Social networks – A bonanza for cybercriminals

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Social networks – A bonanza for cybercriminals
Botnet
Malware
Botnet/malware group
Exploit kits
Services
Feature
Distribution vector
Target	Android, Social networks, VKontakte, Facebook, Instagram
Origin	Russia
Campaign
Operation/Working group
Vulnerability
CCProtocol
Date	2016 / 2015-12-29
Editor/Conference	Kaspersky Securelist
Link	https://securelist.com/blog/incidents/73204/social-networks-a-bonanza-for-cybercriminals/ (Archive copy)
Author	Ruslan Stoyanov
Type	Blogpost

Abstract

“ What do you think when you receive yet another spam or phishing message on your mobile phone? Most likely it is: “Who are these people, and how on earth did they get my phone number?” Initially, suspicion usually falls on an unscrupulous employee at some organization that you gave your number to. However, it’s not uncommon for spammers and cybercriminals to use a database harvested from a social network using special software, rather than a “leaked” database of cellphone subscribers.

Bibtex

 @misc{2016BFR4833,
   editor = {Kaspersky Securelist},
   author = {Ruslan Stoyanov},
   title = {Social networks – A bonanza for cybercriminals},
   date = {29},
   month = Dec,
   year = {2016},
   howpublished = {\url{https://securelist.com/blog/incidents/73204/social-networks-a-bonanza-for-cybercriminals/}},
 }