Cyber-security firm McAfee is reporting about a sudden surge in detections for Faceliker, a malware strain that can take over browsers and manipulate Facebook "likes" on the behest of a remote party in order to promote social media trends, fake news, and other content.
The Faceliker malware is not new, being spotted years back, and is a generic detection that describes malware that takes over users' browsers and uses JavaScript code to perform click-jacking, giving Facebook "likes" to content received from a central command and control server.
The malware is usually packed in rogue browser add-ons, and specifically Chrome extensions. Users are lured to pages that promote these rogue extensions, either using email or Facebook Messenger spam.
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