Websense has implemented a partnership with Facebook to better protect users against malicious links leading to malware-embedded Web sites and fraud.
A platform as popular as Facebook is naturally a target for attackers. Websense has been working with Facebook and their security teams for a number of years in order to keep their users safe, but now it has integrated directly into the platform for an unprecedented security combination.
Now, when a user clicks on a URL that has been posted within Facebook, that link is sent to Websense for security classification. The Websense ThreatSeeker Cloud, an advanced classification and malware identification platform, will then analyse the link in real time. If the destination site is considered unsafe, the user is presented with a warning page that offers the choice to continue at their own risk, return to the previous screen or get more information on why it was flagged as suspicious.
In this way, Websense is helping Facebook continue their proactive fight to keep malicious links off of their platform and allow safe use for all of its members.
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