Archive for November, 2009

Facebook Sent Cease and Desist to uSocial

Posted on November 21st, 2009 in Facebook, Facebook Page | No Comments »

Share I previously wrote an article entitled: Feel Lonely? Want to Buy New Friends on Facebook?, and clearly, now Facebook want to put an end to the sale of friends’ activities by sending Cease and Desist letters to uSocial, an Australia-based...

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Control Your Info Hijacked Hundreds of Facebook Groups?

Posted on November 12th, 2009 in Facebook Group, Facebook Security | No Comments »

Share It looks like quite a number of Facebook groups have been hijacked by a hacker with hijinks in mind? No, the Facebook groups that have been hijacked was under the name of security purpose, with an intention to highlight the apparent flaw in th...

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When Your Facebook Friend Is Not A Human

Posted on November 10th, 2009 in Koobface | No Comments »

Share Koobface variant is resurfaced again. This time this virus is not only back but with added sophisticated and behaves like an usual Facebook user. According to TrendMicro, it automates the following routines: Firstly register a Facebook account...

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Say NO to Phishing Campaigns

Posted on November 9th, 2009 in Facebook Security | No Comments »

Share Phishing campaigns on social networks are not new. The scammers are not satisfied only for pushing spam to sell “Canadian” pills. Now they are using all sorts of phishing campaigns to steal your Facebook password, and constantly ch...

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Beware of Zeus Trojan

Posted on November 8th, 2009 in malware, phishing scams | No Comments »

Share Scammers never give up, although various sorts of phishing scams have been blocked by Facebook. It seemed that the more serious one appears to be the fake email with the malicious “updatetool.exe attachment”, as reported by Webroot...

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Learn to Use Abuse Reporting Features

Posted on November 7th, 2009 in Facebook Security | No Comments »

Share In an ongoing battle against spam or any abuse, Facebook has included a “Report” feature for the profile, page or group which users are allowed to file an abuse report. When clicked, this particular abuse reporting will immediately...

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