Avast Blog – 2.21.18
Social engineering used to trick Facebook users into downloading Advanced Persistent Threat disguised as Kik Messenger app. A few months ago, one of our customers contacted us regarding strange messages he received on Facebook Messenger. The messages came from fake Facebook profiles belonging to attractive, but fictitious women. These women encouraged him to download another chat application to continue their conversations.
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