A new virus, dubbed Facexworm, is spreading through Facebook Messenger, stealing user account credentials and hijacking their device for cryptocurrency mining.
If you received a video link from your friend, think twice before opening it, you could have compromise your private infomation and device just by clicking on the link.
Around December last year, a similar virus was discovered by Trend Micro Researchers, named Digimine, that spreads itself via Facebook Messenger, infecting Windows PC as well as Chrome Browser to mining cryptocurrency in the background.
This new virus was originally emerged in August last year, but has since repacked with multiple new abilities including stealing user credentials from targeted websites ( for instance cryptocurrency trading platform. ), redirecting the user to cryptocurrency referral programs, hijacking user’s device to mine cryptocurrency in the background, hijack user’s wallet address and redirecting user to crypto scam webpage. яндекс
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