September 2011 saw many changes on Facebook. when
where new features increase the interaction between users,
issues of privacy and security have reached new
dimensions. There are at least five new avenues for attackers:
1. The smart list (automatic friends) will
push users to share more information
publicly bringing new ammunition
for targeted attacks.
The smart list encourages users to complete their profile
indicating their jobs, their education and career plans. each
Once someone creates a list of colleagues from a particular job,
it appears in their profile. In general, it is not information
confidential and users can accept or reject this information.
However, making this information public and indexable facilitates
the development of high-level targeted attacks. The attackers know
just working in a particular company, position, and more
importantly, on what project they are working. Recall that the network
has 800 million users.
2. with subscribers, the number of spambots could
increase, just like twitter.
The main difference between the attacks and those on Facebook
Twitter is that Facebook has many hacked accounts while Twitter
is invaded by spambots. With the new "Subscribers"
Facebook opens the door to spambots and scams for "more
Subscribers of ". Copy the functionality of Twitter can also be
result in the importation of its type scams scams.