Scammers Continue to Hook Users with Free Facebook Hacking

JMH · Jun 30, 2014

Ah, Facebook hacking. It’s one of those things security folks generally warn people against due to its questionable legality regardless of one’s reasons for doing so, yet many continue to go out of their way to look for hacking tools and services online.
Being in the industry, I’ve even heard of stories where users ask colleagues to hack accounts for them as a favour. They were politely turned down, of course

Whether one genuinely lost their Facebook account password or not, it’s never a good (nor safe) idea to entrust matters to hacking, cracking, or sniffing. There’s almost always a catch. It’s still best to contact Facebook support directly for password retrieval.

Scammers Continue to Hook Users with Free Facebook Hacking | Malwarebytes Unpacked

Digerati · Jun 30, 2014

Just another reason to avoid Facebook altogether, IMO. That and the thought that Facebook has no problem using their members as lab rats for "research", manipulating their users' thoughts (and pages!) without the users' specific consent or knowledge! :mad7: Something they can get away with because it is "consistent with Facebook’s Data Use Policy" users agreed to when they joined.

See Facebook tweaked users' news feeds without user knowledge and Facebook secretly toys with user emotions.

I see these tactics as malicious, and a clear cut "defining" form of Social Engineering. :mad7: :censored2: :mad7: :censored2: :censored2: :censored2: :mad7:

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Scammers Continue to Hook Users with Free Facebook Hacking

JMH

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Scammers Continue to Hook Users with Free Facebook Hacking

JMH

Emeritus, Contributor

Digerati

ModeratorHardware ExpertMicrosoft MVP (Ret.)

Moderator
Hardware Expert
Microsoft MVP (Ret.)