Emma Watson nude Facebook video will only give you a Trojan

The cloud's nude-gate has been embarrassing for some, but let's not forget one important thing; spammers will and do take advantage of these high profile celebrity hacks. Case in point, Emma Watson - better known as Hermione Granger from Harry Potter, is being used for a Facebook scam which will dump a Trojan which can potentially steal phone numbers via SMS scams and alter browser settings.

The comment that is being circulated promises a video showing the British actress naked.




According to Bitdefender's Hot for Security blog, the videos harbor several harmful Trojans, which scrounge for personal data such as phone numbers, steal tokens of legitimate apps and hijack Facebook sessions. To monetize their efforts, malware writers also subscribe victims to premium SMS scams.

The comments are automatically posted by users infected with the malware. As in many Facebook scams, victims end up as marketers for cyber-crooks.

When users click on the malicious links, they are redirected to a salacious YouTube copycat. Future victims are then asked to update their Flash Player, as an error allegedly prevents them from watching the leaked videos of Emma Watson.



To make the story more credible, the fake YouTube account used the Anonymous ‘Guy Fawkes’ mask, as the hacktivist group is often claiming celebrity video leaks.

A good rule of thumb is that if someone is promising naked pictures or videos on Facebook (or anywhere) - they are probably not what the claim to be. If you click - you shouldn't really be surprised when your computer gets sick!