Rogue Facebook Application at Large Spamming User Profiles
Posted on 14 June, 2010 under Social Media with 1 Comment
This is a warning to Facebook Users, there is a Rogue Facebook App on the loose and according to Sophos over 190,000 people have so far clicked on a link. The rogue app is tricking users to give access to their Facebook profile in exchange for seeing a “shocking video” of a teacher assaulting a student. The link has the title “Teacher nearly kills 13 year old boy. SHOCKING!”
The bug application spams your newsfeed and post links to your profile automatically. Once you have clicked on this application, you give it the permission to post on your wall.
Bit.ly is already displaying a warning message to users who click on the link – it would be good to see Facebook also taking action to curtail the spread of this spam attack.
Do you really want to give access to your friend’s list and your name to a complete stranger. For now all the app does is post links to your wall, however the next link it posts could be way more dangerous. Share this article with your friends so they can know not to click on this app.
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