Facebook "likejacking" worm tricks you into posting fake "likes"

Facebook "likejacking" worm tricks you into posting fake "likes"

by Jay Hathaway (RSS feed) Jun 1st 2010 at 5:30PM

If you click on an interesting Facebook link and find yourself redirected to a page with nothing but "click here to continue," close that window. You've been suckered by a popular Facebook worm that's spread to a reported 100,000+ users, generating fake "likes" on people's profiles. The fake likes link to those same "click here to continue" pages, perpetuating the cycle. One security firm is calling this new attack "likejacking."

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http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/06/01/facebook-likejacking-worm-tricks-you-into-posting-fake-likes/

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