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How a Chinese malware gang defrauded Facebook users of $4 million – ZDNet
SilentFade group utilized a Windows trojan, browser injections, clever scripting, and a Facebook platform bug to buy and post ads on behalf of hacked users.
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At the Virus Bulletin 2020 security conference today, members of the Facebook security team have disclosed more details about one of the most sophisticated malware operations that has ever targeted Facebook users.
Known internally at Facebook as SilentFade, this malware gang was active between late 2018 and February 2019, when Facebook’s security team detected their presence and intervened to stop their attacks.
SilentFade utilized a combination of a Windows trojan, brow…
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