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- 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
- 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
- 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
- Facebook Profile Views Fraud Tricks People (Again) - Curiosity helps us learn things, but it can also get us into trouble. Would you like to know how many people look at your Facebook profile? And how would like spreading spam and participating in survey scam at the same time? A fraud is exactly what is hid April 18, 2011
- Worm masquerades under the photo chat on Facebook - A new worm have been noticed which hides the photo chat messages on Facebook. This is bait for victims to download malicious files. The worm forces user to click on a “View Photo“ button. January 12, 2011
- The biggest cyber security stories of 2010. Part 2 - Taking a look back at 2010 we can see many incidents in various security fields. And some of them stand up from the crowd. Spam, malware and basic security problems were already discussed in The biggest cyber security stories of 2010. Part 1 and now it’s January 1, 2011
- New Facebook fraud uses iPhone and iPad for bait - It looks like a new scam circulating across the Facebook is not big news nowadays. Users are also saying that it happens all the time. It is because that Facebook is a notorious social network which has many users that contain personal data in it. It is a August 31, 2010
- New Facebook Fake Profile Fraud - If you have been recently invited by Emily Bennet, Emily Wood or Katherine Griffin to become friends on Facebook, you should be careful as these girls mean big trouble. Especially if they look like the girl in the picture above. October 2, 2009
