Facebook Spam

Facebook was one of my favourite social media tools but over the last six months I have used it less and less – and turned more towards Twitter. Today I suddenly started to get messages from friends saying that had received a dodgy email from me. I can tell you – I felt sick to the stomach as I realised that my account had become compromised. So what did I do?

1) I ran full scans on my computer looking for any malware etc

2) Changed my facebook password

3) Posted an apology to my friends.

I have no idea what had caused it, as I had not downloaded any applications or even checked messages that recently. It does show though the security risks of online activity. But then offline activity has its risks as well doesn’t it?

What is key are strong passwords, interestingly Facebook was probably my weakest password – or at least shortest. Now I am going through and strengthening them all….