Rogue Facebook app touts 'Teacher nearly killing a 13-year-old boy'

Hundreds of thousands of Facebook users are falling victim to yet another rogue application, this one identified as a video claiming to show a teacher nearly killing a boy.

With the lure of the message “Teacher nearly kills a 13-year-old boy. SHOCKING!,” the rogue app can take control over the victim’s Facebook profile page and spread by appearing on the victim’s Facebook wall, according to security company Sophos.