Locky ransomware uses decoy image files to ambush Facebook, LinkedIn accounts

A low-tech but cunning malware program is worrying security researchers after it started spreading rapidly in the past week through a new attack vector: by forcibly exploiting vulnerabilities in Facebook and LinkedIn.

According to the Israeli security firm Check Point, security flaws in the two social networks allow a maliciously coded image file to download itself to a user’s computer. Users who notice the download, and who then access the file, cause malicious code to install “Locky” ransomware onto their computers.

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