Understanding Facebook Link Shim Referrals

citylogic (39)in #facebook • 7 years ago (edited)

Be careful of what links you click on, even in Facebook.

"In my opinion, all Facebook users think that preview data shown by Facebook is reliable, and will click the links they are interested in, which makes them easily targeted by attackers that abuse this feature in order to perform several types of attacks, including phishing campaigns/ads/click fraud pay-per-click," Tawily told The Hacker News.