Scammers
are sending out e-mails saying that someone has added a new photo of
you to a Facebook album. The spam, which claims to come from the social
networking giant, includes an attachment that installs malware on your
computer. If you click on that attachment, It will downloads a ZIP file
and if you open that ZIP file and click on files which are in that zip
file, then that malware will get installed in you computer and it will
enables hackers to gain control over Windows-operated PCs.
The
e-mail subject is typically something along the lines of “Your friend
added a new photo with you to the album” (though cybercriminals can
easily alter it) and appears to come from an e-mail like
“notification+kjdm-dj-hud_@facebookmail.com” (again, this can be
changed). The attached file is named
“New_Photo_With_You_on_Facebook_PHOTOID[random].zip” where “random” is a
generated number.
Of
course, above emails don't really come from Facebook team. Such emails
are fake emails designed to trick or fool recipients into opening the
attached file which contains a photo / image. But the attachment is not a
image, its a malware which can hack you computer and allow hackers to
gain control over your Windows computer. This malware was identified by
security firm Sohpos as Troj/Agent-XNN.
But
there are surely so many peoples in the world who could be duped into
believing that they have been tagged by one of their friends in a
photograph, and want to see if they look overweight, unattractive or
simply fabulous.
So
Facebook users should be aware by now that the social media site like
facebook twitter never sends the pictures or files posted online as
attachments via email. That’s why users are always advised to beware of
such notifications.
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