Facebook scares users with account protection status warning

Last few weeks many of my friends on Facebook page mailed me that their account protection was "very low". I was bit surprised when I saw A screen shot of it.

Your account protection status: Very low
Increase protection

With a scareware which I call fake antivirus prompts you to increase protection of your account which is not compromised even. There must be something which lets you do it. And the red hackers must be planning out to do something when you do it. The question is how?

Now its a human tendency, when you see the warning you get upset and worry about the security of personal data on web. Now most people who are aware how to change the security will definitely try to take some actions.

Those action include changing the facebook password, Increasing security by not allowing any IP address log in without registering, then applying for a phone number sms updates which will help you to know If you are login with the Facebook account and so on.

I was so curious to get this thing straight. Why FB will feel that my account security is not up-to the mark?Well you also might have the same question in your mind. Let me take you into deep.

If you do click on the link, the first thing you are asked to do is enter an additional email address. So if you forget your password they will do the needful with this address.Also they will update your every login details to your mail described.They could then use this, for instance, to communicate with you with this mail address.

Its quick right, Isn't it? Well I personally prefer you before doing anything like updating your numbers and email addresses to think of it for a second.

Think before adding your personal information over internet such as Address, Phone Number, Identity number etc.
It makes difficult for any body if your accounts are compromised simultaneously. So I will prefer you to use different passwords for your Facebook accounts and for your personal mail accounts.
This may help you to get through some of the phishing attacks.


Cheers!!!

"birthday shirt" targeting Facebook users Be aware

Psychological ill people are back in action this year and now they want to hit the Facebook's users.

There is a separate web page made by some community.

The page indicates that as there is Facebook's 7th anniversary, Facebook decided to give away some T-shirts which will be tagged "Facebook" on it. Well there are some unaware users who are scammmmed. 

The said group was mass sharing the status a link which is redirected to new page which is owned by them only. There they ask permission to allow access your profile's basic information.

The parties behind the scam would then ask for a “secret" Facebook email address to verify the prospective victim is a legitimate Facebook user. They say they will upload photoes, videos,  status updates from them to users profile. This I call a kinky stuff. And when you allow them by providing your secrete FB email address by which you can directly post anything on your wall.

This was detected as fraudulent  as you are redirected to page other than Facebook.com and was not sub domain of FB like Facebook.com/something.

You will know if you are scammed if some third party posts status updates on your behalf which includes some advertisements of third parties.

Cure that will help you if you get to know that you are scammed:

1. refresh your email status addresses from privacy option.

2. Never ever share it again to any third party. 

Things are more simpler actually. I mean why facebook will request you to verify status update email address which is itself provided by them ?

Be alert think logically if you are asked something to be verified.

Also don't forget to check the address in the address bar of browser if it is genuine. You can do it by checking manually if its a page hosted by the site such as:

www.facebok.com/verify is not the same as www.facebook.com/verify.

Hope your Facebook accounts are in sound conditions.

http://gabale.blogspot.com/2011/09/warning-out-vs-birthday-shirt-scam.html