Cheerleaders Gone Wild clickjacking tempts Facebook users

[Starbuck]

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A new clickjacking scam was spreading on Facebook luring victims with a purported video of "cheerleaders gone wild," a security expert warned on Thursday before Facebook shut the attack down.

 

Victims' accounts were posting messages that said "cheerleaders gone wild - have to see this" with a photo of, you guessed it, a cheerleader carrying pom poms. Clicking the link led to a warning that the content may be inappropriate for some users and prompted users to confirm that they are 18 or older, said Graham Cluley of Sophos, who bravely clicked the link for research purposes only, of course.

 

Another warning then popped up pretending to be an antispam mechanism that asked the user to click three buttons numbered 1, 2, and 3 in a specific order. Once that was done and the "submit" button was clicked, the user's account then submitted that it "likes" the Cheerleaders Gone Wild page and that message was broadcast from the victim's account to his or her newsfeed for all friends to see, Cluley said.

 

The account also invisibly indicated that it "likes" two other Facebook pages, "Funniest Videos on the Web" and "Free ringtones every day."

 

"But you probably haven't noticed any of this, of course, because by now you are watching a YouTube video of a group of young cheerleaders up to antics which, quite frankly, I didn't find at all shocking and didn't involve any nudity," Cluley wrote on his blog.

 

A Facebook spokesman said the company disabled the page after learning of the attack and reiterated advice that users not click on suspicious-looking links, even if they are from friends. More tips on how to recognize and avoid clickjacking is available on the "Threats" tab of the Facebook Security Page.

 

 

Source:

Cheerleaders Gone Wild clickjacking tempts Facebook users | InSecurity Complex - CNET News

[Jelly Bean]

I already warned FaceBook friends but agian they ignored me.

[Starbuck]

The problem with Facebook users, is that a big majority will click anything.

They think it's all part of being on Facebook.

My personal opinion is that if people put as much time into their normal lives as they do Facebook .... there lives would be a whole lot better.

[KenB]

My personal opinion is that if people put as much time into their normal lives as they do Facebook .... there lives would be a whole lot better.

I will second that :)