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February 7th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda - Fake story about U.S. attacking Iran and Saudi Arabia is cyber crime attack
- Latest in line of ‘breaking news’ attacks
- Video link infects PC with a Trojan
- 60,0000 Facebook users already victims
By
Rob Waugh
Last updated at 1:38 PM on 7th February 2012
A fake news page saying, ‘U.S. attacks Iran and Saudi Arabia, the begin (sic) of World War 3,’ is the latest virus scam to circulate on Facebook.
The story uses CNN’s logos, and appears to offer video footage of a breaking news story, but says users need to upgrade their Flash video software to watch.
When they ‘upgrade’, they in fact infect their PC with a trojan. Security experts Sophos reported at least 60,000 people have already fallen victim.
The fake news story directs users to a video, which then asks them to update their video player. The ‘updated player’ is in fact a Trojan that infects their PC
Cyber criminals have begun using fake news headlines to lure in victims on social networks such as Facebook.
Videos are often used as ‘bait’, because computer users are used to upgrading video software such as Flash, so installing software does not set off alarm bells.
‘Naked Security has seen a worrying number of Facebook users posting the same status messages today, claiming that the United States has attacked Iran and Saudi Arabia in a move heralding the beginning of World War 3,’ said Graham Cluley of Sophos’s Naked Security blog.
‘Within the first three hours of this malware campaign, some 60,000 Facebook users had been duped into visiting the malicious link.’
Clicking the link brings up a convincing looking error message asking users to update their Flash player
‘What isn’t entirely clear at this point is how the message is being shared by so many Facebook profiles.’
‘It’s possible that malicious code on users’ computers is sending the message to Facebook without users knowing. To be on the safe side, you should scan your computer with up-to-date anti-virus software and ensure you have the latest security patches in place.’
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Sad thing is that WW3 is not an impossibility now.
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Lol, macs are apple-tasic
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I’ve deleted my Facebook account and given my mobile phone away… Life is a whole lot better.
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May be fake, however in a couple of months it will be very real.
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Facebook will destroy us all.
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I spotted this on my Facebook at the end of last week. I deleted the post as i instantly knoew it was spam
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