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A shady-looking email, apparently originating from Facebook, has been seen in inboxes, informing users that the social media network has received an account cancelation request.
A variant of the fake notification, provided by Sophos, looks something like this:
We are sending you this email to inform you that we ha... |
22 May 2012
04:56 GMT |
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The Rihanna adult tape scam we saw a few months ago making the rounds on Facebook must have been an enormous success since scammers have just launched a similar campaign, Graham Cluley reports.
“OMG I Just Hate RIHANNA After Watching This Video [LINK] you will lost your all respect for RIHANNA after watching t... |
16 May 2012
10:48 GMT |
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Cybercriminals are online fraudsters are well aware of the fact that many users will want to download Diablo III, the latest version of the famous RPG game. That is why they are trying to lure unsuspecting gamers to their malicious sites with “Diablo 3 free download” offers. In fact, as Trend Micro secu... |
12 May 2012
06:58 GMT |
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A few weeks ago we saw how fraudsters were promising to give out Ray-Ban sunglasses to anyone willing to complete an easy survey. Today, the trick seems to be the same, but the brand has been changed to Oakley.
Hoax Slayer has provided a couple of example posts.
“To Celebrate the Summer, We are Giving Away Fr... |
10 May 2012
08:31 GMT |
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Shady Walmart gift card offers are not new, but every once in a while we come across another variation that tries to dupe unsuspecting internauts into participating in a survey. As always, the participants don’t get the much promised gift cards, but the fraudsters earn important sums of money from each campaign... |
4 May 2012
05:37 GMT |
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Emails entitled “New comment on Facebook” have been seen landing in inboxes, informing recipients that their accounts are disabled. These notifications are part of a phishing campaign that’s designed to dupe users into handing over their credentials.
“You have disabled your Facebook account. ... |
3 May 2012
10:01 GMT |
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Ray-Ban sunglasses are promised by cybercrooks in return for a few clicks as part of a campaign that’s making the rounds on Facebook.
Some time has passed since we saw a classic survey scam, but fear not, as soon as they came up with a plan, fraudsters launched a Facebook campaign designed to lure users to sit... |
27 April 2012
05:49 GMT |
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As December (12), 2012, approaches, the numbers of predictions and people who start to panic increase. Cybercriminals use the topic's growth in popularity to launch their malicious operations, designed to, in one way or the other, earn them a profit.
The latest scam that’s making the rounds on Facebook is... |
26 April 2012
05:16 GMT |
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Scammers are not running out of ideas when it comes to promoting their malicious campaigns on Facebook. After they offered Timeline removal tools and pink profiles, now they promise users a feature that will make their Facebook account green.
According to Hoax Slayer, the shady “Switch to Green Facebook Profil... |
19 April 2012
07:21 GMT |
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We’ve seen that cybercrooks rely on adult pictures featuring Justin Bieber on Pinterest to promote their Facebook scams. As it turns out, they are also advertising Pinterest-themed schemes via Facebook. Bitdefender’s MalwareCity reports that Facebook users may be presented with a post that promises a lim... |
19 April 2012
04:42 GMT |
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Pinterest users may come across a “pin” that advertises adult pictures which feature Canadian pop star Justin Bieber. Experts warn that the entire thing is a scam that tries to lure the customers of the social media site to a classic Facebook scheme.
Bitdefender experts found that internauts who fall for... |
18 April 2012
03:52 GMT |
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Malicious Facebook advertisements usually lead users to survey scams, pieces of malware, phishing sites and other types of dangerous cybercriminal schemes. However, Bitdefender experts came across a polymorphic attack that could end in any of these scenarios.
The attack starts by promising users an alleged adult vid... |
6 April 2012
07:49 GMT |
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It’s clear that the piece of malware known as Ice IX is very effective when it comes to aiding cyber fraudsters collect banking details. The latest configuration uses web injection to make it appear as the information is handed over to Facebook and not some cybercrook.
Experts from Trusteer identified the new ... |
3 April 2012
07:37 GMT |
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Cyber fraudsters have started relying on paid Facebook advertisements to promote their Pinterest-themed scams.
Experts from Bitdefender noticed an ad, created by a site that promotes Pinterest bots, that promises to reveal ways of making money.
“Imagine you knew about Facebook advertising in 2006 when it was ... |
3 April 2012
05:22 GMT |
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A rogue application called Facebook Profile Viewer is being advertised on the social media network, promising to show users the names of those who have been visiting their profiles. In reality, it’s nothing more than a malicious app that collects information and spreads like a plague from one account to the oth... |
27 March 2012
15:01 GMT |
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Facebook scams that rely on malicious browser extensions are not new, but it turns out that scammers started hosting them on the official Google Chrome Web Store to make everything more legitimate-looking.
Kaspersky Lab experts uncovered a Facebook page called “Learn how to remove the virus from your Facebook ... |
26 March 2012
09:47 GMT |
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It’s been some time since we’ve seen a clever video scam on Facebook, but now cybercrooks return with an original idea. A shady post claims that Osama Bin Laden is not dead and he is planning a new attack.
