Attacking the Attackers: Facebook Hacker Tools Exploit Their Users

For those who are looking to hack the Facebook accounts of others, there is a marketplace of Facebook Hacker tools that offer the promise of point-and-click ease. According to a new report from Blue Coat Elastica Cloud Threat Labs (BCECTL), the promise made by many Facebook Hacker tools is false.

He emphasized that the Facebook Hacker tools are not doing explicit Facebook hacking. Rather, they are stealing end-users' Facebook account credentials, which can be further used to conduct additional sets of attacks, such as drive-by downloading through malicious link sharing in target accounts, stealing private information, phishing and spamming through Facebook messages.