Security Response

As is the case with every long weekend, the 4th of July weekend brought quite a lot of scams spreading through Facebook. Besides the usual click-jacking, hoaxes, and phishing attacks, one particular scam was discovered that showed the imminent evolution of this type of attack.

As always, the scam commences with a bait message – this time referencing a must-see video of some ex-girlfriend. Interestingly enough, most of the themes that we encounter have been used many times before, but unfortunately people still fall for them.

[Video] - This is what Happend to his Ex Girl Friend!
vidoea[REMOVED].blogspot.com
Play Video! She was Hurting for days, and could not walk!

Once the goo.gl link is clicked, the user is re-directed to a remote site. Google’s statistics page for that specific link showed that about 15,000 users have clicked on it. Of course, there were multiple links involved, so this figure only indicates an average estimate of...

Facebook now has over 500 million registered users, which makes this social network (like many other social networks) a very attractive “fishing pool” for attackers. There are so many potential victims that could easily fall for any of the scattered bait. So, it does not come as a surprise that we see another scam campaign launched nearly every week.

Currently, one of the ongoing scams is referring to a guy that apparently took revenge on his ex-girlfriend. The enticing message that has appeared on many profile pages is similar to the following:

“OMG This GUY Went A Little To Far WITH His Revenge On His EX Girlfriend”

Even though it might appear that one of your friends has shared this link, he or she most likely did not do it knowingly. This is because whenever someone follows one of these malicious links, he or she...