Facebook Attacks

Facebook ATTACKS Summary For 2011 Facebook attacks happen in 3 stages: Stage 1: Social Engineering False information provided in the post that inspires action by a Facebook user 18% Celebrity / Current event 36% 26% 19% "You Have to See This" Free stuff New Facebook App Apps How is Facebook dealing with malicious content today 2 trillion 220 million link clicks scanned daily(1) posts and messages with malicious links blocked daily(1) Stage 2:Spreading the Threat How are all of those Likes, shares, posts, messages, and invites sent out Humans VS, Technology 48% 52% of likes and shares of Users Willingly Click on Like or Share are generated by likejacking, scripts and malware How fast and far can an attack spread? The average Facebook 25 125 user has 3,125 78,125 1AA 390,625 ii 130 friends 1,953, 125 9,765,625 Users are exposed to the attack within a few hours (Assuming 5 friends share or like each subsequent post) Stage 3: Final Destination what do the cybercriminals get out of all this. hame 74% 19% 6% are chain posts or hoaxes lead to fraudulent Other marketing affiliate/survey sites Other purposes include defacing Facebook, spreading malware, or collecting thousands of Likes Preventing Facebook Attacks Don't trust a post or message or just because it comes from a friend. Their account could have been hacked, or they were tricked into clicking on something, or they might have Your like and share are a valuable personal recommendation to your friends and family - use them cautiously. Do a search to check whether something is valid. Be suspicious of offers for free stuff - especially ones with you having to like or share something. start malware on their PC. Don't follow links that accompany some hysterical or generic text such as "check this out!!!!", or "Thought you might like this!" Avoid links that promise some current event "scoop" such as "Amy Winehouse pictures!", or "Osama bin Laden death video!" There is no application that allows you to see who has been viewing your page - never follow any link that promises this functionality. 8 Apps All information from the Commtouch Internet Threats Trend Report - January 2012 http://www.commtouch.com/threat-report-January-2012. except for (1) Infographic: "Everything you ever wanted to know and more about Facebook security" - Oct 27 2011, http://www.scribd.com/doc/70451272/Facebook-Security-Infographic commtouch®