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Which Celebrity you look alike? – Facebook Scam

06

Apr

2012

Scam Signature Message:Which Celebrity you look alike?Scam Type: Rogue Application, Survey ScamTrending: April 2012Why it’s a Scam:Clicking the wall post link takes you to the following Facebook application installation screen:Clicking “Allow” will give the permissions shown above to the scammer. The application will be able to post to Facebook as you. This will allow them to […]

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Instaspam: Instagram Users Receive Gift Card Spam

05

Apr

2012

Spammers are traversing through various social networks in order to find a new pool of users to dupe. We recently observed spam on social photo-sharing app Instagram. This campaign is similar to an earlier blog post which highlighted how spammers use social networking accounts to get users to click through to affiliate pages. Instagram users […]

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How to Protect your Personal Data from Facebook Applications your Friends Use

03

Apr

2012

Many Facebook users have an aversion to third party Facebook applications and rightly so. The platform is riddled with rogue apps that are used to spread spam, scams and malware. Also, it is a huge privacy risk to give unknown application developers access to your private Facebook data.You might be surprised to know that applications […]

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