Nov. 1, 2023, 6:08 p.m. |

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Cybercriminals are using Facebook ads to distribute malware and hijack users' social media accounts, researchers have found. In the so-called malvertising campaign, hackers exploit legitimate tools for online ad distribution and insert infected links into typical advertisements. To entice users into clicking, the campaign offers “provocative enticements” — in this case, lewd images of young

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