Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking
The first book to reveal and dissect the technical aspect of many social engineering maneuversFrom elicitation, pretexting, influence and manipulation all aspects of social engineering are picked apart, discussed and explained by using real world examples, personal experience and the science behind them to unraveled the mystery in social engineering.Kevin Mitnickâone of the most famous [...]
Privacy Advocates Sue DHS for Big Bro Fake ‘Friends’ Monitoring Social Media
Yes, Virginia, Big Brother is watching you in social media and storing those “naughty” tweets, posts and comments. After those hot keyword terms put you on the naughty list, unlike Santa’s list, it’s not a redo in a year . . . that info will be stored for five years. The EFF previously warned Big [...]
Sean Parker Brings Facebook-Style Skills to New York Social Scene (Laura M. Holson/New York Times)
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:Sean Parker Brings Facebook-Style Skills to New York Social Scene — SINCE moving to Manhattan three years ago, Sean Parker, a founder of Napster and former president of Facebook, has considerably enlivened New York’s social scene. — The parties at Bacchus House, his mansionlike home in the West Village [...]
Advanced Anti- Software to Alleviate Social Engineering Attacks
Have you come across mailers or websites that ask you for personal details or lead you to tricky links and web pages as you browse? If yes, then you are not the only one. The same has taken place with millions across the world, both in the professional as …
Google’s Ron Gorodetzky: Making YouTube more social (Nathan Olivarez-Giles/L.A. Times Tech Blog)
Nathan Olivarez-Giles / L.A. Times Tech Blog:Google’s Ron Gorodetzky: Making YouTube more social — Ron Gorodetzky didn’t aspire to work at Google, or any other tech giant for that matter. — Gorodetzky was a start-up man — having worked at the news-sharing site Digg in its early days before going on to be a co-founder [...]
Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of Online Social Aggression, Threats, and Distress
Product DescriptionOnline communications can be cruel and vicious. They take place 24/7. Damaging text and images can be widely disseminated and impossible to fully remove. There are emerging reports of youth suicide, violence, and abduction related to cyberbullying and cyberthreats. In this book,the author provides school counselors, administrators, teachers and parents with cutting-edge information on [...]
Hackers tap EPISD system: Student, employee information, including Social Security numbers, compromised – El Paso Times
The private information of thousands of El Paso Independent School District students, teachers and other employees is at risk after hackers broke into the district’s internal computer network. The security breach was discovered Wednesday when a …
Web of Deceit: Misinformation and Manipulation in the Age of Social Media
Web of Deceit: Misinformation and Manipulation in the Age of Social Media
Instagram Rises as Social Web Embraces Photo Sharing (Jenna Wortham/New York Times)
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:Instagram Rises as Social Web Embraces Photo Sharing — Digital camera sales may be weak, but thanks to cellphones, picture-taking has never been more of an everyday thing. Now a wave of mobile applications is letting people tweak their cellphone snapshots and share them with friends and strangers.
Why Instagram Can Become The Mobile Social Hub (Om Malik/GigaOm)
Om Malik / GigaOm:Why Instagram Can Become The Mobile Social Hub — Trey Ratcliff, creator of 100 Cameras and I — Of all the apps on my iPhone, the ones that get most attention for me involve photos — from the built-in Camera app to Camera+ to photo filter apps such as Noir, ColorBlast and [...]
