Peaches Posted January 25, 2011 Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Guy Kills Girlfriend' Scams Spread Virally on Facebook Security researchers warn of several Facebook scams that lure users onto deceptive survey pages via fake news headline about a man killing his girlfriend.The viral scams generate messages like "A young man killed his girlfriend after he found this secret message in her inbox : [link]" or "DAMN!!!! A guy that lives in my street killed his girlfriend today!! Take a look it's in the news : [link]" The links take users to pages promoting rogue Facebook apps. In one case, the page promotes a fake news application and displays a message reading "She had forgotten to close her session on the world's biggest social network. Her boyfriend came back home early and found this message in her inbox..."This is meant to peak the user's interest and is followed by a "Click here to read the story" link. Doing so prompts a permission dialog from the rogue application asking for permission to post on their wall.http://news.softpedia.com/news/Guy-Kills-Girlfriend-Scams-Spread-Virally-on-Facebook-180115.shtml Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peaches Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 Hackers Post Fake Announcement from Nicolas Sarkozy's Facebook Account An unidentified hacker has managed to hijack Nicolas Sarkozy's Facebook account and post a fake announcement about his intention to not seek re-election in 2012.On Sunday night, the French President's nearly 400,000 Facebook fans got to see a poorly spelled update announcing that he doesn't plan to run for re-election when his mandate is over. The message was the work of a hacker who, by means that remain unknown, obtained unauthorized access to Mr. Sarkozy's account.The fake announcement linked to a Facebook page that invited people to celebrate his resignation on May 6, 2012, at the Le Fouquet's restaurant in Paris, the place where the president celebrated his election to office in 2007. More here: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hackers-Post-Fake-Announcement-from-Nicolas-Sarkozy-s-Facebook-Account-180174.shtml Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Peaches Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2011 'Look at You' Facebook Wall Posts Lead to Phishing Site A new phishing attack targeting Facebook users is rapidly spreading via intriguing wall posts that try to lure people onto a fake page.According to Facecrooks, the wall posts read "Check it out here, Look at you haha:P" and are accompanied by an image from a public event. This social engineering trick, whose purpose is to pique people's curiosity, is commonly used in attacks on instant messaging applications or social networking websites.We recently reported about a worm spreading through the Facebook chat feature and luring users with a link that allegedly led to a picture of them.In this case, the link is made to appear as if it leads to apps.facebook.com domain, but in reality, users get redirected to a page hosted on an external site.The rogue site is an identical copy to Facebook's login page and makes users think they've been logged out and need to re-authenticate. http://news.softpedia.com/news/Look-at-You-Facebook-Wall-Posts-Lead-to-Phishing-Page-179886.shtml Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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