One
of the oldest scams around Facebook is back and in the form of an app
that promises to allow users to change the colour scheme of their
profile page. It’s actually just a scam that eventually installs malware
on your computer and then spreads it to other PCs in the network.
Facebook
has always been blue, so we can understand that people want to change
the colour scheme of the UI, just like Twitter automatically changes it
from profile to profile. It supposedly lets you pick from nine different
colours. However, a Chinese internet security company Cheeta Mobile
found that it in fact just downloads malicious software, compromising
the account and computer.
Cheeta
said that viruses and malware can easily be package in the form of
applications on Facebook, which users are all too quick to click on.
According to the company, the vulnerability exploited is seen in
Facebook’s app page itself, which allows hackers to implant code into
Facebook-based applications directing users to phishing sites.
The
colour changer app lures users with a tutorial video, which allows
attackers access to all user data including photos, friend lists and
personal messages. A message also appears alerting users that they have a
virus, and offers free anti-virus software, which is in fact just a
malicious software.
Posted by : Gizmeon
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