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Facebook Virus That Drains Your Bank Accounts: What You Need to Know

  • Post author: Omid Farhang
  • Post published: June 6, 2013
  • Reading Time: 4 min
  • Word Count: 708 words

This post has been shared originally by Malwarebytes Blog: The word about the Zeus Trojan back on Facebook has spread as fast as the malware itself across many news sites. Awareness and education about online dangers is essential but headlines like “Malware That Drains Your Bank Account Thriving On Facebook” instill fear while at the same time blame Facebook — something that may not be entirely justified. Malicious links on social networking sites are nothing new (Twitter, Linkedin to name a few). They have been, and continue to be, abused by spammers to peddle fake AV or redirect to exploit sites distributing all sorts of nasties. ...

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