Washington State and Facebook are finally going after the spammers for clickjacking. It looks like an Ad Network in Delaware is under investigation for Clickjacking and spamming people. Its been reported that they were making up to $1.2 million a month!!
What is clickjacking? Wikipedia says - Clickjacking is a malicious technique of tricking Web users into revealing confidential information or taking control of their computer while clicking on seemingly innocuous web pages.[1][2][3][4] A vulnerability across a variety of browsers and platforms, a clickjack takes the form of embedded code or a script that can execute without the user’s knowledge, such as clicking on a button that appears to perform another function.[5]
If you are wondering what some examples of clickjacking are, just look at Facebook. Have you ever had a video come across your screen and asked you to “omg – watch this video!!” ? Typically its salacious like this example below:
BUT, in order to watch the video you have to take a survey or buy a product. Sometimes you have to turn on your mic or your cam. Other times it tells you that you HAVE TO share on your wall or follow someone on twitter to watch the video. Sometimes it is shared across your wall without your permission.
Here is a great example of clickjacking
Finally Facebook moves forward and does something to stop spammers and criminals. While it may tackle a little bit of spam on our walls, it will take awareness and effort on our part to just stop clicking on stuff.
Here is the full story
Check out my previous post on the topic of Facebook spam.
