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- Newest Facebook scam - Russel Brand and Kate Perry leaked tape - Cyber criminals do not stop attacking Facebook users via various scams and it does not seem to stop any time soon. The latest of their scams is about Kate Perry and Russel Brand. Be careful! January 27, 2012
- Facebook users attacked once again - It seems that Facebook is now one of the favorite places for scammers to benefit – they offered fake skins, offered removing the timeline, etc. This time they combined online survey and identity theft – be careful! January 20, 2012
- Scammers utilize Facebook's Timeline to their benefit - Scammers have been long known as a creative gang being able to make use of every little bit of information or event that people may be interested in. Deaths of famous people, scandals, sport events, you name it. Do you remember a recent Facebook Holiday S January 11, 2012
- New year for Facebook - a Ramnit worm - A dangerous Ramnit worm was designed to steal financial data and to infect various files. It has been around since April of 2010 and now Ramnit started to steal Facebook login credentials. January 6, 2012
- New year but the same security problems: Facebook's clickjacking scam spotted - Recently, a new Facebook fraud was detected which clickjacks curious users into a scam. The main moves this hoax do is that it tries to fool users into thinking that they are linked to a site where are full of videos that their friends supposedly liked. January 4, 2012
- Be careful as holidays are very profitable season for scammers - The holidays season is just wonderful as it is all about giving and receiving, however it may be unpleasantly disturbed by falling in to a scammers' trap and having to deal with scam related problems. One of those traps – a holiday skin for your Facebook December 27, 2011
- Don't get loose! Holiday scams are still circulating on the web - Even if Christmas is the most waited holiday of the year, it is also the most scammed feast. Nowadays it comes with a huge range of various risks ranging from hoax online stores to fake, virus-filled emails December 21, 2011
- iPad scam on Lady Gaga Facebook fan page - Lady Gaga's Facebook page has been hit again. Hackers were able to spread iPad themed scam on the fan page. Because of 45 million Lady Gaga's fans scammers planted rogue Xmas message which claims that famous singer has iPad competition on the back of some December 20, 2011
- Be careful! Facebook worm dropping malware - Danish security firm CSIS has discovered the latest Facebook worm that infecting accounts with malware. This major worm makes rounds and infects accounts or spams out the users' friends with a message that contains only a link within. November 30, 2011
- Anonymous is creating Guy Fawkes virus - It seems like a Security Outfit has found Guy Fawkes threat which acts like the virus that Anonymous was working on. This big hackers group claimed they are working on a malware which may be used to destroy Facebook. November 14, 2011
- Damage after Halloween: new Facebook scam floats - It is not surprising that scammers exploit every bigger event of the world and Halloween wasn’t an exception as well. Facebook users are targeted again with a new scam. The fake message claims that a girl killed herself on Halloween after her father poste November 4, 2011
- Be ready for Halloween scare on Internet: avoid scam attacks - Trick or Treat phrase may also be famous as scammers’ motto, because Halloween becomes their perfect background to spread malware, viruses and other infections on computers. October 31, 2011
- Welcome to Facebook world: 600,000 hacked accounts a day - It’s not very surprising that social networks are the most favourite of the hackers and Facebook is not an exception. It’s other way round, Facebook is the most targeted social network of all because 600,000 accounts are hacked per day. October 31, 2011
- Friends can help when your Facebook is hijacked - New security settings of Facebook were announced. Facebook set security features that will allow people set passwords for third-party applications and ask friends for their help to get into their account. October 28, 2011
- Rogue software “Chit Chat” invades computer users’ browsers - New fake software which appeared recently is quite an interesting one. “Chit Chat” allows computer users to chat with their Facebook friends directly from desktop. This is instant messaging software which approves its victims use this fictitious software September 6, 2011
- Hurricane Irene hits Facebook - It’s not a big shock that scammers use Facebook as their most lovable way to spread scams. This time they are using hurricane Irene for their malicious intentions. August 30, 2011
- Rogue email targets Facebook users - Facebook users are victims of scammers once again. They are targets of fake emails that spreading very fast. Users are getting rogue emails that are supposedly coming from Facebook page. August 24, 2011
- Security Guide of Facebook is released - Recently Facebook presented a guide to Facebook Security. The guide of 14 pages in all includes few security tips on Facebook account. It advises how to avoid the scammers by giving examples of the most common Facebook scams. August 22, 2011
- Recent tragedies are still exploited by scammers via Facebook - Bombing and shootings in Norway and Amy‘s Winehouse death are the most exploitable news by scammers nowadays. With the big peoples‘ interest in these tragedies cybercriminals seem to be very excited and try to trick computer users to click on supposedly l July 26, 2011
- What to do if you clicked on Facebook fraud - Facebook got more than 750 million active users (as of July 2011); this makes it very attractive for scammers. Even if you are extra cautious, it’s easy to get into trap as Facebook is flooded with various frauds. While fake news stories like “OMG! I Can' July 14, 2011
