Malware City/News

Aug
12

Facebook bug could give spammers names, photos

Filed Under: VULNERABILITIES
Facebook is scrambling to fix a bug in its Website that could be misused by spammers to harvest user names and photographs.

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Malware City/News

May
26

Facebook 'Videos' Promise To Bare All - But Bear Malware Instead

Filed Under: SECURITY ALERTS
Invitations to salacious or funny videos could lead to adware

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Malware City/News

Apr
29

New Threat: Undetectable Facebook Scams

Filed Under: SECURITY ALERTS
I recently received two Facebook e-mail notifications that set my security spider-sense tingling. Nothing was obviously wrong with the e-mail messages, which said that my friend had tagged a photo of me and then commented on it. But something about a reference to an app named "Who stalks into your profile" just didn't feel right.

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Malware City/News

Apr
23

1.5M stolen Facebook IDs up for sale

Filed Under: SECURITY ALERTS
A hacker named Kirllos has a rare deal for anyone who wants to spam, steal or scam on Facebook: an unprecedented number of user accounts offered at rock-bottom prices.

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Malware City/News

Jan
5

Beware of Social Networks in 2010

Filed Under: MISCELLANEOUS
McAfee foresees threats to social networking sites, banking security and botnets in 2010

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Malware City/News

Nov
24

New Facebook Worm Spreading Via User’s Walls

Filed Under: SECURITY ALERTS
Anti-virus maker AVG is warning of a new worm spreading on Facebook via user’s walls.

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