Scam Signature Message: This is why you shouldnt eat fast food Scam Type: Malware Trending: May 2011 Why it’s a Scam: There are several reasons why you might want to avoid fast food restaurants: high caloric content, diet-busting fat grams, low nutritional value, just to name a few. This video will not show you any…

Facebook Scams Profiled this Week: Facebook Now Has A Dislike button! Enable The Feature @ bitly OMG! Look What this Kid did to his School after being Expelled! [VIRUS ALERT] In order to PREVENT SPAM, I ask that you VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT OMG! Its unbeliveable now you can get to know who views your facebook…

Scam Signature Message: Facebook Now Has A Dislike button! Enable The Feature @ bitly Scam Type: Survey Scam Trending: May 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the wall post link takes you to the following page: Scams asking users to paste code directly into their browser have taken an uptick the last few weeks. You…

Finally, Facebook has decided to integrate some community help to their internal security team. Welcome WOT or Web of Trust. In a nutshell: “Web of Trust (WOT) is a community-powered surfing tool that boosts trust on the Internet, by using authentic user experiences to help web users find reliable websites. The leading community-based safe surfing…

Iris recognition is becoming one of the most commonly used biometric authentication technologies in the world. Government agencies all over the world, particularly those concerned with immigration, have taken to using iris recognition in addition to fingerprint profiling and other methods of collecting personal data. But now, a New York based biometric security company called…

Scam Signature Message: In order to PREVENT SPAM, I ask that you VERIFY YOUR ACCOUNT. Click VERIFY MY ACCOUNT right next to comment below to start the process… Scam Type: Malware Trending: May 2011 Why it’s a Scam: The “==VERIFY MY ACCOUNT==” link is not a link to a webpage, but a direct link to…

Scam Signature Message: OMG! Its unbeliveable now you can get to know who views your facebook profile… Scam Type: Malware, Fake Page, Profile Peeker Trending: May 2011 Why it’s a Scam: Clicking the wall post link takes you to the following page: Here the scammers want you to copy and paste code directly into your…

Symantec, the largest developer of computer security software, announced that there was a security flaw in Facebook that allowed third parties to have access to user accounts and profile information. The flaw was fixed by Facebook last Tuesday, but all the information leaked may still be out there stored in server log files or in…

People who run a business will understand how important it is to find a good gimmick in order to encourage sales. Of course, the gimmick actually has to be ‘good’ in order to work. Pink Taco learned this the hard way when their little stunt of spray painting a donkey pink and writing “Pink Taco”…

Facebook has played a huge part in the uprisings that occurred and are occurring in the Middle East. As such, the remaining dictatorships in the area are trying to control their problem by cracking down on Facebook operations. One prime example of this is the current online attack being targetted towards Syrian users on social…

Teens often find the idea of drinking and smoking pretty cool – which is probably why they’ll never learn that it’s best to keep photos of them doing so off of Facebook. A group of teens were sanctioned and suspended last week after photos of them holding alcoholic beverages and smoking tobacco were found on…

Compassion is all well and good, but it’s deadly to have too much of it and too little common sense. One woman from Shah Alam, Malaysia, was scammed of over RM1.1 mil, or $366,000, after she fell for the con artist’s sob stories on Facebook. Police have been able to apprehend six likely suspects but…