Google Chrome it is the target of some hackers who thought they could trick people to hack their account very easily Facebook and block them, or steal data from them for who knows what purposes. According to the IT security company Trend Micro, Google Chrome users are vulnerable to a malware called FaceXWorm, it was discovered for the first time in 2017, but in 2018 it comes in a modified, much more dangerous version, unfortunately for everyone .
Google Chrome can be infected with this malware through an extension that is promoted within Facebook Messenger through malicious links, redirecting people to YouTube. There, users are recommended to install an extension called Koblo in Google Chrome, this being infected with the FacexWorm malware, and from that point the Facebook accounts of infected people can be very easily stolen by hackers whenever they want.
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Google Chrome is infected in just a few seconds with this malware, the extension being recommended for people because it would be necessary to see the YouTube video they are directed to, although this is false. Basically, this new malware attack is aimed at very gullible people who are able to install anything in Google Chrome without realizing that they are the victims of a computer attack, their number being surprisingly high.
"Security experts from Trend Micro are alerting Google Chrome users about the FacexWorm malware. This malicious software is loaded onto a Google Chrome extension that people are being tricked into downloading. The malware spreads through dodgy Facebook Messenger links that direct users to a fake YouTube page. Victims are then prompted to download an alleged Google Chrome extension called Koblo.”
Google Chrome is then used to redistribute the malicious link to the video clip recommending the installation of the malware extension in the friends list, and thus more people can be tricked into self-infection. Attacks of this kind appear every year, and Google Chrome is a target because of the very large number of users who use it, but normally Facebook should automatically block malicious links when they are sent.
