Your Facebook account contains a lot of personal information, making it very attractive to cybercriminals. However, some hackers go one step further and take complete control of your account. Through a sophisticated Facebook phishing campaign, they have already taken over thousands of accounts that are now being used for fraudulent purposes. We have been reporting on these phishing attacks for many years!

These are these and similar status posts on Facebook

Screenshot of a fraudulent page on Facebook
Screenshot of a fraudulent page on Facebook

Such fraudulent Facebook phishing pages appear again and again under different names. Standards Meta , we are also aware of: “Facebook Support”, “Facebook Security”, “Server Network Registry Corporation”, “Social Network Registry Corporation”, “Fanpage Policy Issues” .

According to security experts at Group-IB, there are over 3,200 fake profiles or pages posing as Facebook support in 23 different languages. The number of these fake profiles is continually growing. In March 2023 alone, over 1,000 new profiles were added. The hackers have built a widespread network, so you could also come across fake support in your news feed.

The criminals use this strategy for their Facebook phishing attacks

In the name of Facebook or similar-sounding names, they offer alleged protective measures and lure you to one of the 220 phishing websites. When you enter your login details on such a page, the takeover of your account is in full swing.

Although the hackers have already taken over thousands of accounts, their goals are even bigger: stealing the data and accounts of celebrities, musicians, athletes and companies. The phishing campaign is still active and has not yet been stopped.

Summary


  • Group-IB experts discovered more than 3,200 fake Facebook profiles/pages posing as Meta and Facebook technical support teams and posting in 23 languages.
  • Group-IB found more than 1,200 fake profiles in March 2023 alone.
  • The fraud profiles are either created from scratch or are already compromised accounts that the fraudsters use for new phishing attempts.
  • Group-IB researchers have discovered more than 220 phishing pages that imitate official Meta and Facebook pages.
  • The scammers' main goal is to gain control of an account, which will be closed once a person enters their username/email address and password on a phishing website or sends their browser cookies to the scammers, which can use this data in a session hijacking attack.
  • The cybercriminals behind this campaign are attempting to take over the Facebook accounts of celebrities, celebrities, companies and sports teams in hopes of expanding their reach.
  • The scammers lure potential victims with attention-grabbing posts that contain a signature indicating that the post was “written” by Meta/Facebook support staff. In their posts, they highlight dozens of other sites that also contain links to the phishing websites.
  • Potential victims see the fraudulent posts either in their news updates, in their notifications, or when they search for the name of a person or company whose account has been flagged.

Source: Group IB


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