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• Facebook's in-house drills were crucial for smooth response to watering hole attack

  08.03.2013

  Facebook was the first company to admit publicly to have been affected by the recent watering hole attack that started with a compromised forum site popular with mobile developers.

• Warning from "Mark Zurckerberg" leads to account hijacking

  04.03.2013

  If you get an email sent by "Mark Zurckerberg", saying your Facebook account might be permanently suspended because of violations of the social network's Terms of Service, fight the urge to follow the offered link for "account verification." The message is bogus, and the link will take you to a fake Facebook login web page set up for harvesting login credentials.

• OAuth flaw allowed researcher full access to any Facebook account

  22.02.2013

  A flaw in Facebook's OAuth system that allows the communication between applications and users has enabled web application security specialist Nir Goldshlager to gain full control of any Facebook account.

• Rogue Chrome extension hijacks Facebook accounts

  21.02.2013

  Chrome users, beware of an extension by the name of "Business Flash Player".

• Facebook malware campaign targeting Bulgarian users

  18.02.2013

  "Being" on Facebook brings its own set of dangers, and among them is inadvertently downloading malware by clicking on links posted by your own "friends".

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