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2. Facebook malware - Wikipedia

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   The social media platform and social networking service Facebook has been affected multiple times over its history by intentionally harmful software. Known as malware, these pose particular challenges both to users of the platform as well as to the personnel of the tech-company itself. Fighting the entities that create these is a topic of ...

3. Malware - Wikipedia

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   Malware (a portmanteau for malicious software) is any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network, leak private information, gain unauthorized access to information or systems, deprive access to information, or which unknowingly interferes with the user's computer security and privacy.

4. The ‘Look Who Died’ Internet Scam Is Back—Here ... - AOL

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   Through this malware virus, the scammers can access your Facebook account and send more of these “Look who died” Facebook messages to your own friends (with the hackers pretending to be you).

5. Koobface - Wikipedia

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   Koobface is a network worm that attacks Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms. [1] [2] [3] This worm originally targeted users of networking websites like Facebook, Skype, Yahoo Messenger, and email websites such as GMail, Yahoo Mail, and AOL Mail. It also targets other networking websites, such as MySpace, Twitter, [4] and it can ...

6. WannaCry ransomware attack - Wikipedia

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   The WannaCry ransomware attack was a worldwide cyberattack in May 2017 by the WannaCry ransomware cryptoworm, which targeted computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system by encrypting data and demanding ransom payments in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. [5] It propagated by using EternalBlue, an exploit developed by the United States ...

7. Cabir (computer worm) - Wikipedia

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   Symbian. Cabir (also known as Caribe, SybmOS/Cabir, Symbian/Cabir and EPOC.cabir) is the name of a computer worm developed in 2004 [1] that is designed to infect mobile phones running Symbian OS. It is believed to be the first computer worm that can infect mobile phones. [2] When a phone is infected with Cabir, the message "Caribe" is displayed ...

8. Privacy concerns with Facebook - Wikipedia

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   The number one reason for users to quit Facebook was privacy concerns (48%), being followed by a general dissatisfaction with Facebook (14%), negative aspects regarding Facebook friends (13%), and the feeling of getting addicted to Facebook (6%). Facebook quitters were found to be more concerned about privacy, more addicted to the Internet, and ...

9. Virus hoax - Wikipedia

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   Virus hoax. A computer virus hoax is a message warning the recipients of a non-existent computer virus threat. The message is usually a chain e-mail that tells the recipients to forward it to everyone they know, but it can also be in the form of a pop-up window. [1] [2]