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Rogue Facebook Application leads to phishing

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Posted 17 August 2009 - 11:55 AM

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A rogue Facebook application appears to be sending notifications that lead users to a credential harvesting site.
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Prospective marks receive a Facebook notification that a user has commented on one of their posts, as above.


http://countermeasures.trendmicro.eu/rogue...ds-to-phishing/

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Posted 19 August 2009 - 02:24 PM

I just cleaned out all my apps, I delete all those apps my mates use and send on to me too... its almost not worth having a account!

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