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Facebook Clickjacking
Facebook Clickjacking

The definition of clickjacking According to several sources, clickjacking represents a way of tricking the web users to click on hidden buttons in order to take control over their computer or revealing personal information. How does clickjacking works The method is more than simple. The attacker generates a web-page full of “credible” buttons that actually don’t do anything. Why that? [...]

By nabelea with 0 comments
Twilight Facebook Scam
Twilight Facebook Scam

A new scam on Facebook targeting Twilight fans this time . Users are triked to think that they will play a Twilight related Game . Users will be tricked in liking the “Play Twilight: Breaking Dawn” page : Facebook Twilight Scam Game Invitation Page Twilight Facebook Scam Game After you click on the page you will be taken to  a [...]

By Alexandru Nistor with 0 comments
List of Facebook scams that you should avoid

  Lately, there is an increase in the number of facebook scams. Below we present a few of them, so that you can avoid any issues.  Some of these scams can lead to various malware for both Windows and Linux/Mac operating systems so we recommend that you pay extra attention to similar messages that may appear in the future on [...]

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Facebook Safety Center

facebook safety center Facebook safety center is a great new addition to Facebook giving information to children, parents, educators, and law enforcement. Facebook will answer several questions like : General Safety – Where can I find information about my privacy and protecting my information on Facebook? – What other resources are available regarding internet safety? – Facebook has a Safety [...]

By Alexandru Nistor with 0 comments
Farm Town on Facebook gives you a nice malware

A malicious advertisement has been found inside the game Farm Town on Facebook. The 9.6 million players are being warned about fake security warnings popping up that are designed to mislead people into paying for antivirus protection they don’t need. Sandi Hardmeier who studies malicious advertisements said the users were redirected from Facebook through several domains and ended up on [...]

By Alexandru Nistor with 0 comments
Facebook Phising Again US$1,000 Best Buy gift-card

A new “trend” on facebook – the US$1,000 Best Buy gift-card. You are supposed to go to a Fan page where you great this great offer : If you click through and are one of the first 20,000 people to become Best Buy fans, you’ll get a $1,000 gift card to spend on electronics. In the last few months Facebook [...]

By Alexandru Nistor with 0 comments
Facebook Password Reset Scam

Facebook Phising Email Example ( scam ) Phising Email Headers: Return-path: Envelope-to: XXXX@XX.COM Delivery-date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:16:04 +0200 Received: from cpc1-wiga11-2-0-cust5.pres.cable.virginmedia.com ([77.96.128.6]) by XXXX with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NrXYx-0008Lb-Hb for XXXX@XX.COM ; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:16:04 +0200 Received: from 77.96.128.6 by mx0.name.com; Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:15:37 +0000 Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:15:37 [...]

By Alexandru Nistor with 0 comments
Facebook Who is Stalking me application is a scam

If  you are using Facebook for sure you have  seen the who is stalking me application at work : it automatically Tags a photo with your name  and also adds a Comment to the photo with a “masked” link … “The application itself is designed to look convincing enough, but none of the many ‘Continue’ buttons it offers will activate some [...]

By Alexandru Nistor with 2 comments