Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered yet another malicious Facebook ad campaign that fraudulently installs malware on users’ Windows devices.
A foreign news agency According to the report The team at Trustviews Spider Labs has revealed how an anonymous person started a Facebook campaign for digital advertising jobs.
Clicking on the ad he created is a button for an embedded “Access Document” PDF file, which, when clicked, starts a chain that activates the user’s data-stealing program, called Ov3r_Stealer.
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The malware is designed to steal password and crypto wallet information and collects the information and sends it to a Telegram channel where the anonymous person views the information, TrustView Spider Labs said in its report.
In addition to stealing password and crypto wallet data, Ov3r_Stealer also steals IP address-based location information, hardware information, cookies, credit card data, autofills, browser extensions, Microsoft Office documents and antivirus products installed on Windows devices. Can also steal the list.