Security News > 2020 > October > Facebook Details Malware Campaign Targeting Its Ad Platform
Facebook on Thursday released a detailed technical report on a malware campaign that targeted its ad platform for years.
Facebook took legal action against the malware operators in December 2019.
Although the malware was first detected in the final week of 2018, the cyber-crime group behind it is believed to have been operating since 2016, constantly adapting to new Facebook features and likely expanding to other social platforms and web services as well.
Next, the malware would steal Facebook login credentials from Internet browsers, would retrieve metadata about the Facebook account, and send the information to the command and control servers.
The social platform also discovered additional Chinese malware that are part of an ecosystem targeting Facebook users and says that such attacks were active as of June 2020.