Scammers use hacked Verified Facebook pages to pose as Meta and lure users into downloading malware

Meta has been long trying to stop scammers impersonating businesses on Facebook pages. But recently, a new type of scam has been uncovered where recently hacked pages ran ads approved by Meta laced with malware.

While these accounts are usually easy to spot since they were impersonating Facebook, many sounded official and had names like ‘Meta Ads’ or ‘Meta Ads Manager’. According to a report by TechCrunch, These ads were initially spotted by an industry analyst named Matt Navarra on Twitter and had links asking users to click on a link and install tools that probably are malware.