Lily allen Themed clickjacking attack is now hitting facebook wall

This time again a new clickjacking attack on the facebook, number 1 social networking website. Scammers always try to tke advantage of social engineering and scamming tricks. Facebook is trying everything to reduce spamming but scammers always get their way


According to security researchers from Sophos who spotted the attack, the spam messages spread by the scam's victims read: "Lily Allen shows her breasts on British television! [LINK] In a broadcast on Channel 4, the singer Lilly Allen shows us her beautiful breasts."


 "That's probably not the kind of thing that pop star Lily Allen wants spreading around on Facebook on the very same weekend that she's getting married," Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley noted.

Lily allen Themed clickjacking attack is now hitting facebook wall

This time again a new clickjacking attack on the facebook, number 1 social networking website. Scammers always try to tke advantage of social engineering and scamming tricks. Facebook is trying everything to reduce spamming but scammers always get their way


According to security researchers from Sophos who spotted the attack, the spam messages spread by the scam's victims read: "Lily Allen shows her breasts on British television! [LINK] In a broadcast on Channel 4, the singer Lilly Allen shows us her beautiful breasts."


 "That's probably not the kind of thing that pop star Lily Allen wants spreading around on Facebook on the very same weekend that she's getting married," Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley noted.

"Lulzsec arrested in london picture" a new scam on facebook

"Lulzsec arrested  in london picture" a new scam on facebook

Lulzsec is the hot topic on the cyber world and after the rumers of yesterday when british police calimed to arrest the mastermaind of the hacker group, scammers are trying to spread spams by taking the advantage of people's interest in this group.


Rogue messages posted on the social networking site yesterday read "The Creator of LulzSec arrested in London (PHOTO TAKEN BY THE POLICE) SEE THE PICTURE WITHOUT BLURRING, SHARE THIS PAGE AND LIKE IT !! http://bit.ly/[censored]"


The post also show the blurrd image and linked to the article about the arrest on Sophos' Naked Security blog. This is done to exploit the trust of users on the security blog.


After the clicking on the link it asks users for sharing and liking in order to see the uncensored image and lead user to a third party website and forced to download a program iLividSetupV1.exe that attempted to install a series of toolbars.


"Presumably whoever is behind this Facebook scam (and I doubt it is anyone connected with LulzSec) is earning commission the more people they convince to install the software," says Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley.

"Lulzsec arrested in london picture" a new scam on facebook

"Lulzsec arrested  in london picture" a new scam on facebook

Lulzsec is the hot topic on the cyber world and after the rumers of yesterday when british police calimed to arrest the mastermaind of the hacker group, scammers are trying to spread spams by taking the advantage of people's interest in this group.


Rogue messages posted on the social networking site yesterday read "The Creator of LulzSec arrested in London (PHOTO TAKEN BY THE POLICE) SEE THE PICTURE WITHOUT BLURRING, SHARE THIS PAGE AND LIKE IT !! http://bit.ly/[censored]"


The post also show the blurrd image and linked to the article about the arrest on Sophos' Naked Security blog. This is done to exploit the trust of users on the security blog.


After the clicking on the link it asks users for sharing and liking in order to see the uncensored image and lead user to a third party website and forced to download a program iLividSetupV1.exe that attempted to install a series of toolbars.


"Presumably whoever is behind this Facebook scam (and I doubt it is anyone connected with LulzSec) is earning commission the more people they convince to install the software," says Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley.