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Zeus has risen again, and we don’t mean the Greek god: Zscaler ThreatLabZ reports that a new Facebook worm is rapidly spreading the Zeus Banking Trojan.

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Chalk up a win for Facebook in the war against malware and spam: The two companies extinguished further repostings of bogus $50 gift cards for Starbucks.

These posts were going up at a rapid pace until around 5 pm Eastern Standard Time.

Now technology from Websense and Web of Trust stops the repostings with a warning message.

The warning says that Facebook is blocking the web address Bestgiftalert.com for being “spammy or unsafe.”

The message also provides a link to the social network’s help center.

There’s also an alternative for people who believe they’re seeing the pop-up window in error.

The swiftness of this techonological response seems very promising for security on the site.

Readers, did you see any posts about free $50 Starbucks gift cards on Facebook before the site started blocking the web address involved?

The tragic death of one of the greatest modern innovators, Steve Jobs, has inspired what seems like a record number of eulogy postings on Facebook. Unfortunately, on the other side of the coin, they are also being exploited by heartless scammers.

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Facebook users have a resource to defend against spam and malicious links posted on their walls or newsfeeds with the launch of F-Secure’s ShareSafe application.

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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Internet Security Task Force is calling for voluntary codes of conduct to strengthen the cybersecurity of companies — across all industries and sectors — that rely on the Internet to conduct business, including social networking sites such as Facebook.
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Facebook has just introduced a security feature intended to protect against malware and chat hijackings.
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A hijacked chat window just popped up on my screen while I was grabbing a screenshot for another story — perhaps you’ve gotten an identical message from someone you know.
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The latest scam spreading across Facebook falsely promises 50 free Farm Cash and a Groupon for half off purchases at Bath and Body. Nothing of the sort awaits those who click on the posts, as they lead to yet another marketing survey. Completing it exposes you to malware while earning a commission for the scammer.
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Catalin Cosoi, head of the BitDefender Online Threats Lab, talked to us about malware on Facebook and what users can do to protect themelves.
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