Two-Factor Authentication and Facebook Hackers

A Facebook hacker is someone who breaks Facebook's security and gains access to people's private information. Most Facebook hackers claim that they do not use the information they obtain for evil purposes. However, we all know that Facebook is only using the information they have gathered to profile you. They use this information to sell your personal data to advertisers. In other words, Facebook hacker means someone who breaks Facebook security in order to use Facebook features for illegal activities such as fraud, scam and pornography.

Facebook Hacker Cup is a yearly international hacking competition organized and run by Facebook. The competition started in 2011 as a way to identify brilliant young software programming talent for future employment at Facebook. Facebook wants all its members to get access to the tools and skills required to create applications on Facebook using the programming language, JavaScript. This way Facebook can build a large and varied community of users, attract new users and keep existing users hooked to their site. However, it is important to understand that Facebook is not looking for web developers to develop applications for its site; rather it wants creative and technically skilled hackers to hack Facebook accounts. In fact, Facebook hackers are the ones who provide these services.

One method used by hackers to gain access to a Facebook account without a password is to trick the user into clicking a link which then uploads a virus onto the infected computer. Sometimes, the hackers offer the user a decoy website or fake application, such as FacebookLite or FacebookSpy. These sites appear legitimate and even look like Facebook products but installing them causes Facebook to become suspicious and blocks the infected computer from accessing Facebook homepage and profile pages. The hackers gain access to the infected computer through the link in an attempt to steal financial information or passwords from Facebook account. This scheme often works because the hackers have established close communication with members of Facebook staff.

To protect against such attacks, Facebook recommends users to use its recommended Facebook tools and applications and to change their password regularly. Apart from changing passwords, the user must also refrain from clicking on any suspicious or inappropriate links provided in pop-ups that appear randomly while surfing the internet. Facebook has in-built anti-spyware applications that detect and remove malicious codes but these tools do not prevent hackers from using other methods to extract private and sensitive information from the infected computer. Therefore, it is advised that users check whether they have any spyware installed on their PC before using Facebook applications. One can do this by using internet security tools such as AdAware or Spybot.

In the recent times, more attention is being paid to Facebook vulnerabilities as many third party developers have started developing apps for Facebook and sending them to popular social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. These apps are based on Facebook's API (application programming interface), which allows third-party developers to integrate new features and functions into their applications for Facebook. As a result, hackers are able to use Facebook hacking tools to gain unauthorized access to personal details stored in the hacked computer. In some cases, hackers have successfully bypassed this security protection and gained access to bank account details, confidential business information, and the like.

In order to prevent Facebook hacks, Facebook now recommends two-factor authentication. This is a technique that involves verifying the identity of the person requesting the update (the user) and proving that the update was actually sent by that particular person (the update recipient). In addition to that, Facebook has also introduced an option in the Facebook settings that enables users to disable one-time password updates. This would greatly help to reduce the risk of Facebook hacker attack and further compromise your Facebook security.