Across the world, Facebook users have been spammed. The spam is a flood of porn, violent images and other graphic content spread across the site over the past couple of days. This morning, came reports that two lakh users had been spammed in Bangalore. NDTV. Com carried a mid-day report; other Indian sites also reported on similar figures.
However, BA Mahesh, who heads the cyber cell of the Bangalore police says no formal complaints have been received.
Facebook in Germany said the latest attack tricked users into pasting and executing malicious JavaScript in their browser URL bar, exploiting a browser vulnerability that caused them to unknowingly share the content, according to a statement to news agency dapd.
'Our team responded quickly and we have eliminated most of the spam caused by this attack,' the statement said. 'We are now working to improve our systems to better defend against similar attacks in the future.'
According to Facebook, no user data or accounts were compromised during the attack.
Meantime, Facebook warned users to never cut and paste unknown code into a browser's address bar, and to always use an up-to-date browser, as well as to flag and report any suspicious content.
Facebook officials in India have said they're likely to release a statement later tonight.
However, BA Mahesh, who heads the cyber cell of the Bangalore police says no formal complaints have been received.
Facebook in Germany said the latest attack tricked users into pasting and executing malicious JavaScript in their browser URL bar, exploiting a browser vulnerability that caused them to unknowingly share the content, according to a statement to news agency dapd.
'Our team responded quickly and we have eliminated most of the spam caused by this attack,' the statement said. 'We are now working to improve our systems to better defend against similar attacks in the future.'
According to Facebook, no user data or accounts were compromised during the attack.
Meantime, Facebook warned users to never cut and paste unknown code into a browser's address bar, and to always use an up-to-date browser, as well as to flag and report any suspicious content.
Facebook officials in India have said they're likely to release a statement later tonight.
source:NDTV
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