“OMG OSAMA he is not dead. He is planning new attacks. I would never believe it until I saw t... |
23 March 2012
10:30 GMT |
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“Pop star singer” Shakira is featured in the latest scam that’s making the rounds on Facebook, trying to dupe users into blindly clicking on Like buttons and get them to complete a survey.
Security researchers from Bitdefender analyzed the scam which drags the unsuspecting Facebook member through a... |
20 March 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Some time ago, a campaign was launched with the purpose of convincing Facebook to treat baby charity scams more seriously. Unfortunately, the social media company hasn’t done much to prevent the phenomenon and that’s why the initiators of the project have made a petition called “Remove The Baby Char... |
15 March 2012
05:24 GMT |
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Cybercriminals devised a clever way to steal Facebook login credentials from unsuspecting users. They designed a phishing site that urges potential victims to enter their social media credentials in order to gain access to a lot of great content related to FC Barcelona.
FC Barcelona is one of the most successful foo... |
13 March 2012
07:24 GMT |
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It’s known that the success of a Facebook scam campaign largely depends on the number of Shares, Likes and comments the phony advertisement gets from real users. Crooks devised a new way to dupe customers into commenting on a scheme that ultimately leads to a survey.
Bitdefender experts reveal that it all star... |
12 March 2012
07:01 GMT |
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Another scam is causing panic among Facebook customers. This time the false message claims that if a user clicks No when he’s asked if he knows the person that sent a friend request, the latter will be banned from performing basic operations for up to 30 days and maybe even permanently. The scam message provid... |
12 March 2012
05:46 GMT |
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Facebook members may come across a post that advertises a video which might cause viewers to lose all their respect for Rihanna, the famous singer.
“OMG – I just hate Rihanna after watching this video. [LINK] you will lost your all respect for RIHANNA after watching this,” reads the shady message.
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10 March 2012
03:24 GMT |
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At the end of February we’ve seen that “Free iPad 3” scams have surfaced on social media websites and now Trend Micro researchers analyzed a few new variants of these plots.
Unlike other versions which involved clickjacking, one of the later variants simply advertises a contest. The Test & Keep an ... |
3 March 2012
06:04 GMT |
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After the hoax that claimed Facebook would be shut down soon because its CEO Mark Zuckerberg was too stressed, and the one which warned users that they have to pay for their membership, the latest hoax notifies the social media site’s customers that starting with April 2012 they will have to provide Social Secu... |
2 March 2012
06:03 GMT |
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Bitdefender experts reveal that since it first started appearing on Facebook walls, the Pink Facebook scam has taken many forms, each trying to lure users to survey pages or other even more dangerous services that inflate phone bills. One of the variant of the Pink Facebook theme comes as a fake plugin that infects ... |
1 March 2012
06:51 GMT |
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A Facebook scam that’s currently making rounds promises users footage filmed with a hidden camera that features Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez. In reality, this is just another way of advertising a classic survey.
“00ps!!! There was a hidden camera in Selena & bieber's bedroom [LINK] WOW HaHa it... |
27 February 2012
09:14 GMT |
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It seems that scammers are not content with the fact that each Facebook customer that falls for their schemes only clicks on one Like button. Now, they’ve come up with a new way of tricking users into clicking on a large number of Likes without giving it much thought.
Bitdefender experts provide the details re... |
23 February 2012
05:59 GMT |
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Cybercrooks are doing everything in their power to dupe unsuspecting internauts into clicking on survey sites that earn them large amounts of money. The latest Facebook scam that's been seen on Walls implies a video that allegedly features the victim’s ex-girlfriend.
Sophos came across a variant of this p... |
20 February 2012
10:58 GMT |
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A day after Whitney Houston’s death was made public, cybercriminals began launching malicious campaigns designed to dupe unsuspecting fans into handing over sensitive information, or clicking on links that would earn the crooks money from affiliate marketing sites. Sophos came across another one of these scam... |
16 February 2012
05:43 GMT |
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A headline on the bogus news site Weekly World News is causing panic among Facebook users who are spamming the social network with links to the story. The hoax claims that Facebook will end on March 15, 2012, because Mark Zuckerberg, the site’s founder, is allegedly too stressed. Of course, as in previous Face... |
15 February 2012
04:28 GMT |
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Bitdefender researchers came across a Facebook scam that promises 10,000 eBay gift cards worth $200 (140 EUR) for users who complete a few “easy steps.” Unlike other schemes, where a simple Like and a Share are enough, in this situation the crooks request much more than that. They urge the unsuspecting ... |
14 February 2012
05:46 GMT |
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Just like in all the other cases where an important public figure passes to the afterlife, it’s no different with the death of the famous singer Whitney Houston. Cybercriminals already started leveraging her death to spread survey scams that fill their pockets with tons of money from affiliate marketing sites.
