Scam on Facebook: Scammers are using Messenger chatbots to steal login information
The new phishing scam uses fake and malicious chatbots to steal login information from Facebook users who don't know what's going on. This is done through Facebook Messenger. Trustwave security researchers have found a new phishing campaign that uses chatbots on Facebook Messenger. The goal of the campaign is to steal user credentials. Trustwave's analysis of this new phishing campaign shows that the chatbots act like the social network's customer service staff. Then, these bots take over pages by forcing the people in charge of those pages to enter the page's login information. After Trustwave's report, the bad chatbots and websites were taken down right away. Chatbots are basically specially made programmes that help customers and answer their questions as if they were talking to a real person before the question is sent to a real person. Most of the time, businesses that offer live chat or customer service will use these bots. Explaining the Attack Scenario T