Peaches Posted May 3, 2009 Report Share Posted May 3, 2009 Phishers Target Facebook AgainEllen Messmer, NetworkWorld"A number of phishing attacks that have struck Facebook users in the past two days have put the social networking siteand its users on the defense.Phishing attacks that try to get Facebook users to enter their log-in credentials at a fraudulent site in order to steal them have plagued users for the past two days, with phishing traced back to FBstarter.com, BAction.net and possibly others The viral phishing infection spreads via Facebook contact lists of victims.(Read more about security issues involving social networks) Ryan McGeehan, threat analyst for Facebook, said phishing attacks are a fairly commonplace occurrence at the Facebook site, occurring every few weeks. While he wasn't ready to release specific numbers concerning how many of Facebook's 200 million users may have been victimized by the latest round of scams, he said Facebook has taken firm steps to repel the attacks."More here: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/arti...book_again.html>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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