Mobile Menace Monday: Facebook Lite infected with Spy FakePlay
A lite version of the popular mobile app Facebook has been infected with Android/Trojan.Spy.FakePlay.
Scam as a service 2: the B team
Interest in Tor based threats is increasing to the extent that some vendors will scoop up all activity they find on Tor and provide you a nice front end to search through it at your leisure. This might lead the casual observer to assume that the darkness is a one stop shop for cyber threats, but criminals existed on the internet prior to Tor, and still do quite well for themselves without it. In fact, bad guys with good OPSEC tend to be the exception, rather than the rule. So let’s take a quick look at some unpleasant stuff and the nadir of bad OPSEC, Facebook.
A week in security (Oct 16 – Oct 22)
A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from the 16th of October to the 22nd. This week, we reported about a Facebook hoax, a noteworthy DDoS attack, ransomware, and exploit kit campaigns. We also made several company announcements.
Facebook will make all posts public. Not!
You may have seen such odd posts on your Facebook friends feed lately. If you wonder what those are really about, read on.
Malware “Eko” affecting French Facebook users
French Facebook users have been falling victim to a new Facebook Messenger “Trojan horse” arriving into their private message (PM) inboxes from network contacts.