to a URL which allows victims to download and install a malicious plugin named Free Cheesecake Factory Coupons. Note that the plugin only works for all browsers, which is detected as TROJ_REDIR.CU.
Users need to be extra vigilant this holiday season, since cybercriminals are surely to continue launching attacks that use the holiday season as a lure. For more information on how to keep themselves protected, we recommend users to check the following reports:
