Rogue Facebook app harvests user credentials
Security experts urge caution on popular social networking site -Facebook's third-party applications are often seen as a security black hole
Phil Muncaster
V3.co.uk, 17 Aug 2009
Facebook users who allow third-party applications onto their desktop have been warned that a rogue Facebook app is luring users to a site set up to harvest their credentials.
Affected users receive a notification that someone has commented on one of their posts, but clicking on the hyperlink in the notification leads to a malicious site hosted on the fucabook.com domain, according to Trend Micro senior security advisor Rik Ferguson.
The malicious site then pulls up the real Facebook log-in page to prompt users to enter their details again.
The notifications appear to come from a dubious sounding app called 'sex sex sex and more sex!!!' which has over 287,000 users signed up already, said Ferguson. He warned users to always check the URL of a site in the...
Facebook app steals info
Rogue Facebook app harvests user credentials
Security experts urge caution on popular social networking site -Facebook's third-party applications are often seen as a security black hole
Phil Muncaster
V3.co.uk, 17 Aug 2009
Facebook users who allow third-party applications onto their desktop have been warned that a rogue Facebook app is luring users to a site set up to harvest their credentials.
Affected users receive a notification that someone has commented on one of their posts, but clicking on the hyperlink in the notification leads to a malicious site hosted on the fucabook.com domain, according to Trend Micro senior security advisor Rik Ferguson.
The malicious site then pulls up the real Facebook log-in page to prompt users to enter their details again.
The notifications appear to come from a dubious sounding app called 'sex sex sex and more sex!!!' which has over 287,000 users signed up already, said Ferguson. He warned users to always check the URL of a site in the...
Facebook app steals info