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Facebook Malware Goes Viral
itwbennett writes "Just a few hours after a fake CNN news report appeared on Facebook Friday, more than 60,000 users had gone to the spoofed, malware bearing page according to Sophos Senior Security Advisor Chester Wisniewski. Facebook didn't respond to IDG News Service's request for information on 'how widespread the problem was or whether its own security had been breached, but Wisniewski said that there are a number of ways that status updates could appear without users' knowledge.'"
Maybe that'll teach people to be more wary about random links they see.
Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
Technically speaking malware can't go viral, as in malware requires action by the enduser. It should be pointed out that only users of Facebook and 'Adobe Flash` running on Microsoft are suseptable to this vulnerability.
AccountKiller
It would be terribly ironic if the links in the post went to said malware sites. Getting more and more happier that i don't use facebook anyway. The problem i have though, a lot of malware is obvious that it's malware, usually by disabling you from doing certain things, like viewing hidden files, or even letting you run process explorer (which has helped me overcome virus' in the past, enough so that i could backup stuff and reinstall the OS) but what i'm worried about are the virus' which don't show themselves, considering the bad virus' i've gotten in the past have ranged from suspect sites, to trusted sites that became hacked and had the malware loaded on.
Was anyone else amused the news article is titled "U.S. Attacks Iran and Saudi Arabia", but the video thumbnail shows tanks driving through snow?
The article states, "Of course there is no such Flash update. You should always download Flash from a genuine Adobe site."
This is poor advice. I would suggest, "Flash should never be installed on anyone's computer, ever."
nebulo
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These apps are hell! Why not just go to the WP and read the whole article there? It's like AOL came back from the 90s, bigger and badder (content not served to you; you have to beg for it by approving each 'app', and then you just get a morsel instead of the whole content). And ppl want this?!
Fine; let em have it. I now officially support these fb malware apps — funny to watch in action, and maybe enough of them will teach people not to use these 'apps'. And booyah on the Post for succumbing to the dumbing down of content to feed the masses.
Apparently I picked a good month to decide I'm sick and tired of all the Failbook bullshit and delete my account.
Instructions on how to permanently delete your Facebook account
Are YOU using the TOOL, or is the TOOL using YOU? Think about it!
Why should I have to set up an account at a private website just to get a job? This is ridiculous. No matter how little info one has to divulge, why? By what right? I know that the companies doing this are stupid and I would not want to work for them under normal circumstances. But the economy is in the gutter, and sometimes you have to grab the first job coming (regardless of some jokers here claiming that "there are plenty of dev jobs out there"). Hiring has become so ridiculous lately that the government needs to step in and freaking regulate the process! Just have a standardized process. All the stupid gotcha interviews, dick measuring contests, "puzzle" bs, and now having to have a freaking facebook account are utterly ridiculous. The business has clearly shown they cannot act as adults and cannot be trusted. Government should step in and set some sensible rules.