There’s an email purporting to be from Facebook, claims that the users password was changed due to security reasons. This attack was originally reported by the security firm Sophos.
The email messages come in a variety of subject lines including “Facebook Service”, “Facebook Support”, “Your password has been changed”, and “Your account is blocked.” The email comes with a malicious attachment which carries a Trojan horse.
Sophos products detect the attached ZIP file as Mal/BredoZp-B, and the Trojan horse contained within as Troj/Agent-PLG.
According to Sophos, It’s possible that the attackers are attempting to exploit the problems many female Facebook users had this week when the social network disabled many accounts by accident.
If you receive any email that has the subjects lines indicated above, please delete it immediately.
Facebook will not change passwords without the request by the account holder.
Haha… I got that email in my work inbox which, oddly enough isn’t registered with my Facebook. :)
Kristi,
Good catch, but unfortunately not everyone is that savvy.
Thanks for the information.
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Carlos,
Thanks for the resource in Spanish.
There are always a lot of people who take advantage of the famous one.
Not only Facebook. Amazon, Microsoft, eBay, StumbleUpon, etc…. these famous sites are being used maliciously.
So, people beware.
– Jack –
thanks for the information, P.S I love Facebook))