Scam Signature Message: Download the new Facebook toolbar! Don’t click the “Download Here” link if this message appears in your Facebook message inbox. Scam Type: Malware – Virus-Trojan – IRC_ZAPCHAST.HU. Trending: December 2010 Why it’s a Scam: When you click on the “Download Here” button you are taken to a website that automatically downloads a…

A BitDefender study released this month revealed that 97% of respondents click any shared link on Facebook® and Twitter® without first checking the link for malware. The goal of the study was to determine if human curiosity is still the best tactic for cyber crooks and malware agents that target members of popular social networking…

Scam Signature Message: OMG! Her boyfriend dies in her arms right before her eyes. The car hits them while they kiss. It’s heartbreaking. You must see this: Scam Type: Like Jacking – Survey Scam – Rogue Application Trending: December 2010 Why it’s a Scam: Once you click on the Wall Post link, you are taken…

In October, Facebook launched a new dashboard that gives users a single view into how applications use personal data to enhance their experience. This feature shows all of the applications that have been authorized and what data is utilized. The user can see when an application last accessed their data, and applications can be restricted…

Out of no where, Facebook hit its community with a redesign of user profile pages. The main changes put more emphasis on photos and display a summary of a user’s relationship details and profile summary in a more prominent manner: Facebook sent the notification of the profile redesign via its company Twitter account on Sunday…

Scam Signature Message: ‘I got you a surprise’ This message will appear in your Facebook message inbox. Scam Type: Malware – Virus-Trojan.Waledac Trending: December 2010 Why it’s a Scam: If you click on the link contained in the Facebook message, you are taken to a totally different website with the following prompt: “Download photoalbum.” If…

All in all, this was an unusually quiet week on the Facebook front…until last night! Well, a few new scams hit, bloggers made their predictions for privacy and security issues to be faced in 2011 and beyond, but nothing really gripping hit the blogoshpere until Sunday afternoon. Facebook announced via their Twitter account that new…

The fish is, indeed, caught from its mouth, or, in this case, what he writes on Facebook. This is exactly what happened to Justin Carl Moose, a man who calls himself the “Christian Counterpart of Osama Bin Laden.” He also calls himself a radical extremist who believes that you can teach somebody a thing or…

It cannot be denied that there will always be creeps who act first and think later. One such creep is Jennifer Petkov. Petkov has a longstanding “feud” with her neighbors, the Edwards. It started about two years ago when the Edwards had a party. Petkov apparently sent her neighbors a note, asking them if it…

It is disturbing to know that there are parents who could intentionally and maliciously hurt their own children, and it is just as alarming to find out that people like them make use of these social network sites to get together and continue to abuse children, even their very own children. It was late this…

If you are an Internet user, you would know that posting photos that could get you into a lot of trouble is just like airing your very dirty laundry. But there are some people do not seem to know or understand this as they still continue to post photos or comments that could be their…

When you post something in Facebook, you really should be very careful about the photos you post as well as the things you say in your wall as it could get you in a lot of trouble. This is exactly what happened to David Abitbol. Going by the name of David Darkiller in his Facebook…