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InternetNews May 21, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Phishers Strike Facebook in Latest Assault Facebook is fighting back against the most recent attack. |
InternetNews April 30, 2009 Michelle Megna |
Facebook Fights Second Phishing Attack Facebook battles attackers seeking users' login information. |
InternetNews March 18, 2010 |
Facebook Users Targeted in E-mail Scheme Security research McAfee warns that bogus messages instructing Facebook members to reset their login information could reach tens of millions of users. |
InternetNews December 5, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
Latest Facebook Attack Stems from Previous One Businesses with Facebook links must watch out. |
InternetNews February 23, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Malware Authors Exploit Facebook App Is a bogus application making the rounds on Facebook just a failed marketing ploy? Or something more dangerous? |
InternetNews January 19, 2011 |
Enterprises Weigh Social Nets' Risks, Rewards New survey by security software firm Sophos reveals most companies allow employees to visit social networking sites despite obvious risks. |
InternetNews June 8, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Symantec Says Phishers Have New Tools Automated toolkits are making it easier to attack services such as Facebook, Twitter and financial services brands. |
InternetNews August 18, 2010 |
Facebook Kit Makes Hacking Logins Easy Security software vendor BitDefender says it's found a new malware kit that lets hackers easily access logins and passwords for Facebook and other unsecured credentials. |
InternetNews February 25, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Online Trust Takes a Hit in Gmail Chat Phishing Security experts are warning that a phishing attack on Google's Gmail's chat feature not only poses a danger to users, but could be a harbinger of things to come. |
InternetNews May 14, 2010 |
Facebook's Become a Phisher's Playground Facebook has plenty of security problems of its own making to resolve and, in the interim, professional cyber-thieves are exploiting other vulnerabilities. |
InternetNews February 11, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Spammers Hijack Facebook Group of 1.5 Million Facebook site is taken over by get-rich-quick and other familiar spam. |
InternetNews November 23, 2009 |
Facebook Hit With New CSRF Worm Latest exploit replicates itself through bogus wall postings; security researchers wonder what else is out there. |
InternetNews February 2, 2010 |
Reusing Online Banking IDs Common, Risky Seventy-three percent of more than 4 million people surveyed by security firm Trusteer admit they use the same password on social networking sites like Facebook that they use for their online banks. |
InternetNews December 2, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
Facebook Gets a Spanking over Data Loss Facebook's attempt to get users to reset their e-mail preferences has blown the lid off an an embarrassing loss of user data inside the social network. |
InternetNews October 1, 2009 |
Facebook Hit With New Spyware Scam Hackers bypassed the social networking site's captchas to create new accounts at will. |
InternetNews January 26, 2011 |
Zuckerberg Latest Victim of Facebook Hack The CEO of the world's largest social networking site had his own fan page hacked just as the company unveils new security improvements. |
InternetNews January 28, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Online Trust: A Thing of the Past? Malware attacks are turning the Web upside down, and complicating the efforts of security vendors and users to cope with the threats. |
InternetNews August 20, 2009 |
Facebook Hit by Cross-Site Request Forgery Attack As Facebook's popularity continues to rise, it is becoming an increasingly attractive target for security researchers and vulnerability disclosures. |
InternetNews March 4, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Experts Warn Koobface Eying More Social Sites Malicious hackers are continuing their attacks on social networking sites, with a new variant of the Koobface worm now spreading its assault on a new crop of the popular sites. |
InternetNews February 2, 2010 |
Facebook Seen as Biggest Threat to IT Security New survey from Sophos highlights concerns about using social media sites inside the enterprise. |
InternetNews June 22, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Bloggers Say Facebook Slow to Fix Security Holes An apparent flaw in Facebook's security has bloggers up in arms, again, about whether user's personal information is safe on social networking sites. |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2011 Tim Beyers |
Facebook Can't Go Public Now The slightest misstep could set both Facebook and cloud-computing peers such as Google and salesforce.com back years in their efforts to replace install-and-maintain software alternatives. |
InternetNews June 3, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Scareware Arrives on Twitter in Latest Attack As new Web 2.0 threats proliferate, business IT departments struggle with basic tasks such as patch management. |
InternetNews August 14, 2007 Nicholas Carlson |
Report: Facebook Users Loose With The Info According to a new report from Sophos, 41 percent of Facebook users will divulge crucial identity data points to just about anybody. |
