We’ve seen these things over and over since the beginning of social medias. Actually, way back since I started using the internet, there were already such things – and that time was the peak of the famous Friendster. Thinking about it, it’s over a decade old. But these malware that are spreading through social medias are still here, and getting more widespread day by day.
The above is an example of social media spam bots through Twitter. I have no idea how the login credentials was stolen (or mistakenly given) to the spam bot, but that was quite harmless – at least to other people.
They spam bot even has the courtesy to change the username for everyone they spammed this message with.
Here’s one social media malware on Facebook that actually harms other people. It works relatively easy – they send you a link with your current profile picture as the thumbnail. They claim that you’re “bad” and has this “infamous” video about you. Click on that and you’re most probably in for a joy ride of spams and psychological games to make you click more.
So how can you protect yourself?
Let’s see how these malware works, shall we? The way these spams get you do to what they want is through psychological games.
Notice this – each time they send something, it has something to do with you psychologically. Awesome talk with a girl. Bad infamous video of me. These are the things that they want to trigger you to be surprised and be like “ohhhh I gotta see what’s going on”.
Mashable has an article about the ever-famous Facebook malware that keeps coming back – that is the ‘Colour Change’ a la the good ol’ Friendster. Every single time this malware resurfaces, many people will fall for it. The idea behind it is that the minds behind it knows the “colour change” bait will be taken by many people. I admit, even I want to change Facebook’s colour sometimes. They’re just playing psychological games on your desires.
One way to protect yourself is by spotting the “robotic” writing style. If you know your friends, you probably know their style of typing and how they speak. If you find something suspicious about the way they type, the chances it’s not your friend using that account.
Another way to tell? If your “friend” had never spoken to you in a long time but suddenly sends you a link, better not click it. It might sound cruel, but it’s for your own good.
There are still other software to protect you from these infamously known domains, but that’s not a foolproof solution at all. Best way is still to trust yourself.
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