How to block the click jacking spam on Twitter

Early this week I wrote about How to block the click jacking spam on Facebook. But Facebook is not the only social media platform which is targeted for such spam, other platforms too bear the heat. Sample this.....

This tweet was posted from my ID and believe me after this people started asking tips on increasing the weight (Thinking of writing a post on this too). So it is important to block such spam on these platforms too. On twitter it is really easy. Just logon to your twitter account and click on your twitter handle on top right corner. Look for settings link and click it.

On the Settings page under Connections tab you can find all the applications to which you’ve allowed the following applications to access your account. Here revoke access to all the application which look shady or which you do not require to keep your twitter cores going.

Once again remember to report the spam to twitter because it is our responsibility to help keeping the twitter sphere free from spam. On twitter you can do so by posting a tweet mentioning the application and other relevant spam details and marking it to @spam.

How to block the click jacking spam on Facebook

If you use Facebook the posts like the one above are seen once in a while on your newsfeed. And you wonder how the hell it is appearing from your ID when you haven't posted it. Well that’s the click jacking technique from the spammers. This can happen by you accidentally opening malicious website or clicking on a link posted from a friend's profile from one of these applications. In my case it was an application called "mobile web". So what should you do if you have been the victim of such techniques? In two words revoke access. What I am going to show here is how you can revoke the access for such applications. But first of all change your password. Infact that you should keep changing frequently.

On the top blue bar the last dropdown is Account. Open it and you will find link for Privacy Settings.

Click it to open the Privacy Settings page. At the bottom of this page is the link for adjusting settings about Apps, games and websites.

On "Apps, games and websites" page, find the section called "Apps you use" and click on Edit settings button.

The list of Apps you have authorized to interact with your Facebook account opens in front of you.

Remove all the apps those you are not sure why you had added them or which are not absolutely necessary for your Facebook strategy/purpose. This will revoke the access to all the unwanted application and improve your security against the malicious posts from your profile. But you should also report the spam from your Facebook Profile. Here is the link for the Facebook for to report a malicious link or website. To know how to block Click Jacking spam on Twitter Click here.

What is there for you in the new Facebook Comment Box plugin enhancements

On Wednesday Face book launched the enhancements to its comments box plugin on various website through facebook connect. As stated of facebooks forum this update contains 3 essential enhancements. These enhancements are i) More Social Relevance ii) Improved Moderation Tools and iii) Better Distribution

This means that if now you visit a website with Faceboook comments plugin in it, you will see comments from various Facebook users and if you are loged into you Facebook account you will see the comments from your friends and friends of a friend first and all other comments would be pushed down.

If you decide to post your comments on it you can not only use Facebook for login, you can also login with other login providers. Also you can choose whether or not you want that comment to appear on your newsfeed. The interface against every comment is improved too.

Another functionality is about comment moderation. Admins of the page can control the visibility of the comment to be public or friends only. The Abusive words can be banned for the commenter while she/he post the comment. In addition to this the moderation can be done by the visitor to the website. Any visitor reading a comment can mark it as either “Spammy” or “Abusive”.