Facebook's Latest Bug: 151.im

Be careful where you click: There's a new bug going around on Facebook.

This one arrives in your inbox with the subject header "Hello." Open that up, and you'll find a simple link trying to get you to head over to a site with a name like 151.im or 121.im. Web surf your way to that address and you'll find yourself at a site that looks a lot like the Facebook log-on page. But if you enter your name and password, as prompted, you'll most likely be handing that precious info over to scammers.

Are people still falling for these things? Perhaps so -- there was a similar attack launched on Facebook just a few weeks ago.

For Facebook's online safety tips, go here.

Facebook's blog gives some info about the last round of attacks, which were very similar to this latest one, go here.

By Mike Musgrove | May 14, 2009; 2:58 PM ET | Category: Mike Musgrove
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