If you too have come across a Facebook ad in the last day calling you to update Messenger – do not click, and do not download the file to your device. This is a sponsored post on the social network that impersonates the chat application under the name “Messengersup” (note the last 3 letters).
A message that was circulated, written in slightly distorted Hebrew (like Google Translate), read: “Anyone who has not received the latest messenger update, who has not reached most of the phones, as you can see who has visited your profile and who you are talking to. You can find out now using this link. ‘
Relieving the link will take you to a fake login page that asks for the account information – email or phone and password. “The site allegedly offers Facebook an improved messenger,” says Lotem Finkelstein, director of the cyber intelligence department at Check Point. “Clicking ‘Get the best version’ leads to an unmistakable page, it is not Facebook’s in any way. The page is asking for Facebook login information.”
“Whether the details are correct or not, typing the data then leads to the official Facebook page. So there is really no enhanced app. This is user information theft. Keep in mind that Facebook and other popular services retain exclusivity for their official apps and therefore will not allow foreign parties to interfere with the service. That they provide to the public their users. “
The information security company ESET Israel states that: “It is important to discover ads and pay attention to what you click on. Did you receive an invitation to download an update to the app you have? Do this from the official app store and not via random links that come on Facebook in the form of sponsored advertisement or email.”
Did you provide personal information? It is important to change your password as soon as possible and thus protect your privacy.