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2020-10-08 03:00:00 (vue: 2020-10-08 10:05:37) |
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How SilentFade group steals millions from Facebook ad spend accounts |
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Facebook is a magnet for scammers, thieves and other bad actors looking to swindle and manipulate the social media giant's vast pool of users. One group discovered by Facebook's in-house researchers took such a sophisticated approach to bilking Facebook users that it walked away with $4 million in an elaborate ad fraud scheme that went undetected by its victims.Sachit Karve, speaking both for himself and fellow Facebook security researcher Jennifer Urgilez, offered more details about this scheme at the VB 2020 conference last week. Facebook insiders call the group behind it SilentFade and discovered that it came from a Chinese malware ecosystem that used different types of malware in its cybercrime sprees. |
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