Those users who have never been fans of the particular shade of blue employed by Facebook have this week fallen victim to a scam.
The “Facebook color changer” app lures people in with an offer to change the header and interface to one of nine different colors, including pink, green, orange and black.
Vulnerability
Chinese internet security firm Cheetah Mobile has exposed the app as a scam which leads users to a phishing website.
They state that the problem arises from “a vulnerability that lives in Facebook’s app page itself, allowing hackers to implant viruses and malicious code into Facebook-based applications directing users to phishing sites.”
The color changing scam has been seen on Facebook before, and this latest version has fooled around 10,000 people in many different countries.
Its success plays on the popular customization features of other sites such as Myspace and Tumblr.
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