Websense protects against Facebook malware

Websense has launched a a new feature set for its spam protection service that protects Facebook users against malware.

Websense acquired Defensio last year, a service to stop blog comment spam.  The latest version features integration with Facebook. Users can stop malicious links to malware from being posted before they appear.

"The Defensio application helps companies protect their brand reputation and their 'fans' from spam or malicious content on their corporate Facebook pages," said Websense.

As we have previously reported, Facebook is a popular target for malicious attacks including Koobface worms that spread themselves by posting malicious links on Facebook users' walls and several legitimate Facebook applications have been hacked.

It has been found that several Facebook applications can be hacked by compromising software on the users' own PCs.