Facebook "Like" Worm - Spreading Through JS Exploit

[tedster]

Thousands of Facebook users are being attacked by a nasty Facebook worm that forces you to "like" a Facebook page, which then automatically spreads it through a user's wall...

The result is thousands of wall posts for a page entitled "Shocking! This girl killed herself after her dad posted this photo." Clicking the link enclosed spreads the worm further.

...according to Facebook Search, a lot of people have been affected by this one. As far as we can tell though, the exploit doesn't compromise your account or steal your password.

[mashable.com...]

[BillyS]

That's two problems in less than a month's time. Given the growth of Facebook, they're going to have to start throwing a lot more resources at making it a safe place to play - or these kinds of attacks are going to continue being successful.