Unless you've changed the default settings, Facebook Messenger spam tends to accumulate in the Message requests folder. Spam messages typically try to sell you something or include external links to ...

Facebook announced a crackdown on spam characterized by “coordinated inauthentic behavior.” The spammers avoided detection by using engaging content. The content itself was not spammy. Thus, Facebook ...

Notorious spam king Sanford Wallace is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly breaking into Facebook accounts and sending 27 million spam messages in 2008 and 2009. Wallace, 43, allegedly used a ...

Cyberattackers are using access tokens for legitimate Facebook apps as vehicles to spread spam on the apps' behalf. How do they do it? By tricking Facebook users into handing over their tokens in ...

As more and more companies put anti-spam defences in place at their email gateway, and home users hide beneath the umbrella of junk mail protection that their ISP or web email account provide, ...

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Facebook has always nudged truant users back to its platform though emails and notifications. But recently, those prods have evolved beyond comments related to activity on your own profile. Now ...

Louis Brandy pauses before answering, needing some extra time to choose his words. “I’m going to get in so much trouble,” he says. The question, you see, touches on an eternally controversial topic: ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...

The White House isn't sharing photos of Osama bin Laden's bullet-riddled corpse, let alone video — despite all that Facebook spam you may have seen last week promising you otherwise. Curious Facebook ...

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Your Facebook business page is sometimes the first impression that your company makes on people, so having a spam-free timeline and professional message exchanges is ...