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13 February 2012
08:22 GMT |
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Since no important public figure died and all the prizes and outrageous videos offered in scams were used up, cybercriminals that rely on Facebook schemes to spread their malicious campaigns turned to news about the United States attacking Iran and Saudi Arabia.
Sophos experts found a large number of statuses on Fac... |
6 February 2012
04:40 GMT |
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Almost every day while surfing social media networks, especially Facebook, we come across a large number of scams and hoax messages. Some offer fabulous prizes, some offer outrageous video and others promise a unique feature. All these scams and hoax messages are malicious, most of them being designed to harm the i... |
6 February 2012
03:06 GMT |
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Security researchers came across a classic scam that’s enhanced with some highly ingenious ways of making sure that the malicious plot spreads from one Facebook profile to the other.
Bitdefender experts found that the new breed of scams advertises a video that features a police officer that does a good deed b... |
3 February 2012
07:43 GMT |
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Another miracle weight loss product is making rounds on Facebook, luring unsuspecting customers into clicking on malicious links that lead to phony websites which advertise fake HCG miracle drugs.
Sophos experts came across this latest spam campaign, but for now it’s uncertain if the fake ads spread by using a... |
1 February 2012
09:55 GMT |
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As Facebook users are preparing for Valentine’s Day, cybercriminals are relying on the fact that lovebirds may be tempted to install a so-called Valentine’s theme to make their profiles more special.
Trend Micro researchers came across one of these scams that attempts to dupe victims into downloading a m... |
31 January 2012
08:16 GMT |
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Scams that circulate on social media networks, especially Facebook, are not uncommon, each day users stumbling upon fake ads that promise adult tapes, coupons, funny and outrageous footage, and fabulous prizes. Now, Zuckerberg’s company retaliates by suing a firm that’s suspected of using malicious tactic... |
27 January 2012
08:43 GMT |
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After the last Facebook scam declared Chuck Norris as being dead, similar phony messages advertise the “most wanted videos” and an adult homemade tape that features Katy Perry and Russell Brand.
Avira’s Data Security Expert Sorin Mustaca reveals that just like in the Chuck Norris scam, these other ... |
26 January 2012
11:01 GMT |
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Facebook members may be offered a link to a video that shows how Chuck Norris died, but instead of a video, they’re either served with a survey scam or a malicious browser component.
Graham Cluley provided a variant of the scam that urges users to click on a link that redirects them to a survey scam which offe... |
25 January 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Have you ever wondered how many hours you've spent on Facebook or other social media websites? If you have, you should keep a close eye on the latest malicious messages that claim they can provide an answer to this question. Facecrooks advises Facebook users to be on the lookout for this scam that redirects use... |
25 January 2012
06:43 GMT |
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It’s been a while since we’ve last seen a new Facebook scam, but that doesn’t mean that they disappeared. We’ve come across another phony Amazon gift card offer the urges users to click on a shortened link to win "one free Amazon.com gift card."
Unlike other scams, this one doesn’t only... |
23 January 2012
15:31 GMT |
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The latest scam post that circulates on social networking websites claims that WhatsApp Messenger’s providers are planning to set a fee for using their app, urging readers to send messages to friends in order to become a so-called “frequent user.”
“Hallo everybody. WhatsApp is going to cost u... |
16 January 2012
15:21 GMT |
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Facebook members are advised to be on the lookout these days for a malicious operation that’s designed to take over their accounts by requesting the user to confirm his identity and provide sensitive information.
"Last Warning: Your Facebook account will be turned off Because someone has reported you. Please d... |
13 January 2012
09:28 GMT |
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Likejacking, the malicious technique used by cybercriminals to make users unknowingly Like their Facebook pages and scams, is not uncommon, but now it has evolved.
ZScaler researchers came across a website on which anywhere you click, you unknowingly hit a Like button.
The crooks managed to pull this off by designi... |
11 January 2012
07:22 GMT |
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An old Facebook hoax reappeared lately in a slightly different form. The phony message claims that each time it’s shared, Facebook will pay three cents to help a baby with facial cancer fight the disease.
“This child's got a cancer. Facebook is ready to pay 3 cent for every share. We don't know... |
10 January 2012
14:11 GMT |
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A large number of messages circulating on Facebook and Twitter claim that 80’s British pop star Adam Ant is dead as a result of a Jet Ski accident. However, the reports are fake.
All the links contained in the page lead to a fake news site that writes about how Adam Ant died while on a personal vacation in T... |
6 January 2012
08:23 GMT |
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Facebook members may come across a message which advertises a cool application that changes the color of their profile from blue to pink. It’s nothing but a survey scam that earns affiliate cash for the cybercriminals.
“This new year, facebook is trying out its new version "Pinkbook", so the first 10,000... |
6 January 2012
07:59 GMT |
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An old hoax is making rounds on social networking sites, scaring members into believing that if they befriend a certain user their computers will be hacked.
“Do not accept a friend request from Tanner Dwyer, Christopher Butterfield, Stefania Colac and Alejando Spiljner. These are hackers so put it on your wall... |
5 January 2012
10:49 GMT |
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