Why are there nasty pictures on facebook

Using Facebook. Managing Your Account. Privacy, Safety and Security. Policies and Reporting. Facebook provides a number of ways for people to report imagery that they believe violates their privacy. The quickest way to report abuse is by using the Find Support or Report links located near the photo or video that you want to report. Below you'll also find links to more detailed forms that you can use to report a violation of your privacy. If you're tagged in a photo or video you don't like, you can remove the tag by clicking the Remove Tag link next to your name.

Your name will be removed and the content will no longer be associated with your Timeline. We also encourage you to get in touch with the person who posted this content in order to resolve the issue with them directly. Learn more about social reporting. Cluley also said it was possible that previous-planted malware conducted the Facebook spam campaign. The Facebook spokeswoman said the attack was based on a "self-XSS vulnerability in the browser," but did not identify which browser or browsers contained the bug.

While XSS stands for "cross-site scripting," the Facebook description reads more like clickjacking, the term coined by researchers Robert Hanson and Jeremiah Grossman in to describe a variant of cross-site scripting. People took to Twitter to express their outrage over the images, which Sophos said ranged from modified celebrity photos to pictures of extreme violence and animal abuse. My newsfeed looks like a porn site," said someone identified as Jay Ciroc on Twitter late Monday. Earlier in the day, other researchers had pointed to a specific piece of malware that may have been responsible.

According to Romanian security vendor BitDefender, the hacker collective known as "Anonymous" crafted a classic Facebook worm , codenamed "Fawkes Virus" last July, and had pledged to use it to celebrate Guy Fawkes Day, Nov.

Guy Fawkes was arrested Nov. Anonymous has often used a mask of Fawkes as a logo for its disruptive hacking campaigns. Facebook did not respond to questions about whether the porn spam was launched by the Fawkes malware. Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. His e-mail address is gkeizer computerworld.

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