You love to keep your family and friends informed of what’s going on in your life. You are on Myspace, Twitter and Facebook. How much do you know about those people wanting to be friends or follow you? The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), which is a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center, released an Intelligence Note 0n Oct. 1.
Fraudsters continue to hijack accounts on social networking
sites and spread malicious software by using various techniques. One technique involves the use of spam to promote phishing sites, claiming there has been a violation of the terms of agreement or some other type of issue which needs to be resolved. Other spam entices users to download an application or view a video. Some spam appears to be sent from users' "friends", giving the perception of being
legitimate. Once the user responds to the phishing site, downloads the application, or clicks on the video link, their computer, telephone or other digital device becomes infected.
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