Websites that offer automatic scripts to hack Facebook accounts are coming under the microscope. This service is offered at zero cost and the user follows the process with a classic Facebook survey.
In a very friendly environment, we can enter the username of the account we want to access and after the process begins, a new window informs us of its progress.
However, the data cannot be read easily.
Jovi Umawing, a security researcher at Malwarebytes, analyzed several websites that claim to steal Facebook account information, and managed to find, in one case, in the terms of use of the service, that the whole process is just a simulation. Of course, the user did not know this when using the service. The website (fbwand[dot]com), which is one of these sites that promises access to third-party accounts, is no longer active.
In another case, when the alleged hacking was complete, the user of the service could not access the password of the account he was looking for and in order to get it he had to recommend this service to his friends on Facebook.
However, there is another way for those who do not want to recommend the service to friends, which has the user fill out a questionnaire, relying on those behind it that the user will not want to make known what they are trying to find.
The surveys that exist on Facebook should now be well-known and can be easily identified, especially by those who are familiar with social media.
Most often, users receive messages promising access to personal account content, but usually the victim goes from page to page with the same promise and fills out questionnaires. In the end, all the victim manages to do is make a profit for those behind it by filling out these questionnaires.
Services that promise access to Facebook accounts follow the same method. By making the user choose whether to share the service or fill out the questionnaire, they profit from both. With the first option, they will become even more well-known as a service, while with the second option, they will make a financial profit.
They also have no problem if Facebook removes their questionnaires since they can easily upload them from another location.
Source: news.softpedia.com
