Facebook has filed a law suit a firm who, they say, bombarded users with clickjacking scams that earned them $1.2 million a month. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Facebook takes on ‘clickjacking’ spammers in court
SEATTLE, Jan 27 — Facebook and the state of Washington sued a company yesterday they accused of a practice called “clickjacking” that fools users of the world’s top social network into visiting advertising sites, divulging personal information and spreading the scam to friends. The scheme, also known as “likejacking” because…
Feds charge seven men in ‘click-jacking’ scheme
In the latest lesson on Internet safety — or the lack thereof — federal authorities have charged seven men with infecting millions of computers with a virus-like program that tricked users’ Web browsers into navigating to phony pages stocked with ads, earning the defendents as much as $14 million. In…
Feds charge ring with ‘click-jacking’ scheme that hit 4 million PCs
In the latest lesson on Internet safety — or the lack thereof — federal authorities have charged seven men with infecting millions of computers with a virus-like program that tricked users’ Web browsers into navigating to phony pages stocked with ads, earning the defendents as much as $14 million. In…