I found information from the I Got Spam blog about a pretty vicious malware attack you can get just by updating your Adobe Flash Player from a link that appears to be from MySpace. It seems that it...
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According to Barry Collins of PC Pro News Facebook is in trouble for not deleting old user accounts. It seems that when someone quits Facebook their information is still kept. This is good for those...
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Now you can talk on the phone to people you meet on your social networking site without revealing your personal phone number. When you sign up with Ring To Number you'll get a widget that you can...
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People have been using this scam for years, and people are still falling for it. Now it's come into the social networking arena. Today I'm going to tell you about it so you don't fall prey...
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Business social networking leader LinkedIn seems to have a bug that can mean problems for some of its members. Scott Allen of LinkedIntelligence reports that he received a response to a message he...
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"Some of Facebook's source code was exposed to a small number of users due to a bug on a single server that was misconfigured and then fixed immediately. It was not a security breach and did...
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Why are social networking sites closed off to members only? If my dad wants to see my photos on MySpace, he can't. Why? Because he doesn't have a MySpace account of his own and MySpace...
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"duping MySpace users into clicking on a rigged link, perhaps in an online forum or bulletin board that routes them to a file that steals passwords and other information" ~smh.com.au (Aug 4)...
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"He cited details such as date of birth, e-mail, job and marital status as the kind of data frequently posted online by unwary users." ~ZDNet Asia (July 24) I know that even I put...
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"I said to her, `would you stand up in the middle of the MCG in your bikini and advertise to everyone how they could get in contact with you?'" ~Herald Sun, Neil Mitchell (July 19) Neil...
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"The data was grabbed from a Pfizer employee's computer through peer-to-peer file-sharing software that was installed by the employee's spouse." ~Baseline Security (June 14) Be...
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"Flickr has decided all of its users in Germany are children and are therefore unable to handle the content that might contain a boobie or a penis." ~insignificant thoughts (June 17) Flickr...
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Here is a story about a young girl, 17, who's photo that was taken of her when she was 14 and uploaded to an art site. The photo was then stolen from the art site and used as a porn......
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MySpace is going to tell the police when a convicted sex offender sets up a profile on MySpace. "Knowing that a convicted sex offender set up a personal Web page allows officials to investigate...
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"there's nothing to keep your employer from firing you, or taking other disciplinary action, for what you say at the water cooler, in a company newsletter, or even on your own personal...
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Some of you may use public computers to do your social networking. This can cause a few problems with privacy and security. You may have already thought of these issues but I want to bring them to...
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Do you only need an email address for a little while? Try a disposable email address. Ivy from the I Got Spam blog talks about how you can use these disposable email addresses to keep from getting...
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Are you tired of getting spam in your personal email all the time? Do you like to sign up for things online but you don't like all the spam that comes along with it? One thing you can do is......
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"Google agrees to help Indian police track offenders on social networking site". This is the title of an article written by TG Daily on Mar 13 . The article describes how Google is helping...
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Webuser -- Mar 13 -- "Webroot claims that it is the use of social networking sites which puts us most at risk... Many in the 18-24 age category said they were willing to open attachments and...
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Information Week -- Feb 28 -- "For those tempted to look at the slight decline in phishing as a ray of hope, think again. Sunner attributes the decline to criminals targeting their victims more...
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Some people are not on MySpace to meet lots of friends. They are there simply to keep in touch with old friends. That's cool! Now they can do it even better. MySpace allows you to keep your...
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