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 …
Con artists love social networks
Most social networks’ users are hit by online scams almost daily – whether its the ubiquitous survey scam or the “share your cell phone number, get …
LinkedIn mimics Facebook, introduces questionable on-by-default feature
Facebook’s regular introduction of on-by-default features often creates quite a stir when first introduced. The majority of Facebook users isn’t aware of – …
Fake LinkedIn notifications lead to malware
Malware peddlers are targeting LinkedIn users with rather legitimate-looking messages supposedly coming from the social networking site: If the look of the message seems …
Cloud identity tools for LinkedIn, Twitter and Microsoft Live
Ping Identity released Cloud Identity Connectors for LinkedIn, Twitter, and Microsoft Live, enabling the enterprise to rely on cloud service providers and social networking …
LinkedIn security flaws allow account hijacking
LinkedIn users are in danger of having their their account hijacked when accessing it over insecure Wi-Fi networks or public computers, says independent security researcher …
Mining the Social Web: Analyzing Data from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Other Social Media Sites
The only way you could have missed the fact that the social networking boom has led to huge amounts of social data becoming available to knowledgeable searchers is if you …
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