Unmasking Magnet, a Novel Malware on Facebook

摘要

We present the findings of our discovery of a novel Trojan malware on Facebook named Magnet. The new malware exploited the photo tagging feature of Facebook to reach a wider pool of victims, enabling it to spread faster than any existing Trojan malware. We provide in-depth technical details of the malware, its spreading mechanism and simulation results showing that Magnet can spread faster than traditional Trojan malware.