More Facebook scams
Some new Facebook scams are circulating. gHacks reports:
According to several reports on websites like Computerworld a new phishing scam is currently in the wild that is trying to get the Facebook login data of Facebook users. Pandalabs, who uncovered the phishing scam, did not release lots of details about the attack other than it mimicked the Facebook login page and displayed an error message after the user entered the Facebook login information. They also mentioned that the fraudulent url would most likely be spread by email but also Blackhat SEO techniques which could mean that the attackers have placed their website in prominent positions in some search engines making users believe that they visit the right Facebook website when in fact they visit the manipulated website.
Pandalabs did release in depth details about a Facebook hacking scam as well. They discovered a website which claimed to hack any Facebook account for $100 payable through Western Union. A user who wants a Facebook account hacked has to register at the website. The Facebook Id of the account that the user wants hacked needs to be entered into the form on the website. A script will then pull the username from that account and mimic a hacking attempt.
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