New Chrome extension malware hijacks Facebook profiles

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Kaspersky Lab researchers have found a criminal gang playing cat and mouse with Google by releasing several variations of its malware laden Chrome extensions, hosting them on the official Google Web store.

The malware pretends to be a Flash Player installer but instead downloads a trojan which writes messages a victim’s Facebook profile and automatically likes certain pages. The researchers say that variations of the attacks have been found, however, it has so far largely been confined to Brazil and other Portuguese speaking nations. 

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