Hi guys, just a reminder since were seeing a lot of these videos on our feeds lately Fake video scam shared across social media sites Some scammers are currently focusing on Paul Walker and Roger Rodas, who both recently died in a car accident. Even though the base of the story is true, the scammers are using these tragic deaths to try to promote fake videos which claim to include unseen footage of the crash. One scam group has specialized in the use of malicious Facebook applications to boost the reach of the scam. With a simple geo IP location JavaScript, the scammers can determine the user’s location and redirect their browser to a site that suits their region. This is straight forward and common behavior nowadays. The redirects can point to malicious Facebook apps, remotely hosted scams sites, or phishing sites. Luckily, in this example, the phishing website does not look very convincing, as some browsers break the layout of the site. From symantec/
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 10:09:20 +0000
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