Do Not Click: Funny Facebook Video Scam Installs Malware and Steals Your Credentials | Hacking News And Security ( HNAS )

Facebook users are advised not to click on a video link that looks like some woman removing her cloths in front of a webcam, as it lead users to a fake YouTube link and tricks them into downloading a malicious malware that steals their personal data.

The malware is of Albanian origin, can also access user’s internet browser, according to research by Bitdefender.

It is a very professional looking YouTube video, but when user clicks it, it redirects browser to install malicious Adobe’s Flash update that installs a malware on the computing device. 

“Scammers have created over 20,000 unique URLs that redirect victims to malicious websites and a fake alluring YouTube video, showing a woman taking her clothes off on a webcam,” states Catalin Cosoi, Chief Security Strategist at Bitdefender. “The video seems to actually play for a couple of seconds to entice male users to click. Malware writers faked the number of views so the video seems to have been watched by over a million users.”

This is the screenshot of fake funny video. Do NOT click it if you see it on yourtimeline.

Catalin Cosoi continues, “After stealing Facebook information, victims’ profile names are added into the fake YouTube URL parameters. This enables them to make the video seem more legitimate, as it looks like it is posted by users’ friends.”

The cyber criminals are using shortened URLs service bit.ly to spread and trick users into clicking the video on Facebook, while the Bitdefender has said it already notified the Bit.ly company about the issue. 

The Trojan.Agent.BDYV malware has been smartly developed, so smart that it works on both Chrome and Firefox browsers, it tags friends on Facebook and prevents infected users from deleting its posts from their timelines.

Facebook’s version over this issue is unclear but, this is not the first time when the social media giant has been spammed with malicious malware. Just yesterday we reportedabout a scam where where cyber criminals are trying to cash-in the heartbreaking Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 incident by creating fake Facebook pages in the names of victims.

Read our previous reports about scams on Facebook and other platforms by clicking here. 

We request our users to be careful regarding such scams and malware, report them by following this procedure.