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- Reported on April 30, 2009TechCrunch: New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter
- Affected Facebook usersTechCrunch: New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter
- Sent users a message titled "Look at this"TechCrunch: New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter
- Redirected users to a login screen, similar to the official Facebook loginTechCrunch: New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter
- Captured users' email addresses and passwordsTechCrunch: New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter
- FBstarter then logs into the infected account, sending messages to all of the user's friendsTechCrunch: New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter
- Considered a phishing scam, which tricks users into entering their login details into an unofficial siteTechCrunch: New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter
- Users urged to immediately change their password, on the official Facebook site, if they are phishedTechCrunch: New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter
- Similar scam, Fbaction.net, hit Facebook on April 29, 2009TechCrunch: New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter
- A trojan horse, Koobface, hit Facebook in August of 2008TechCrunch: New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter
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The social networking website Facebook was hit with the FBstarter phishing attack on the morning of April 30, 2009. Many users reported receiving messages that began with "Look at this," which redirected to FBstarter.com and asked for Facebook login information.TechCrunch: New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter
This is the second attack in two days. A similar attack, Fbaction.net was reported on April 29, 2009.TechCrunch: New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarter
Facebook Phishing
Similar to the Fbaction.net phishing scam, users received a message from an existing friend, asking to "Look at this." Users are then linked to FBstarter.com, which displays a login screen identical to that of the official Facebook login screen. Once a user enters their Facebook email and password, FBstarter stores that information and enters the user's Facebook profile, sending the "Look at this" messages to all of their friends.TechCrunch: New Phishing Attack Spreading On Facebook. This Time From FBstarterFacebook issued a statement regarding the April 29, 2009, Fbaction.net scam, stating they have blocked the domain from their site, contacted Markmonitor, which can blacklist the domain, and reset passwords for infected users. They also announced that they have contacted internet service providers in order to gather information to build a civil and/or criminal case against those responsible for the Fbaction.net scam.TechCrunch: Phishing Attack Underway At Facebook
Facebook Fast Facts
- Launched in 2004
- Founded by Mark Zuckerberg while attending Harvard University
- Purchased the Facebook.com domain name in 2005 for $200,000
- Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
- Employs over 700 people
- Second-most used PHP site in the world
- Available in eight languages
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