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MySpace Phishers Now Targeting Facebook

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2008-01-07 19:20:52 by HASH0x898bea0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Facebook as well. Ryan Singel comments , and quotes me in a related article Hackers for the first time are targeting the popular social networking site Facebook with a phishing scam that harvests users' login details and passwords. Some Facebook users checking their accounts Wednesday found odd postings of messages on their "wall" from one...
 
Tags: facebook, site facebook, facebook users, genuine facebook link, login details, login, myspace, facebook-login, malware
 
 
 
 
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Phishing Campaign Spreading Across Facebook

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2008-06-20 17:35:37 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Facebook , is a part of a bigger phishing operation, whose reliance on fast-fluxed domains used in the campaign indicates it's a part of a botnet Sample messages spammed across Facebook hey, howdy?? oh lisen i got a new friend here shex kinda new on facebook..maybe you can give her a lil tym so she can enjoy here?? not forcin u but u can...
 
Tags: facebook, campaign, phishers, info, myspace phishers, info facebookindex, myspace, profile, facebookindex
 
 
 
 
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Prediction 1 for 2008 - Facebook hacked

2008-01-23 12:18:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts
 
...Facebook will be hacked. Alternatively, a major Facebook application will be hacked Right...the impatient can go now. The rest - read on Personal note first I decided that my Blog was becoming too important. I have a host of blog posts that are just not quite as well written as I'd like and since my blog is somewhat a reflection of my...
 
Tags: major facebook application, facebook application, application, facebook, application runs, application developer, application language, facebook information, facebook explosion
 
 
 
 
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"Interesting" Advert Placements On Facebook

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2008-07-03 18:45:10 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...Facebook called "Gridview". Well, I decided to try it out. On the install screen, you see this Makes sense so far. Here's the install screen where you agree to let the application loose on your profile Click to Enlarge Once done, you see the following screen and this is where it all starts to go a bit wrong Click to Enlarge Note...
 
Tags: facebook, application install, application, standard facebook, network, facebook network completely, applications, facebook applications, application loose
 
 
 
 
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Facebook Privacy Issues

2008-01-07 02:05:44 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...Facebook and Blockbuster, Fandago and others. Had I not already heard all the details and fallout I probably would have said, Sounds like a complicated threat model. I hope someone did their homework. Alas, they did not Whats fallen out from this is a privacy issue thats complex and fascinating. Firstly, the title of the Silicon Insider...
 
Tags: facebook, privacy, friends facebook profile, peoples privacy, friends, people, privacy issue, silicon insider article, article
 
 
 
 
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Canadian Group Says Facebook Violates Privacy Laws

2008-06-03 02:21:14 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...Facebook seems to take a dim view of anything/anyone that questions their rule Privacy, schmivacy From Computer World AU A Canadian public policy group Friday filed a complaint charging Facebook with 22 separate violations of a Canadian personal information protection law The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), based...
 
Tags: facebook, privacy, canadian public policy, public, personal information, privacy commissioner, ottawas student population, canadian internet policy, obtain permission
 
 
 
 
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Facebook backs down on Beacon program

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2007-12-11 11:09:46 by Jen Albornoz Mulligan in Security & Risk Management
...Facebook's Beacon program . The program was sharing information about purchases made on third-party partner sites with Facebook, even if the user was not signed into Facebook or had deactivated their account. Opt-ing out of the program was a challenge. Facebook, after several weeks has acknowledged their mistake (see above article). As more...
 
Tags: privacy, privacy impact assessments, program, facebook, beacon program, privacy insensitive developments, business projects, projects, privacy news
 
 
 
 
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Tillian IM, Facebook and Apple iCal flaws

2008-05-26 00:00:00 by Jason Meserve in Network World on Security
 
...Facebook are all at risk after flaws in each were discoverd. Fortunately, for Trillian users an update is available. But Facebook and iCal users are still waiting for fixes. Facebook users could have their accounts compromised through a password capture script. iCal is vulnerable to a critical flaw that was disclosed by Core Security after...
 
Tags: facebook, trillian, trillian users, users, facebook users, ical, ical users, apple, password capture script
 
 
 
 
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No Privacy on Facebook/MySpace

2008-06-12 16:07:52 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...facebook profile might glean details about you and your personal information, which can be used for targeted advertising or other potentially more dangerous ways Here are some details about whats collected and the implications Each site has come up with its own policies on the data that developers are allowed to see. MySpace, the largest...
 
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Facebook 'Secret Crush' not our fault, Zango CEO says

2008-01-09 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security