The biggest social network is under scanner now. Facebook platform has once more been breached and I personally feel that it has got much more to deal with than just spam . You think Facebook is not dirty , then give it a second thought . There are two different types of spams that has recently flown through facebook . I will explain both one by one .
Spam through Chat window
In the past few days facebook has been hit by almost five different types of spam that are flowing through the chat window of it . You might have noticed that you get a chat from someone in your friendlist saying that "I built your photoshop" , "a teen girl commiting live suicide" etc . You find a link that has been shortened in length . When you click that link then nothing happens , but once you click you yourself get infected with malware and also the same chat message goes to all the online friends in your list .
In this way your systems becomes a bot that spreads spam and gets infected too.
In this way your systems becomes a bot that spreads spam and gets infected too.
How to identify its a genuine chat or a spam?
Whenever you have any doubt that the chat is not from your friend and you see some wired link appearing on it then follow these steps -
Suppose you are using your facebook in internet explorer . Then open another browser say , crome .
Now copy the link that your friend has just sent in the address bar and hit enter.
If you see a page that asks for your login information then the link is fake as it is a facebook built application that is ment to spread through your account .
Suppose you are using your facebook in internet explorer . Then open another browser say , crome .
Now copy the link that your friend has just sent in the address bar and hit enter.
If you see a page that asks for your login information then the link is fake as it is a facebook built application that is ment to spread through your account .
Countermeasures
No anti virus can identify this spam or malware becouse its running inside facebook . The only countermeasure for this is that "think before you click" . You can first identify the link for any malicious activity using the information provided above and then take some action .
Spam Through the news feed
Facebook news feed is now the biggest source of spam .
It has now become a million dollar business for cyber criminals around the world .
The recent spam that has flown through the feed has two different types of attacks . First it spreads through your wall to other and second is that a phishing attack is launched against you.
Look at the following image . Its a video link that has spread through the news feed .
It has now become a million dollar business for cyber criminals around the world .
The recent spam that has flown through the feed has two different types of attacks . First it spreads through your wall to other and second is that a phishing attack is launched against you.
Look at the following image . Its a video link that has spread through the news feed .
Now when you see this video on your friends wall , you curiously click on it and then you are redirecyed to link that is outside facebook . The page where it redirects looks somthing like this
This page is the phishing page which ultimately steals your login information once you enter your details in it .
Once again i find facebook evil here because there user privacy policy doesnot cover anything you do once you exit the facebook platform .
The other type of spam just flows from wall to wall when you click to view it.
See the image which features a women from "america's got the talent".
Once again i find facebook evil here because there user privacy policy doesnot cover anything you do once you exit the facebook platform .
The other type of spam just flows from wall to wall when you click to view it.
See the image which features a women from "america's got the talent".
when you click the link then the video never plays but the link gets copied on your wall . When I opened the link in a new browser then it asked me to login to my facebook account to view this video . What does this mean? It clearly shows that its an application built on facebook platform to simply spread spam . Dont you think facebook is again evil .
Consider this another hot sizzling spam (i think showing boobs works well everywhere, be it seduction or be it spam ).
Consider this another hot sizzling spam (i think showing boobs works well everywhere, be it seduction or be it spam ).
once you see this post on your friends wall you get excited to see Marika Frusico (i don't know who she is though) but ultimately happens nothing and the link gets copied on your wall.
How to identify the phishing attack and other spams on news feed.
How to identify the phishing attack and other spams on news feed.
Look at the login image again . The best way to identify that its a phishing page is to look at the url that is there . It will give you a clear idea weather its a genuine or fake login page .Read more about phishing prevention.
To prevent from other feed spams you have to be careful . Whenever a new page opens when you click a feed link then don't proceed to play it or enter any details . Simply close the window and check back if its shared on your wall or not .
To prevent from other feed spams you have to be careful . Whenever a new page opens when you click a feed link then don't proceed to play it or enter any details . Simply close the window and check back if its shared on your wall or not .
Countermeasures
The best way to protect yourself is to remember one thing that , you never have to enter your login details once you are redirected outside the facebook platform . If you are using the same browser then your session is automatically carried to the new tab that you open related to facebook.(for eg , you have opened facebook and logged in , now you open another facebook page in new tab then you are automatically logged in).
Whenever you get redirected to some link other than facebook through your feed then don't proceed to play that video or enter your details . Simply close the window and check back if it has got posted on your or not .
If it has got posted then perform the following action -
Whenever you get redirected to some link other than facebook through your feed then don't proceed to play that video or enter your details . Simply close the window and check back if it has got posted on your or not .
If it has got posted then perform the following action -
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