Tag: FACEBOOKPHISHING

The security experts over at Sophos have just unearthed a new clickjacking scam making its way around Facebook, and, if you fall prey to it, you might end up losing some cash. This latest scam looks similar to a previous worm that spread throughout Facebook by tricking users into "liking" malicious pages. Instead of exploiting the "like" button, though, this new "sharejack" scam relies on the ...

Grifters love Facebook, and there seems to be no limit to the ingenuity and creativity of the shadowy con-artists. According to the Counter Measures blog, a new scam has emerged, which may be connected to previous schemes, incorporating hacked accounts, new phishing techniques, and status updates that falsely appear to be posted via SMS. The scam began with phony spam status updates, actually ...