May 17, 2012 - Southwark Crown Court has sentenced a 21-year-old British man to a year in prison after he admitted hacking into the Facebook account of a US citizen, and accessing private messages. Read more
May 15, 2012 - Here are two staggering Facebook privacy statistics: Nearly 13 million US Facebook users have never set, or don’t know about, Facebook’s privacy tools, and only 37 percent have used Facebook's privacy tools to customize how much information is shared with (continue reading...) Read more
May 15, 2012 - You would think that if there had been a widespread scam on Facebook two months ago, that it wouldn't be capable of spreading using identical wording now, wouldn't you? Sadly, it seems the answer is "no". (continue reading...) Read more
May 15, 2012 - You don't have to be a criminal to realise that it's important to protect your Facebook account. So remember not to leave it open for anyone to access on an unattended computer. (continue reading...) Read more
May 9, 2012 - As you may know, cybercriminals are no longer limited to Twitter and Facebook as their launchpads for (continue reading...) Read more
May 8, 2012 - In the wake of employers requesting access to job candidates' Facebook accounts, a new issue bobs to the surface: should schools use Facebook to spy on students? Read more
May 8, 2012 - A firm at the centre of allegations that its affiliates flooded Facebook with spam and clickjacking attacks has agreed to clean up its act - after earning up to $1.2 million per month in gross monthly revenues. (continue reading...) Read more
May 4, 2012 - avast! Free Antivirus for Mac was launched a mere week ago, and it only took three days to reach the #1 position on CNET’s download.com. avast! Free Antivirus for Mac fulfills the (continue reading...) Read more
May 4, 2012 - We already knew that people weren't doing enough to protect their privacy on Facebook, but a new report has looked into this in more details, and the numbers make for alarming reading. (continue reading...) Read more
May 1, 2012 - A few months ago I wrote a fairly short comment piece for Virus Bulletin on how some popular posts to Facebook that invite you to make use of your personal data might be useful to scammers and others as (continue reading...) Read more
April 27, 2012 - Have you seen a message on Facebook saying that free pairs of Ray-Bans or TOMS shoes are being given away to users? Don't believe it. Read more
April 25, 2012 - If we survive the Mayan Apocalypse of 2012, does that mean we’re technically immortals? I’ve no idea, but it will probably mean we don’t see quite as many of these Doomsday Apocalypse scams doing the rounds on Facebook since at (continue reading...) Read more
April 25, 2012 - “A Strategic Inflection Point is that which causes you to make a fundamental change in business strategy. Nothing less is sufficient.” This quote came from Andy Grove, Intel Co-founder and former CEO. And, while he said this at an annual meeting (continue reading...) Read more
April 25, 2012 - It was the best of posts, it was the worst of posts. My apologies to Charles Dickens, but it seems to be the best way to describe two themes I see on Facebook wall posts these days. Let me show (continue reading...) Read more
April 25, 2012 - Facebook has announced that it is teaming up with a number of security vendors, including Sophos. Read more
April 16, 2012 - There’s a heavily liked / commented post on Facebook doing the rounds at the moment, and unfortunately it’s the latest reappearance of a very old spam missive related to passport page tearing shenanigans. Here’s a shot of the post – you (continue reading...) Read more
April 12, 2012 - If the police come a-knocking, Facebook may be forced to send someone's entire account activity over. And there's a lot of it. And it might include data about you. Read more
April 11, 2012 - Some Instagram users are upset about the acquisition by Facebook - but are they right to complain about what happens to their uploaded photographs? Read more
April 5, 2012 - If you were hit by a bus, and passed on to whatever heaven might exist, would you care about your Facebook page? Probably not. But your loved ones more than likely would. Things like email, websites, and social media profiles (continue reading...) Read more
April 5, 2012 - Facebook login credentials could be lifted from smartphones because the site is not encrypting the sensitive data on iOS and Android devices. Read more