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“Attackers will try to steal your login credentials so
that your account can be used to launch future attacks—making you
infamous within your Facebook circle of friends for inadvertently
sending that message and causing future destruction.”
The impact of this attack, or previous similar
attacks for that matter, has not been widespread and only impacts a
small fractional percentage of Facebook’s 200 million users. However,
due to the nature of these attacks, if successive attacks are launched
the damage can multiply.
Notwithstanding the warnings, Sainkar says the impact of these latest
attacks, or previous similar attacks for that matter, has not been
widespread and, he adds, the attacks to-date have only impacted a small
fractional percentage of Facebook’s 200 million users.
“However, due to the nature of these attacks, if successive attacks are launched the damage can multiply,” Sainkar warns.
Symantec has a few timely pieces of advice for consumers wanting to
avoid inadvertently sending malicious messages to their circle of
Facebook friends, including the need to maintain a level of caution
around any messages from within a website or that appear to be sent by
a website.
It’s also advisable, says Symantec, to use complex passwords and unique
ones for each site, maintain an up-to-date browser and operating
system, and be suspicious of requests to enter your account name and
password.
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