Zee Media Bureau
New Delhi: A new Facebook spam, allegedly offering users to change the colour scheme of their FB profile has resurfaced.
The colour changing app called the 'Facebook colour changer' offers nine different colours for the profile background.
As per reports, the latest scam has already affected over 10,000 users around the world.
When the users log-in to their accounts, they receive a pop up of an app advertisment that tells Facebook users they can change the colour theme of their profile. Once, a user downloads it, he/she is directed to a malicious phishing site.
The website targets users by stealing their Facebook Access Tokens by asking them to view a colour changer tutorial video.
Temporary access to the tokens allows hackers to connect to the user's Facebook friends.
If a user does not view the video, the website tries to get them to download the malicious application.
(With agencies input)
First Published: Friday, August 8, 2014, 10:26
