Facebook Users Face week long Viral Surge
Date: 02.03.2009
It has been reported that the social network site, Facebook, has been hit by five separate security problems in the last seven days.
By creating fake messages padded with details of Facebook members the thieves are capitalising on the trust and social links that drive the network. In the last week Facebook has been hit by four malicious applications as well as a new variant of the Koobface virus that first targeted members of the social site in December 2008.
The rogue applications on Facebook all try to steal saleable information from the profiles of those who open it up.
A spokesman for Facebook said members should be vigilant and never give out their password. He said Facebook did a lot of work behind the scenes to keep the site safe.
If anyone was unlucky enough to fall victim they should visit the Facebook security pages and follow the steps that lays out to get help, he said.
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