Twitter users, beware: A new malware campaign may leave your followers with a virus if they click on a link to a bogus Facebook photo or video that appears to be from you.
Sophos analyst Graham Cluley reported today that a number of Naked Security blog readers are complaining of being spammed via Twitter direct messages.
The compromised accounts send a malicious link, aimed at unsuspecting users who click on the link, thinking it is a Facebook photo or video of them, which ultimately infects their computer.
Different combinations of wording are often used. In this case, Cluley pointed out two versions of the reported messages: “your in this [link to page on Facebook.com] LoL” and “you even see him taping u [link to page on Facebook.com] that’s awful.”
Read also:
If You Get a Misspelled Twitter Message From a Friend, Don't Click On Any … (Slate Magazine (blog))
Malware-Carrying Twitter DMs Push Fake Facebook Links (WebProNews)
WARNING: Twitter DMs Promise Facebook Videos Featuring Users, But Deliver … (AllFacebook)
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