Researchers uncover cybercriminal stronghold targeting Facebook users

The Facebook Messenger 'Is That You?' video phishing scam has been around since 2017, but a recent investigation into it by researchers at Cybernews has led to the discovery of what they're calling a 'cybercriminal stronghold'. Threat actors are using this to infect the social network with thousands of malicious links each day. The research has also identified at least five suspects, thought to be residing in the Dominican Republic. Following a tip off from cyber investigator Aidan Raney, the Cybernews team discovered thousands of phishing links had been distributed, through a devious network sprawling across the back channels of… [Continue Reading]