A Facebook malware attack is on the loose this weekend, enticing users to click a “Distracting Beach Babes” video on their Facebook Walls. The Wall message reads: “this is hilarious! lol Distracting Beach Babes [HQ] Length: 5:32″. If you see this video on Facebook today, do not click the link: Doing so, and downloading a linked file, will result in malware being installed on your computer. If you see the video on your wall,...

Another scammer appears to be successfully exploiting users once again. Despite Facebook’s attempts to block it, spam is still spreading fast. Application virality might be dying but having an app or page with the sole purpose of crawling your friends list is still well alive. A few hours ago a Page called “SEE VVHO HAS VIEVVED YOU” has spread to 39,425 and is growing at the pace of 1,000 users a minute. How it works: 1) You accept a...

Last week, a fake $500 Whole Foods coupon scam was going around Facebook, and now nearly 40,000 users have fallen for an Ikea gift card scam on the site. The sad part is that an Ikea scam already happened in Mar 2010. PC World is reporting that nearly 40,000 Facebook users signed up for a $1,000 Ikea gift card offer early today, which was unfortunately fake. The scam offer, like many others, pulls people into a Facebook Fan Page, then...

Businesses might still be warming up to the idea of social media marketing to sell goods and services, but hackers seem to understand the potential, going to the extent of propagating a current Facebook-based scam, purportedly for Whole Foods, to gain personal information and install viruses. The scam is in various forms — and even uses Whole Foods Market’ logo — suggesting that you can a $500 gift card. This scam is being propagated...