PC Magazine August 31, 2010 Eric Griffith |
Password Protection: How to Create Strong Passwords Every password you have is important. Every one. Here's how to make your passwords uncrackable. |
InternetNews October 29, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
Facebook Worm Redux Taps Google Sites Once again, social networking site Facebook has been hit by the Koobface worm, which has been used to attack it several times since July. |
Search Engine Watch June 19, 2010 Johnny Widerlund |
Social Media: The Privacy and Security Repercussions How risky is our online behavior? A closer look at social media's privacy and security vulnerabilities. |
InternetNews June 2, 2010 |
Facebook Users Fend Off 'Likejacking' Attacks Hackers looking to take over Web sessions via Facebook are hiding malware under click-inducing, socially engineered links. |
InternetNews February 3, 2011 |
Hackers Use Facebook Mania to Spread Malware Facebook is a magnet for security threats and hackers are capitalizing on users' addiction to the social networking site to do even more damage. |
InternetNews August 6, 2009 |
Twitter, Facebook Hit in Denial-of-Service Attacks Social media phenoms Twitter and Facebook this morning suffered bouts of downtime - with each blaming a denial-of-service (DDoS) attack for its woes. |
InternetNews September 16, 2009 Larry Barrett |
Hackers Targeting Web 2.0 Sites at Alarming Rate Security software vendor Websense claims 95 percent of user-generated comments on blogs and message boards are either spam or contain malicious code. |
InternetNews August 7, 2009 |
Facebook, Twitter Attacks Aimed for One User An anti-Russian blogger with profiles on a number of sites may have been the intended target of yesterday's attack. |
InternetNews February 2, 2010 |
Twitter Responds to Phishing Attack Twitter's popularity has once again made it the target of the bad guys. |
PC Magazine February 10, 2009 Bill Dyszel |
Online Safety Tips for Facebook Fogeys Grownups, take note! Here is what you need to know before "friending" your first Facebook connection. |
InternetNews June 11, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Malware Keeps Creeping Onto Mac OS X The Apple Mac is still seeing far fewer attacks than Windows experiences, but researchers say there's a disturbing trend at work. |
InternetNews January 29, 2010 |
Another Bogus Virus Warning Disrupts Facebook The clever scam had Facebook users sharing and posting the bogus virus alert throughout the social networking site. |
InternetNews May 28, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Flood of Fake Western Union E-mails Hide Trojan An influx of malware-laden spam, which started two weeks ago, continues today as hackers seek credit card and banking information. |
InternetNews September 4, 2009 |
Old Scam Is New Again on Facebook Security experts warn that people need to be more cautious when responding to urgent messages from friends. |
InternetNews October 27, 2010 |
Malware Scams Pick Up In Retail Sector Targeted attacks are becoming more and more common as hackers seek out specific individuals or groups to steal proprietary information. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
Facebook Tipped Off The U.S. Government To Iranian Hackers State Department officials were tipped off by Facebook's new notifications when Iranian hackers compromised their Facebook accounts. |
InternetNews February 17, 2009 Sean Gallagher |
Social Networks a Magnet for Malware Just like the crooks robbed the banks because that's where the money is, malware will go where the people are. |
InternetNews June 4, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Fake Microsoft E-Mail Carries Real Malware Security experts are warning of deceptive e-mails that claim that Microsoft Outlook needs an update. |
InternetNews October 13, 2010 |
Facebook Adds Identity Security Features Facebook unveils a pair of new features designed to enhance security for users accessing the site on computers or devices they don't typically use. |
InternetNews April 8, 2008 Andy Patrizio |
Malware Problem Shows no Sign of Slowing It's easier than ever to write a phishing virus that looks like a Facebook app thanks to virus writer's toolkits, Symantec finds. |
InternetNews August 12, 2009 |
Facebook Plans Stripped-Down 'Lite' Version Facebook is testing a faster, bare-bones site to appeal to users without broadband access. |
InternetNews August 6, 2009 |
Did Koobface Cause Twitter, Facebook Outages? A new variant of the widespread Internet worm Koobface made its debut today - just as Twitter and Facebook were hit by denial-of-service attacks. |
InternetNews July 6, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Facebook Spy Gaffe Highlights Need for Policies The posting of the holiday photographs of the head of MI6 on Facebook is touted as a security breach but the real issue is one that affects all businesses. |
PC Magazine April 19, 2006 Robert Lemos |
Password Policies A simple password could be the weak link that leaves your data open to attack. |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2010 Anders Bylund |
Apple Gets Hacked Apple wipes egg off its face and makes one Fool think about safer online security standards. |
InternetNews June 10, 2009 Michelle Megna |
Facebook Users to Get Personalized URLs Facebook's new personalized usernames and URLs could be a boost to online marketers, but is it a lost opportunity for the social networking site? |