If you friend gets hacked and they can see who is friend with their friends then the scammers will target everyone they can see.
Lock it down, see here
Facebook Friends visibility should be “Only Me”
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Beware of Cheryl…
//The BBC is reporting that Cheryl Cole (or maybe Cheryl Fernandez-Versini) is the most dangerous online celeb.
15% of online search links to Cheryl contain malware apparently.
So the message is be careful with celeb links – ‘specially if there very gossipy. Also make sure your browser and anti-virus software is up-to-date..
More here
UK tops phishing league!
//UK has more spam with more malicious content than most of Europe and the US according to a story on The Register (here).
Unsolicited email destined for recipients in the UK is almost three times more likely to contain a malicious URL than the United States, Germany or France.
More details from the source here…
I wrote some advice about how to use email safely here.
Not just the croc is scary
//There’s a big phishing email going around about tickets to see a show of Peter Pan at Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre.
You’re asked to open an attached e-tickets which appear as pdf files. Needless to say bad things will happen if you open the attachment.
The hallmarks of a phishing email are there; it involves money, it asks you top confirm something which you might think needs doing in a hurry and it has a media related theme.
So think twice if you get an email that has these things – don’t open any attachments or click any links.
More here.