Following Angelina Jolie’s filing for divorce, an article falsified to look like it was published by Fox News has started making the rounds on Facebook with the extremely clickable headline “R.I.P Brad Pitt.” Fortunately, Pitt is not dead. The post is merely a hoax that has been created by a savvy hacker to trick vulnerable users into handing over their email address, password and other personal details. Clicking the headline redirects users to an application riddled with malware. They are requested to fill in their Facebook credentials to read the story. However, instead of signing them in, the app grants itself access to their…
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