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Scammers advertise Pinterest bots on Facebook

Internet scammers have launched a paid advertising campaign on Facebook targeting Pinterest fans, bringing the hunt for victims to a higher level of investment and …

Facebook users targeted with account-hijacking Chrome extensions

With the steady rise in popularity of both Facebook and Google’s Chrome browser, cyber scammers have turned to targeting users of both. According to Kaspersky Lab expert …

Facebook set to change its privacy policy again

On March 15, Facebook published a draft of the changes that it plans to make to its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, and asked users to comment on them. Among the …

Facebook privacy loophole allows regular spying on users

With over 845 million active users, Facebook is a great source of willingly shared information for anyone who can effectively become a “Facebook friend” with the …

Apple, Facebook and others named in privacy lawsuit

Thirteen individuals have filed a lawsuit against a number of app makers including Path, Facebook, Instagram, Yelp and Rovio, accusing them of uploading the information stored …

Facebook scam uses fake CAPTCHA to spread

In order for a Facebook survey scam to be successful, it has to make users do two things: propagate the scam further by “endorsing” it and complete at least one …

Phishers exploit Facebook Timeline hate

Many Facebook users have still not reconciled themselves to the fact that the Timeline profile is here to stay, and this makes them prefect targets for scammers. According to …

Facebook cut down large-scale phishing with social authentication

Facebook, with its 845+ million users and some 1.1 billion daily login attempts, works on improving its authentication process all the time as many of these login attempts are …

“Free iPad 3” scams popping up

As Apple announced an event taking place on March 7 and speculations of it being the formal presentation of the new version of the iPad flooded the Internet, scammers have …

Interview with Joe Sullivan, CSO at Facebook

Joe Sullivan is the Chief Security Officer at Facebook, where he manages a small part of a company-wide effort to ensure a safe internet experience for Facebook users. He and …

Facebook scams racing against the clock

Facebook scammers have lately initiated a number of scams that use an unusual approach to make users “like” 70+ Facebook pages without even knowing what they are. …

“Ex-girlfriend sex video” Facebook scam

Survey scammers love targeting Facebook users, because the social nature of the network makes sure that the scam will be propagated far and wide. The latest of these scams has …

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