Thursday, September 30, 2010

Don't Click ANYTHING On Facebook!

Yesterday I wrote about how to recognize and avoid a clickjacking attack that's making the rounds on Facebook. My own daughter at college got hit. She's smart. She immediately wiped out the post it created, but not before I captured handy screenshots to help others recognize and avoid the attack.
Today a new and different attack hit, once again close to home. My wife noticed that several of her friends had posted a link to "Hilarious - 20 reasons you should drop out of school", with a cute and funny picture. She clicked to have a look and encountered a Facebook quiz that started out innocuous but eventually asked for personal information. When it requested permission to access her account she shut it down.

more @ http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2010/09/dont_click_anything_on_faceboo.php

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