Facebook investigate ‘porn ‘
FACEBOOK is probing reports that a spread PORN on the social networking … Facebook said last night they were taking the seriously. A spokesman said: “We are aware of these reports. “We are investigating the issue”.
Facebook Porn and Gore Exploit Spiraling Out Of Control (Violet Blue/ZDNet)
Violet Blue / ZDNet:Facebook Porn and Gore Exploit Spiraling Out Of Control — Summary: For the past few days an exploit has been hijacking Facebook users accounts and posting explicit gore and pornography to users’ timelines. — Facebook users’ outrage is mounting toward the social network for an exploit …
Facebook And Google Spent Record Amounts On D.C. Lobbying In Q3 2011 (Leena Rao/TechCrunch)
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:Facebook And Google Spent Record Amounts On D.C. Lobbying In Q3 2011 — Each quarter, Facebook and Google continue to spend more and more on lobbying efforts in Washington D.C. As evidenced by the most recent disclosure reports filed in the U.S. Senate’s lobbying database …
Spam in June: Phishing Attacks on Facebook and Habbo Intensify – Zawya.com
Kaspersky Lab presents its spam report for June 2011. The volume of spam in mail traffic increased slightly compared to May and averaged 83.3%. The most popular topics were Osama bin Laden’s death, the last Harry Potter movie the anniversary of Michael …
Can you tell a real Facebook e-mail from a phishing attempt? – ZDNet
Summary: Notification e-mails from social networking sites like Facebook can be dangerous; if you’re fooled by a phisher, you can click your way into big trouble. Here are four Facebook notifications that arrived in my e-mail inbox recently …
Facebook Cites ‘Smoking Gun’ Proof of Fraud by Man Claiming Company Stake (Bob Van Voris/Bloomberg)
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:Facebook Cites ‘Smoking Gun’ Proof of Fraud by Man Claiming Company Stake — Facebook Inc. said its inspection of computers turned over by Paul Ceglia, the western New York man who claims he’s entitled to half of Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg’s holdings in the social-networking company, shows “smoking gun” evidence [...]
Missouri Forbids Teachers and Students To Be Facebook Friends (Charlie White/Mashable!)
Charlie White / Mashable!:Missouri Forbids Teachers and Students To Be Facebook Friends — If you’re a student living in Missouri, you’d better not be Facebook friends with any of your teachers – that will soon be illegal. — According to Missouri Senate Bill 54 that goes into effect on August 28, any social networking …
Facebook offering cash for security vulnerabilities – ZDNet
Prior to joining Kaspersky Lab, Ryan was Editor-at-Large/Security at eWEEK, leading the magazine’s and Web site’s coverage of Internet and computer security issues and managing the popular SecurityWatch blog, covering the daily threats, vulnerabilities and …
Facebook blocks access to hidden iPad app (Gregg Keizer/Computerworld)
Gregg Keizer / Computerworld:Facebook blocks access to hidden iPad app — Full-blown iPad app could be activated on ‘jailbroken’ tablets, said researchers — Computerworld – Researchers over the weekend uncovered a Facebook app for Apple’s iPad, and showed how “jailbroken” tablets could run the still-unreleased software.
Phishing scam targeting Facebook users – msnbc.com
A new phishing scam is circulating among Facebook friends. A local veteran shares how hackers drained his bank account when he thought he was simply verifying his online identity. Wayne Ronan says he got a message through Facebook that wasn’t so friendly …
