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New Facebook Attack Tricks Users Into Creating Apps

A new approach tricks users into developing unique Facebook malware attacks using instructions provided by a website. While Facebook security is improving and can take down common network attacks, it is challenging to handle those uniquely customized by users.

New Facebook Attack Tricks Users Into Creating Apps
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2010/02/new_facebook_attack_tricks_use.php

QUOTE: Websense Labs has identified a new malicious Facebook app that takes the art to a new level.  Conventional malicious apps can be taken down by Facebook as soon as they know about them. In order to get past that ability, this social engineering trick talks users through the process of building new app themselves.