Facebook Zeus malware targeting bank accounts

[Dragos]

Principal security firms detected a new variant of Facebook Zeus malware that is exploiting the popular social network to target user’s bank accounts.

A Facebook Zeus malware variant (aka ZeuS/ZBOT) has been detected by principal security firms confirming the longevity of malicious code and the ability of cybercrime to customize it according to its needs.

Symantec was one of the first companies to detect the Facebook Zeus virus and its capability to drain user’s bank accounts, the malicious code exploits phishing messages as a method of propagation. A compromised account is used to automatically send messages to its contact with links to ads, usually to video or product.

The new Facebook Zeus instance is able to infect only Windows users, there is no news of variant that targeted Linux or Mac OS X systems.

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