Given Facebook’s user numbers, the fact is that hackers and malicious activity can infiltrate the site. As a follow up to ourreport on malicious Facebook hacks you need to look out for,Bitdefenderhelped pull together some different types of Facebook app scams that you need to avoid. Warnin...
Facebook Messenger scams occur when fraudsters use the Messenger app to con Facebook users into sending money or gift cards, giving up personal information that could lead toidentity theft, or clicking on malicious links. Scammers often impersonate users by setting up look-alike Facebook profiles ...
That part is unclear. However, if they are, they are most likely selling cheap, scammy knockoff versions from dropshipping websites of the actual advertised item, acommon tacticused in other Facebook scams. The accounts of some of the alleged scammers provided to Mashable by Luan match the...
Since at least the late 1980s, far too many hentai games have also been little more than trojan horses for computer viruses and credential phishing scams. "There even seems to be a stigma [against porn games] from people who like traditional porn," said Michelle Clough, chair of the ...
Due to the various scams that have been exposed, Facebook has been witnessing a drastic decline in the number of users on board. Thus, it had to take significant steps in the direction to enhance its user base. This included a number of them like overhauling the structure of the organisati...
What’s even more worrying is that some social media sites (like Facebook) collect user data about people who don’t even have an account [*]. These “shadow profiles” are typically used to target you with ads on other connected sites. But what can happen if unscrupulous users gain ...
Cisco's recent research found that Facebook scams are the #1 web-based attack for cyber criminals seeking to compromise an organization’s systems.
As of June 2023, Brooks' image and likeness were being used in paid ads on Facebook and Instagram as if he had lost weight with the purported "miracle" product. Advertisement: Some of these ads even appeared to include audio recordings of Brooks talking. This audio had been faked with the...
As we all becomemore wary of scams, it only makes sense that the criminals behind them find new ways toscamus. On Monday, the FBIsent out a public service announcementwarning the public about one such scam that has been on the rise (viaBleeping Computer). ...
Many people are being scammed by shopping through questionable ads on social media like Instagram. Some products never arrive, and others turn out to be different than what you saw advertised. Anna Werner reports.Dec 21, 2018 embed code copied ...