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Social networking sites and mobile phones used to spread unwanted messages(30/07/2008)
According to Sophos' report on the latest trends in spam, there was a disturbing rise in the level of email spam travelling across the internet between April-June 2008. It also reveals how some spammers are now using Facebook and cellphones to spread their messages. By June 2008, research reveals that the level of spam had risen to 96.5% of all business email. Having risen from a figure of 92.3% in the first three months of the year, corporati... [more]
Personal information accidentally publicly revealed on Facebook(25/07/2008)
Facebook accidentally publicly revealed personal information about its members, which could be useful to identity thieves. Earlier this month, the full dates of birth of many of Facebook's 80 million active users were visible to others, even if the individual member had requested that the information remained confidential. According to Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, a security slip-up by the website during the process o... [more]
CY4OR helps uncover the evidence to catch online predators(26/12/2007)
With approximately 11.75 million household’s online, chat rooms and social networking sites are big business. However they carry with them serious risks to vulnerable users. Sites such as Bebo, Facebook and Myspace attract thousands of users who are able to create a virtual persona and interact with other users. This is where the danger lies; people may not be who they say they are. Potential sex offenders involved in offences such as groomi... [more]
Only one in five businesses block access to social networking sites(08/11/2007)
Social networking sites sit alongside other technologies that IT professionals perceive as threats but do not or cannot limit access to; such as instant messenger and web-based email, suggesting IT departments are leaving themselves open to security risks due to more important business priorities. According to McAfee Inc., only one in five businesses in Europe (21%) are blocking access to social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace in... [more]
Facebook agrees to take greater actions to protect children online(24/10/2007)
Investigators from the New York attorney general's office set up fake Facebook profiles posing as teenagers and received sexually suggestive messages from adults within days. The investigators then notified Facebook through its website, but these complaints went unanswered for weeks. Facebook has now agreed to post sterner and more obvious warnings about how users can control and set their security settings to reduce the dangers to children... [more]
Lax password habits leave European users open to online fraud(12/10/2007)
According to McAfee Inc., nearly one in five British PC users are at risk from online fraud or identity theft due to poor password habits. The research reveals almost a fifth (16%) always use the same password to access their online accounts and almost half (41%) never change their password, increasing the risk of giving away their complete identity should that password be hacked or stolen. The independent survey of 3,500 European PC users als... [more]
Highly targeted senior management email attacks with increased sophistication(28/09/2007)
According to the latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report for September and 3rd quarter of 2007, virus and phishing levels have significantly increased, reaching levels not seen since early 2006. In addition, MessageLabs exposes a second wave of highly targeted C-level and senior management email attacks with increased sophistication and outreach. With a virus threat now incorporated within every 48 emails, cyber-criminals are steering away fro... [more]
Facebook and social networking sites drive web filtering technology(14/08/2007)
The latest internet phenomenon, social networking websites offer an interactive network of photos, user profiles, email and chatrooms. Unlike MySpace, Bebo, Faceparty, YouTube and most other mainstream social networking websites, Facebook is currently favoured amongst young professionals and consequently take-up of the service within the corporate environment has been extremely swift, with many companies creating their own groups on the site.... [more]
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