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Data theft via Facebook chat

We have been informed of a new deceptive Facebook application that pretends to be a Mario Bros game but actually steals users' private data and replicates itself through the social network's chat.

Initially the profile of an affected user starts sending invitations to all their contacts. Generally this action is done without the consent of the affected user and the user does not know about this shipment:

If the person receiving the message, clicks on the link the short address of Goo.gl redirects it to a harmful Facebook application, as you can see below:
When entering the application, authorization is requested from the user to install it in the user's profile:
If the user gives his consent, he is actually giving his permission so that from that moment the application begins to send the messages through the chat, previously seen:
If you have already authorized this application, you can unsubscribe from Account -> Privacy Settings on Facebook.

After the corresponding reports from Segu-Info, both the shortened URL of Goo.gl and the harmful application have been unsubscribed, although this only indicates that they will continue to appear.

Cristian from the Segu-Info Newsroom

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