Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Facebook Password Reset Scam



Facebook is a useful network used by millions, which opens the door some no-goodnics to use it for their benefit.  Such an event has happened today, if you receive and email that states that your password has been reset for security measures, DO NOT open the attachment.


A blog post released by MacFree on Wednesday warns of the dangers of this email and the attachment.  In the attachment is a password stealer that can not only grant access to your Facebook account, but also allow for the username and password used to logon to the computer the attachment is run on.


Example of the Email














For more information please see the blog post from MacFree.

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