Social-Networking

Facebook Timeline rollout, Mandatory for All Users

by certifiedbug on January 25, 2012

in News

The Facebook Blog

Last year we introduced timeline, a new kind of profile that lets you highlight the photos, posts and life events that help you tell your story. Over the next few weeks, everyone will get timeline. When you get timeline, you’ll have 7 days to preview what’s there now. This gives you a chance to add or hide whatever you want before anyone else sees it.

https://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=10150408488962131
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/24/facebook-timeline_n_1228800.html

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Koobface command and control servers silent

by certifiedbug on January 19, 2012

in Internet Security

H Security

The Koobface network is apparently down, according to Facebook. Ryan McGeehan, Facebook security official, told Reuters that the company’s decision to expose the five men alleged to be behind the malware had had an effect within 24 hours: “The thing that we are most excited about is that the botnet is down.” Yesterday, Facebook decided to publish the names of alleged gang members based on details of research carried out in 2009-2010 by two German researchers. One of the researchers works for Security company Sophos, which pre-empted Facebook’s announcement by publishing the report.

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Koobface-C-C-goes-silent-after-alleged-controllers-exposed-1416869.html

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Koobface malware gang exposed

by certifiedbug on January 17, 2012

in Internet Security

H Security

The five men behind the Koobface worm, which spreads over Facebook and other social networks, hide in plain sight, living comfortably in St Petersberg, Russia, according to Facebook investigators and other security researchers.

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Koobface-gang-to-be-exposed-by-Facebook-1414813.html

IDG News Service -
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223484/Facebook_researchers_turn_up_heat_on_Koobface_gang

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NHS staff breach the Data Protection Act

by certifiedbug on October 31, 2011

in Internet Security

Healthcare Network

Figures released to the privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch show that 806 separate incidents involving patient medical records being compromised took place at 152 NHS trusts between July 2008 and July 2011.

The group, which obtained data from the majority of NHS organisations in the UK, found that breaches included 23 incidents of patient information being posted on social networking sites by staff, 129 separate instances of NHS employees looking up details of colleagues and family members and 57 incidents involving unsecured confidential information being stolen or lost by staff.

Of the 129 incidents concerning healthcare staff inappropriately looking up patient information, 91 related to an NHS employee illicitly viewing the confidential medical details of a colleague. In some cases the individual was found to have revealed the information to other staff.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/healthcare-network/2011/oct/28/nhs-staff-breach-personal-data-806-times

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Crook used Facebook to hack neighbors’ bank accounts

August 17, 2011

According to the Daily Telegraph 33-year-old Iain Wood, of Newcastle, befriended people living in his apartment block, intercepted their mail and used their personal details to get past on-line bank security checks using clues gleaned from Facebook and Friends Reunited. Graham Cluley Stop sharing personal information and stop telling the truth http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/08/15/fraudster-jailed-after-pillaging-facebook-accounts-for-personal-information/

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Rogue application spreads on Twitter

April 19, 2011

Graham Cluley April 19, 2011 Once again Twitter users are finding themselves hit by a fast-infecting attack, more commonly encountered by their Facebook-using cousins: a rogue application spreading virally across the network. Thousands of Twitter users have fallen into the trap of allowing rogue third-party applications access their Twitter accounts, believing that it would tell [...]

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Zuckerberg’s Facebook fan-page reportedly hacked

January 25, 2011

According to Tech Crunch Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s fan page was hacked and defaced. By this message, apparently: The Raw Story Within hours of the comment’s appearance, Zuckerberg’s fan page disappeared completely from the Facebook network. (Another page, not updated since December, is still online.) The security breach has some Facebook users wondering how well [...]

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Fake anti-virus attack on Twitter

January 20, 2011

Graham Cluley Thousands of Twitter users are finding that their accounts have been tweeting out malicious links without their permission, pointing to a fake anti-virus attack. If you make the mistake of clicking on one of the malicious goo.gl links you are ultimately taken to a website which attempts to scare you into believing that [...]

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Facebook controversial sharing feature on hold

January 19, 2011

Facebook Developer Blog Improvements to Permissions for Address and Mobile Number On Friday, we expanded the information you are able to share with external websites and applications to include your address and mobile number. With this change, you could, for example, easily share your address and mobile phone with a shopping site to streamline the [...]

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Sophos report: Social networking security threats

January 19, 2011

Graham Cluley Sophos has today published its annual Security Threat Report, looking back at the last twelve months and ahead to the threats we can expect to encounter during 2011. Inside you’ll find a wide variety of threats discussed including: * Social networking threats * Fake anti-virus * Stuxnet * SEO poisoning * Data loss [...]

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