Malicious “Your Photos” email from fake LinkedIn users
If you receive an email seemingly coming from a LinkedIn user, asking you to open an attachment in order to see “your photos” – don’t do it! Opening …
LinkedIn-themed spam using data stolen in June breach?
Spoofed LinkedIn emails notifying recipients of messages requiring their attention are not a new occurrence, but the recently rent out ones seem to be more targeted than …
LinkedIn hit with class action suit following password leak
It seems that LinkedIn can’t catch a break these days. Following the discovery that its mobile app for iOS devices is sending potentially confidential information to the …
Lessons learned from cracking 2 million LinkedIn passwords
Like everyone this week, I learned about a huge file of password hashes that had been leaked. The 120MB zip file contained 6,458,020 SHA-1 hashes of passwords for end-user …
The ramifications of the LinkedIn password leak
LinkedIn has finally confirmed that some of the passwords that were leaked yesterday correspond to LinkedIn accounts, and has issued a list of steps that they are taking in …
eHarmony confirms leak of their users’ passwords
News that an unknown individual leaked what appeared to be a batch of 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords on a Russian forum and asked for help in decrypting them spread like fire …
6.5 million LinkedIn passwords apparently leaked
It has been a tough 24 hours for LinkedIn. First they were accused of storing users’ potentially confidential private and business information on the company servers …
LinkedIn privacy fail
The LinkedIn mobile app for iOS devices has been discovered sending potentially confidential private and business information to the company servers without the users’ …
Users worry about data security, but still trust social networks
Although the majority of people (71 percent) are worried about the amount of personal information held online, a significant proportion would still share confidential …
Cybercriminals target Google, LinkedIn and Mass Effect 3 users
During March 2012, GFI Labs documented several spam attacks and malware-laden email campaigns infiltrating users’ systems under the guise of communications purporting to …
Apple, Facebook and others named in privacy lawsuit
Thirteen individuals have filed a lawsuit against a number of app makers including Path, Facebook, Instagram, Yelp and Rovio, accusing them of uploading the information stored …
Fake LinkedIn emails serve malware
Emails purportedly coming from business-related social network LinkedIn have been hitting inboxes in the last couple of days, ostensibly reminding recipients of invitations …
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