Phishing apps found on Facebook - SC Magazine US
A new round of rogue Facebook applications sends notifications that lead users to phishing sites, according to researchers at Trend Micro.
The apps look innocuous, but if installed on a user's account can set off a chain of events designed to lure friends to phishing sites.
“Once this application is added [to an account], it uses the image of one of your friends (because your apps can see any info that you can see) to tell you that someone has generously sent you a meaningless graphic,” Rik Ferguson, solutions architect at Trend Micro, wrote in a blog post updated Wednesday. “It also gives you options of how to respond to this dubious gift, but no button to act on those options.”
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