Facebook stamps out malware attack
Facebook has blocked a malware attack targeting unsuspecting users via postings on the site's Wall feature
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MySpace Phishers Now Targeting Facebook
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...
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Phishing Campaign Spreading Across Facebook
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...
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Prediction 1 for 2008 - Facebook hacked
...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...
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"Interesting" Advert Placements On Facebook
...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
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Once done, you see the following screen and this is where it all starts to go a bit wrong
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Facebook Privacy Issues
...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...
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Canadian Group Says Facebook Violates Privacy Laws
...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...
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Facebook backs down on Beacon program
...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...
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Tillian IM, Facebook and Apple iCal flaws
...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...
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