Poison .JPG spreading ransomware through Facebook Messenger

Cick-to-self-p0wn attack sneaks Locky ransomware past Zuck’s security model.

By Darren Pauli

Checkpoint has found an image obfuscation trick it thinks may be behind a recent massive phishing campaign on Facebook that’s distributing the dangerous Locky ransomware.

The security firm has not released technical details as the flaw it relies on still impacts Facebook and LinkedIn, among other unnamed web properties.

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Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/

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