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A Creepy Case of Facebook Identity Theft

18

Oct

2011

Doppelgangers: most people would assume that these entities are merely figments of man’s imagination. But the truth is, they do exist, just not in the form most people think they do. One woman had to find this out the hard way when she discovered that she had an online doppelganger. Someone had stolen her identity […]

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Phishers are lovin’ McDonald’s

13

Sep

2011

Today we came across a new, very sophisticated type of phishing. The user receives a message that, at first glance, appears to be from McDonald’s. It states that the recipient has won the chance to participate in a survey and immediately receive remuneration of $80 for doing so. There is nothing to suggest that something […]

Category General Written by Securelist / Blog 0 Comments

Facebook Scam Leverages Lady Gaga’s ‘Death,’ Bypasses HTTPS

06

Aug

2011

We’ve recently analyzed a Facebook spam that purportedly comes from the media organization British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), similar to how cybercriminals used the social networking site LinkedIn early last month.The attack starts with a wall post containing the subject BREAKING: Lady Gaga Found Dead in Hotel Room together with the legitimate site www.bbc.co.uk and a […]

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