This is a guest post by Nickolay Lamm.
Scammers target platforms, such as Windows, which are used by a lot of people. The popularity of Facebook has encouraged scammers to take efforts to the social network. Here are 7 ways to make sure that they don’t get to you…
Use Apps that You Can Trust
Facebook apps that promise some sort of “trick” (Who Viewed Your… Continue reading
Are you a Justin Bieber fan who uses Facebook?
There’s a Facebook scam going around. The post’s title reads, “TMZ Reports Justin Bieber Punched Selena Gomez IN THE LIP!!”
When you click on the wall post, you are taken to a page supposedly containing the video of the punching scene. If you click on the play button, instead of the video, you will “Like” the page… Continue reading
Found an informational video from Websense. The video covers some of the more sophisticated phishing and malware threats we face today.
Facebook users and Microsoft Outlook users should pay special attention.
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It’s no secret that social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace are full of scams.
Scammers’ methods get more and more sophisticated and and the social networking companies do little to crack down on the malicious ads. The result is obvious, isn’t it?
One of today’s most popular methods used by scammers is to use Facebook games.
One example is Farmville. Farmville uses virtual… Continue reading
Are You Getting Scammed by Facebook Games?
- Facebook games — Mafia Wars, FarmVille, Restaurant City — have become surprisingly effective at diverting time wasters among the social-networking crowd. More than 63 million people alone play FarmVille. But now accusations have surfaced that the games can lead some more gullible players, including children, into Internet scams, especially if they have a cell phone.
Facebook To Increase … Continue reading
Facebook Wins Spam Lawsuit Against “Spamford” Wallace – Facebook was awarded $711 million in damages by a judge in San Jose, California, yesterday in the social network’s lawsuit against Sanford “Spamford” Wallace, who may also face criminal charges for violating a restraining order. Wallace, a self-proclaimed “spam king” who broke into Facebook user accounts to spread spam Wall posts and messages, was sued by Facebook in… Continue reading
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