Phishing Alert: Facebook in Colors, Instagram Followers and Changed Hotmail

A group of cybercriminals is trying to lure Twitter users to Facebook, Instagram and Outlook phishing pages. Take a look at what the scammy tweets and the phishing sites look like.

It appears that the scammers are using compromised Twitter accounts to post messages designed to lure users to the phishing sites.

A different message is used as a lure for each type of phish. All of them appear to be posted on each of the compromised Twitter accounts.

A typical tweet that points to an Instagram phishing page reads something like this: “GET NEW INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS OR LIKES FOR FREE! 1i use this app too and it works. there are no fake users 🙂 [link]”
 
It’s also worth noting that the Instagram phishing pages appear to target users who speak French.

Once they enter their credentials, victims are directed to a website apparently offering a free proxy service. The site, hosted on hostinghood.com, contains a lot of advertisements, so it’s possible that the cybercriminals are trying to make some money via Google ads.
 
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