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New malware attack via Facebook – A tricky approach can cause immense damage

17

Aug

2011

The past days brought a new wave of malware attacks via Facebook to German speaking users. Many users received a message via Facebook’s chat functionality that looked something like this: The shortened URLs varied, but the outcome has been the same: Clicking the link downloaded an executable file that disguises as .jpg file! In case […]

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Accelerated Contamination in Social Networks

15

Aug

2011

If you follow our blogs or you are an active user of Facebook, you must have noticed that Facebook scams are very popular. A shocking video appears on your friends’ walls and a few curious clicks then trick you into filling in a fake survey and spreading the scam message unintentionally – we have covered such cases before with […]

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“I Love Walmart” campaign spreading on Facebook

02

Aug

2011

Websense Security LabsT and the Websense ThreatSeekerR Network have detected a new scam that is currently spreading on Facebook. The new scam titled Take the Free $1,000 Walmart Gift Card Survey! or Get A Free Walmart Gift Card! is disguised as a free survey offering a $1000 Walmart gift card for surveys completed. In fact, every survey completed […]

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