“Connect with facebook”: new phishing that uses the image of the social network

Phishing attacks are still a very effective way for criminals. In the last hours, a new attack has been detected worldwide that makes use of the image of the most famous social network in the world. Using the phrase "Connect with Facebook" users are expected to log in to the social network. So they have access to that data and some functions.

“Connect with Facebook”: New phishing that uses the image of the social network

They are making use of fake web pages, since they have created one that closely resembles the well-known social network. In addition, this phishing is being distributed by websites whose security is in question. The idea is to make users access a form.

New phishing attack using the Facebook name

Users are informed that their account on the social network is blocked. So it is important that you log in to end this problem. Various types of messages have been detected that ask the user to log in. This is one of them:

The good part is that an easy way to detect is that these pages are all. So it is immediately known that they are not safe and that they do not belong to or are associated with Facebook.

This type of action is still very popular. Many companies are victims of them, since their name is used to deceive users. Facebook and Google are two of the most used examples so far.

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