Facebook friend added a new photo of you? Beware spammed-out malware attack

Computer users are being warned to be careful about opening unsolicited email attachments, after a malicious Trojan horse was spammed out posing as a Facebook notification that the recipient is featured in a newly uploaded photograph.

The emails, which pretend to come from Facebook, look like the following…

Read more in my article on the Naked Security website.

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