Uncontrolled Facebook Page represent an environment fraught with danger and users should exercise extreme caution in their action on Facebook. Put an instance, this page entitled, i.e. “OH MY GOD This MAN got Stabbed because of this Comment,” though this page sounds stupid and pointless, there are many users that want to learn more abou...
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Scammers know that Facebook users like to watch online videos, and this time they’ve identified the popular singer Justin Bieber as their newest bait to trick them. With a headline such as “Justin Bieber Got an Headshot By a Water Bottle from the crowd !” it is no exception for users especially for Justin Bieber [...]...
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Unscrupulous scammer is developing another rogue application that deliberately to scam Facebook users. With a striking headline like this one, i.e. Teacher BEATS UP Student. Shocking Video! (click link to watch), the application is built with scam in mind. This application is clearly threatened Facebook user. For instance, if you’re allowing ...
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The block of all the external outgoing links to the “SHOCKING VIDEO! Anaconda Coughs Up An Entire Hippo!” exemplifies the efforts of Facebook focused on its security monitoring. Realistically, Facebook can’t stop all of these rogue applications being developed in its social media environment, not to mention to satisfy all of their...
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How do you spot a “click scam” like the Facebook Pages with the Page name “SHOCKING: RUDE HIDDEN MESSAGE in Toy Story 3!” as I profiled on Facebook Wall this week? Although there’s no single indicator of a scam, but if you take a closer look at the Page name, the name scammers used on [...]...
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A latest security flaw lets several of the Facebook Pages with the Page name “SHOCKING: RUDE HIDDEN MESSAGE in Toy Story 3!” trick the Facebook users into clicking the Like button as well as promoting the Pages. Of course, Facebook should remove such respective Pages immediately and its users are advised not to stay near [...]...
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The details of Facebook users leaked on the Web? From a security perspective, this sounds like deja vu all over again. However, it is unrealistic to assume that your Facebook profile details will never be leaked, on whatsoever situation. In fact, a torrent entitled, “Facebook directory – personal details for 100 million users” has...
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In an open letter [PDF] addressed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, 10 privacy groups such as ACLU of Northern California, Center for Democracy and Technology, Center for Digital Democracy, just to name a few, have expressed their Facebook privacy worries connected to some of the user controls found on the users’ profiles. In fact, the [...]...
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As announced in Facebook’s official blog, they have introduced two main new security features to further protect their user accounts from hackers and scammers. From now on, users can choose to be notified when their accounts are being accessed from the computers or mobile devices they haven’t used before. Should Facebook detect any susp...
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If you came across an email asking you to download the Facebook toolbar, with the email heading, i.e. Try the New Facebook Toolbar! Please delete it straight away. As shown in the below picture, it is clear that the virus authors are using a subtle way to lure potential victims into downloading a toolbar. Perhaps, [...]...
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