McAfee warns
Computer hackers are targeting Facebook users with an
email scam that attempts to steal their passwords.
A report from web security outfit McAfee claims that
users of the social notworking site were receiving emails that appeared to be
from Facebook informing them their Facebook password had been reset and to
click on an attachment to retrieve it.
The attachment is actually a "password stealer"
that is installed when a user clicks on it and can potentially access any user
name and password combination on that computer. McAfee warned that the threat is potentially very
dangerous considering that there are over 350 million Facebook users who could
fall for this scam.
The subject line of the scam email says "Facebook
Password Reset Confirmation! Customer Support" and McAfee said that anyone
receiving the password-reset message should delete it.