Phacebook phun (Uncle disgusting, security hat. You know the drill)

Sep 04, 2009 12:37

You know all those apps y'all are playing with on Friendface? (Farmville, for instance, just leaps off the page[1])

Check here to find out how secure they are:

http://theharmonyguy.com/

I mean, you'd be, I don't know, a prize lackwit to use the same p/w / username combination on Friendface as on Paypal or your online banking, Amazon, webmail...

... And as for passwords of the form [dictionary word][number]...

Bonus URL: http://countermeasures.trendmicro.eu/two-more-rogue-facebook-apps-linked-to-fucabook-scam/

[1] ... And has apparently been secured.

pwnage, brown trousers, security afternoon theatre

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