Topic: Malware

Beware the new Facebook password reset scam

Summary: If you get an e-mail that appears to be from Facebook saying the company reset your password and urging you to open an attachment, it is a scam. Repeat, it is a scam.

By Elinor Mills | March 18, 2010 -- 12:52 GMT (05:52 PDT)

If you get an e-mail that appears to be from Facebook saying the company reset your password and urging you to open an attachment, it is a scam. Repeat, it is a scam.

McAfee warned people in a blog post on Wednesday to beware of an e-mail that appears to come from Facebook urging recipients to open an attachment to get their new password.

The attachment contains a password stealer that can potentially access any username and password combination used on the computer, not just the login credentials for Facebook.

For more of this story, read Beware the new Facebook password reset scam on CNET News.

Topics: Malware, Collaboration, Security, Social Enterprise

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If your gullible enough to put all your personal stuff on the internet (ie:Facebook) You have to be gullible enough to let your password out in this scam. Its Facebook that's the real scam. letting people think its secure. When in fact it takes a 12 year old hacker that can bypass any security they may think is secure. My advice....dump facebook I did

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