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Facebook donates $250,000 to help fight cybercrime (using money acquired from spammers)2 comments

Graham Cluley wrote 7 months ago: Congratulations to our good friends at the University of Alabama at Birmingham whose Center for Info … more →

Tags: facebook, Featured, Law & Order, malware, Spam, botnet, Gary Warner, Joe Sullivan, UAB

Facebook awards $250K of 'stolen money' to student cyber security researchers

Meghan Kelly wrote 7 months ago: Sometimes stolen money does come back to you. Facebook gave $250,000 to team of cyber security resea … more →

Tags: Security, Social, CIA/JFR, Investments, worms

Facebook Donates $250,000 To The University of Alabama At Birmingham Using Money Acquired From Spammers

Sarah Perez wrote 7 months ago: Facebook has donated $250,000 to the Center for Information Assurance and Joint Forensics Research a … more →

Tags: TC, facebook, Security, malware

Web startups: How to guard against security breaches

stiennon wrote 1 year ago: Rapid growth phases at startups are invariably accompanied by an escalating number of attacks and th … more →

Tags: cisco, EMC, facebook, Google, Spam, startups, Symantec, twitter, Yahoo

Facebook sues alleged clickjacking spammer sparking row

Bobby wrote 1 year ago: Some analysts have linked Facebook’s spam crackdown to an imminent stock flotation Facebook is … more →

Tags: International Affairs, DIREC REPORT, Washington, Rob McKenna, facebook, mark rosenberg, Spam, Adscend Media

Sophos releases Exclusive research on Koobface gang1 comment

VARIndia IT Magazine wrote 1 year ago: Sophos researchers and investigators across security industry have uncovered an insight into how a g … more →

Tags: technology, var, varindia, frontline it magazine, Computer Magazine, indian it magazine, blogs, varindiablogs, popular it magazine

Koobface gang turns off command servers, as Russian police explain lack of action8 comments

Graham Cluley wrote 1 year ago: The publication of a detailed investigation into alleged members of the Koobface malware gang appear … more →

Tags: malware, Law & Order, Featured, Social Networks, facebook, Russia

In The News 1/18/121 comment

Tony Grands wrote 1 year ago: Shyne And Diddy Make Peace During A Phone Call /MTV/ Websites going dark in protest of proposed legi … more →

Tags: The News, Headlines, In The News, Current Events, Jay-Z, Tyga, Tuskegee Airmen, shyne and diddy, sopa

KoobFace Malware Gang - Revealed!

NetSecurityIT wrote 1 year ago: According to the New York Times, Facebook is making public the names of the people it believes are r … more →

Tags: Security, General Security, enterprise, network security, malware, Zero Day, vulnerabilities, united states, Microsoft

How five members of the Koobface malware gang were unmasked7 comments

Graham Cluley wrote 1 year ago: According to the New York Times, Facebook is making public the names of the people it believes are r … more →

Tags: Spam, malware, Law & Order, Featured, Social Networks, facebook, Botnet Malware, botnet, Krotreal

Koobface malware gang - the noose tightens?

Graham Cluley wrote 1 year ago: Members of the Koobface malware gang might be feeling a little hot under the collar as evidence has … more →

Tags: malware, Law & Order, Featured, Social Networks, facebook, Botnet Malware, botnet

Delete ALL cookies ALL the time EVERY time Facebook malware reminds us

bluecollarpc wrote 1 year ago: Delete ALL cookies ALL the time EVERY time Facebook malware reminds us Having an e-convo with a frie … more →

Tags: BlueCollarPC WordPress Blog, bluecollarpc, bluecollarpc blog, botnet, Security, ID Theft, crimeware, Cyber Crime, Infection

My Facebook Account is not Working Properly (*Sad Face*)2 comments

Jace Roque wrote 1 year ago: Last week, the laptop that I’m using was infected by a malware program that sends malicious li … more →

Tags: Life Sucks, facebook, F&B, malware, Virus

Koobface Worm Wriggles Out of Social Networks and into BitTorrent

IT Solutions Site Ltd wrote 1 year ago: How many times have you been told that when one door closes, another one opens? Probably a whole bun … more →

Tags: Latest News, malware, Bittorrent, botnetfile, Sharing, Online, P2PSecurity, social networking, Trend MicrowormNews

Social Media Activity In The Workplace And The Computer Fraud And Abuse Act

Obsessed wrote 2 years ago: It should come as no surprise that employers are trying to assert a claim for violation of the Compu … more →

Tags: Litigation, Resources, Legal Resources, united states, facebook, united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit, technology, Internet, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act

FaceBook Privacy Paper May 5, 2010

foreverrising wrote 2 years ago: Erik Paulsen May 5, 2010 FaceBook Privacy The primary social networking web site, FaceBook , is mush … more →

Tags: facebook, Privacy, Exploit, legislation

Socially Engineered Threats

Methusela Cebrian Ferrer wrote 2 years ago: Socially engineered threats has been very active and in-the-wild for the past 48hours. Following the … more →

Tags: Daily thoughts, Facebook get a surprise now, redirection attack, IM spam, Sasfis Oficla, Slenfbot Rimecud, Social Engineering, Socially Engineered Threats

Boonana Boot Song*

David Harley wrote 2 years ago: I wasn’t expecting to hear much further about Boonana, to be honest, though I did think it was … more →

Tags: David Harley, Symantec, The Register, securemac, trojan.osx.boonana.a, Java/Boonana.A, Win32/Boonana.A, Boonana, macscan

Social networking security threats discussed on MarketPlace Tech Report

Graham Cluley wrote 2 years ago: The release of our annual Security Threat Report means that the Naked Security team is busy chatting … more →

Tags: Spam, malware, Podcast, Social Networks, facebook, threat report, IT


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