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Facebook "Like" Worm is Spreading
- drivebyacct2 16y agoThis has been happening for months and is nothing new. Even companies that host big name company profiles on Facebook use this tactic to "unlock" content. Calling this a worm or exploit is absurdly silly. There is no security threat here, just don't click on dumb links.
- aberkowitz 16y agoWhile not completely clear, I believe the article is stating that clicking affected "like" buttons will cause unwanted actions including unauthorized wall posts.
- drivebyacct2 16y agoNo, this has been occurring for forever... is no one on HN on Facebook? I mean, I don't blame you, but when you click "Like" it has ALWAYS posted "Blah likes [omg women kills her daughter] on [stupidspam.com]". Again, nothing new, at all.
- aberkowitz 16y agoI have read more articles to understand exactly what it does: Standard: User clicks "like" --> _______ likes ________ Infected Page: User views friend's page without clicking anything, an iframe exploit makes them automatically "like" a page. Yes, I use Facebook.
- vinhboy 16y agoSigh its gone now. From what I can tell, the script managed to hijack a facebook page to insert a link under a fake tab "Photo". If clicked, loaded an iframe, and clicking on that iframe liked the page.
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- vinhboy 16y agohttp://vinhboy.com/blog/2010/10/02/cool-facebook-like-worm/ http://vinhboy.com/blog/2010/10/02/cool-facebook-like-worm/