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This g1rl must be Out of her Mind – Facebook scam spreading quickly

Published by pratyushkp on July 14th, 2011 - in Social, Technology

In a continuance of a trend we have been seeing the last few weeks, a new Facebook scam using a sexually suggestive thumbnail is spreading like wildfire.

The scam is currently spreading on people’s walls using the title “This g1rl must be Out of her Mind but also a Genious for making This v1deo! – After they took her life away she decided to do genious revenge!” and “This woman must be really nuts but also a Genious for making This video! – They decided to ruin her life but she decided to hit them back!” Continue reading “This g1rl must be Out of her Mind – Facebook scam spreading quickly” »

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“Brother rapes sister video” scam: Why can’t Facebook stop this?

Published by pratyushkp on July 8th, 2011 - in Social, Technology

We see many scams spreading across Facebook every day, but some of them really make us lose our faith in society.. and Facebook itself.

Here’s the latest scam that is spreading rapidly across the network.

ÖMG: BRÔTHËR rãpés hís sïstér -
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Wâtch thîs shóckîng VÍDÊÕ! Shé wäs hurtïng fór dâys, ånd côuld nòt wãlk! Continue reading ““Brother rapes sister video” scam: Why can’t Facebook stop this?” »

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‘Boy reaction after his Ex girlfriend posted’ clickjacking Facebook scam

Published by pratyushkp on July 1st, 2011 - in Social, Technology

Image via Wikipedia

It sometimes feels like the number of scams spreading across Facebook is never ending. Here is the latest one that was brought to my attention by members of Sophos’s Facebook page:

Boy reaction after his Ex girlfriend posted on his wall
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lol What true pain both are having at this moment.

It’s another survey scam, of course, which earns commission for the folks who created the webpages and kicked off the campaign in the first place. Continue reading “‘Boy reaction after his Ex girlfriend posted’ clickjacking Facebook scam” »

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Lily Allen: Marriage and Facebook clickjacking in the same weekend

Published by pratyushkp on June 15th, 2011 - in Social, Technology

Image by Getty Images via @daylife

Although we see scams spreading on the Facebook social network every day of the week, there seems to be a special spurt of activity at weekends.

Maybe people who are susceptible to scams are more likely to be clicking on links apparently shared by their Facebook friends at the weekend, or maybe the bad guys are taking advantage of Facebook’s own security team being caught on the hop.

I don’t know the reason, but it’s never a surprise to see scams spreading quickly on Saturdays and Sundays. This last weekend we saw scams such as “The World Funniest Condom Commercial – LOL”, Baby Born Amazing Effect – WebCamera and “This Guy Took A Picture Of His Face Every Day For 8 Years” make their mark once again, for instance.

Here’s a couple of other scams we saw, where the links were pointing to clickjacking pages:

Lily Allen shows her breasts on British television!
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In a broadcast on Channel 4, the singer Lilly Allen shows us her beautiful breasts.

That’s probably not the kind of thing that pop star Lily Allen wants spreading around on Facebook on the very same weekend that she’s getting married.

Meanwhile, some folks took advantage of the weekend to enjoy a trip to the theme park:

W0man has an 0rgasm on a r0ller c0aster
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I love how the dude stops laughing and goes completely silent once he realizes his girlfriend wasn't joking about having an orgasm.

Note the funky spelling with zeros replacing “o”s – presumably in an attempt to avoid filters.

Hopefully not many people need reminding by now, but you should always think twice before clicking on an unknown link even if it does appear to have been shared by one of your Facebook friends.

Maybe we’d all be safer if everyone had a cold shower before logging into Facebook..

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

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Dad walks in on Daughter Facebook clickjacking attack helps scammers earn money

Published by pratyushkp on June 15th, 2011 - in Social, Technology

Image via CrunchBase

Once again, scammers are running rings about Facebook‘s built-in security measures by spreading a clickjacking scam between users’ accounts.

The latest attack poses as a link to a video of a dad walking in on his daughter.

Dad walks in on Daughter.. EMBARRASSING!
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This really must have been an awkward moment.

We’ve seen scams which use language like this before, of course, and sometimes they’ve been used to trick you into installing software onto your computer.

Interestingly, on this occasion, the image used in the messages is the same as that used in the recent “Baby born amazing effect” scam which has spread with similar ferocity in the last couple of weeks on the social network.

Clicking on this latest link takes users to a webpage, where it looks as though you need to press the “Play” icon to watch the video.

However, clicking the icon secretly tells Facebook that you “Like” the page (via the use of a clickjacking exploit), helping the scam to perpetuate.

It will be no surprise at all to regular Naked Security readers that the scam is designed to drive traffic to online surveys – which earns commission for the scammers behind the attack.

When I tried it, the surveys claimed that I could receive a free iPad or MacBook or even a flat-screen television.

If you’ve been hit by a scam like this, remove the messages and likes from your Facebook page – and warn your friends not to click on the offending links. Clearly there’s much more work which needs to be done by Facebook to prevent these sorts of messages spreading so rapidly.

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

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