http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com Computer Security · News · Opinion · Advice · Research Sun, 26 May 2013 01:00:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/04/17/facebook-hoax-burning-hard-disk/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/04/17/facebook-hoax-burning-hard-disk/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:15:41 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=224358 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/04/17/facebook-hoax-burning-hard-disk/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 6 Seriously folks, you should know Facebook hoax about a virus *burning* your hard disk is bunk gcluley Laptop fire. Image from Shutterstock Facebook hoax http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/25/talking-angela-iphone-app-scare/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/25/talking-angela-iphone-app-scare/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:01:08 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=217925 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/25/talking-angela-iphone-app-scare/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 16 Talking Angela iPhone app scare spreads on Facebook gcluley Talking Angela iPhone app Talking Angela warning Talking Angela http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/21/mcdonalds-bogus-racist-kfc-facebook/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/21/mcdonalds-bogus-racist-kfc-facebook/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:01:30 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=217556 really charging African-Americans an extra $1.50? Of course not, but thousands of Facebook fans are spreading the story regardless.]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/21/mcdonalds-bogus-racist-kfc-facebook/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 13 Racist "McDonald's" notice posted on Facebook is designed to generate calls of complaint to KFC gcluley Fake McDonald's poster, with KFC's telephone number http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/06/facebook-closed-maintenance-february/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/06/facebook-closed-maintenance-february/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:10:52 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=215323 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/06/facebook-closed-maintenance-february/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 12 Facebook will be closed for maintenance between Feb 29-31 - joke chain letter spreads gcluley Facebook maintenance Facebook - closed for maintenance http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/11/my-birtday-calendar-facebook-warning/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/11/my-birtday-calendar-facebook-warning/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:12:02 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=211631 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/11/my-birtday-calendar-facebook-warning/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 9 My Birthday Calendar warning spreads quickly on Facebook, generating panic gcluley Birthday candles. Image from Shutterstock My Birthday Calendar warning on Facebook Apps other people use privacy option http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/03/facebook-surgery-hoax/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/03/facebook-surgery-hoax/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:10:10 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=210529 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/03/facebook-surgery-hoax/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 11 Facebook won't donate money for boy's life-saving surgery after he saved his sister from rapist. Because it's a hoax gcluley Facebook hoax http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/05/facebook-price-grid/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/05/facebook-price-grid/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 11:11:39 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=194226 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/10/05/facebook-price-grid/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 7 Facebook price grid hoax panics users into sharing message gcluley Facebook price grid hoax Facebook http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/07/29/why-you-shouldnt-forward-the-invitation-facebook-olympic-torch-chain-letter/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/07/29/why-you-shouldnt-forward-the-invitation-facebook-olympic-torch-chain-letter/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:21:31 +0000 Paul Ducklin http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=178682 Invitation FACEBOOK/Olympic Torch virus warning. ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/07/29/why-you-shouldnt-forward-the-invitation-facebook-olympic-torch-chain-letter/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 2 Why you shouldn't forward the "Invitation FACEBOOK - Olympic Torch" chain letter pducklin Olympic Torch SNOPES SAYS THIS IS TRUE turns out to be the biggest piece of rot in the entire hoax http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/29/strawberry-quick-meth-facebook/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/29/strawberry-quick-meth-facebook/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:09:10 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=141714 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2012/02/29/strawberry-quick-meth-facebook/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 18 Strawberry Quick Meth scare spreads widely via Facebook gcluley Strawberry Quick warning http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/11/16/dont-fall-for-the-recovering-american-soldier-hoax/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/11/16/dont-fall-for-the-recovering-american-soldier-hoax/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:13:05 +0000 Beth Jones http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=99980 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/11/16/dont-fall-for-the-recovering-american-soldier-hoax/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 16 us-stamp-thumb bethcroghan US stamp