Posts Tagged ‘Hayden Panettiere’

Visit the New Facebook scare spreads on Facebook

Published by pratyushkp on June 13th, 2011 - in Social, Technology

Image by Getty Images via @daylife

Warnings are being posted across Facebook, warning users to beware messages from friends that invite them to “Visit the New Facebook”.

Although these messages are being shared by Facebook users with the best of intentions, the warning about the risk of being locked out of your own Facebook account may in fact be more of a nuisance than the alleged hacker attack itself.

Here’s a typical message seen on Facebook:

PLEASE RE-POST FOR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!THIS NOTICE IS DIRECTED TO EVERYONE WHO HAS A PAGE ON FACEBOOK: IF SOME PEOPLE IN YOUR PROFILE OR YOUR FRIENDS SEND YOU A LINK WITH WORDS "VISIT THE NEW FACEBOOK ' DO NOT OPEN! IF YOU OPEN IT YOU CAN SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR PAGE. IT'S A HACKER WHO STEALS YOUR DETAILS AND REMOVES YOU FROM YOUR OWN PAGE. COPY AND SPREAD THE WORD

However, Sophos researchers have found no evidence that the threat is real. We simply haven’t managed to uncover any reports of any users hit by such an attack.

As such, it appears that this is just the latest chainletter spreading across the social network. We’ve certainly seen plenty of similar examples of hoaxes spread by well-intentioned people in the past.

Remember, a genuine alert would be likely to contain a link to a legitimate security firm’s website – detailing the true nature of the threat.

Remember to always get your computer security advice from a computer security company. Friends may be well-intentioned in passing on warnings, but it’s always good to check your facts before forwarding them any further.

Source :- http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com

Rihanna and Hayden Panettiere sex video spreads Mac malware on Facebook

Published by pratyushkp on June 2nd, 2011 - in Social, Technology

Image by Getty Images via @daylife

Hot on the heels of an earlier Mac malware attack spreading via Facebook links, we are seeing another attempt to infect Mac users on the social network – with what claims to be a sex video of celebrities Rihanna and Hayden Panettiere.

If you see messages like the following on Facebook, please do not click on the links.

one more stolen home porn video Rihanna and Hayden Panettiere

Hot Lesbian Video - Rihanna And Hayden Panettiere!!
[LINK]

Rihanna And Hayden Panettiere !!! Private Lesbian HOT Sex Tape stolen from home archive of Rihanna!

For those who don’t follow such things, Hayden Panettiere played the part of the cheerleader in the sci-fi TV show “Heroes“, and Rihanna is a pop star famous for her umbrella-ella-ella.

Not that you’ll get to see much evidence of that if you click on the link as – on Apple Macs at least – you may find yourself ending up on a webpage which tries to infect you with malware in the form of a fake anti-virus attack.

Has a private lesbian hot sex tape really been stolen from the home archive of Rihanna? Personally I think it’s unlikely, but it’s surprising what people will believe these days (and indeed, what celebrities will get up to) so it’s no wonder that some folks might click on the link.

SophosLabs is adding detection for the various components of this Mac malware attack as OSX/FakeAV-DWK, OSX/FakeAV-DWN, OSX/FakeAvDl-A and OSX/FakeAVZp-C. Users of Sophos products, including the free Mac anti-virus for home users, will be automatically updated.

Source :- http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com

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