US legislators targeted by identity thieves and account hijackers
Facebook accounts of four Missouri state representatives and one staffer have been compromised and sporting mortifying messages. The interviewed affected politicians – …
250,000 Facebook profiles harvested for setting up dating site
250,000 Facebook users have become the unwitting members of a “dating” site whose authors claim is a “work of art” and not set up to make money, but …
Fast-flux tactics for Facebook scams
Survey scams are a daily occurrence for many Facebook users, and “See who’s stalking you on Facebook” is an often-used proclamation to lure the users to …
Fake Facebook Security page sending out phishing messages
Phishers have rolled out a new tactic to target Facebook users – they are misusing the name of legitimate Facebook Security page and sending out warnings about an …
Facebook bug allows user data theft via specially crafted websites
A proof-of-concept attack page that exploits a Facebook vulnerability to access a user’s private data has been devised by two students who shared the information with …
Private info on Facebook increasingly used in court
Making the content of your Facebook account private can thwart the social network’s plan to share as much information possible with advertisers, but may not keep out …
“Facebook closing all accounts” scam hits users
The latest scam to hit Facebook users is a slight variation of the survey scams that target them daily. But this time, the lure isn’t bogus “OMG” I …
New malware strains wreaking havoc on Facebook
PandaLabs announced the discovery of security exploits via popular social media sites Facebook and Twitter. In the last several days, two new malware strains have been …
API bug responsible for Zuckerberg page hack
When at first Facebook didn’t issue a statement about what really happened on Mark Zuckerberg’s fan page and how someone managed to post a message in his name …
Protesters organize via social networks, governments move to block them
The wave of nation-wide protests that ended in the Tunisian president Ben Ali’s run to Saudi Arabia was at least in part made possible by the organizers’ use of …
Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page hacked
An unknown hacker broke into the 26-year-old internet celebrity’s Facebook account and posted a bizarre message calling upon the firm to adopt a social cause: “Let …
Riskiest social media applications
The fastest growing threat to corporate networks is web-based social media applications, according to WatchGuard security researchers. These applications can seriously …
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