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Security and privacy on the social Web

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

Security and Privacy Can Be Tricky Issues on the Social Web

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Whether we acknowledge it or not, the social Web has definitely taken over our lives, converting and breeding generations constantly on social networking services. What used to be exclusively for the online realms has now effortlessly bled into our daily grind. It’s latched so solidly onto modern society that products and services have been created around it. Even more so, a lot of businesses won’t even be able to function without it.

With more and more people getting in on the social media shuffle every day, there have been great issues regarding privacy on the social Web. Security concerns and protocols aside, privacy has a lot to do with both the people involved, and the features and capabilities offered by the social networks.

 

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Twitter improves third party app authorizations

Thursday, May 19th, 2011


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Since Twitter opened its API to the public, many app developers have leveraged on it to create integrations with their own sites and have developed their own apps to enhance the whole Twitter experience. Many startups have been set up, contributing to the growing plethora of apps, and offsite feature integrations and aggregations across different platforms. All these make the whole Twitter ecosystem an organic atmosphere where social interactions and content sharing thrive.

 

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Safety on the social streams

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010


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As online marketers, drifting through the social Web seems second nature to us. Employing its many networked platforms to engage with a targeted demographic to boost brand reputation and loyalty, on the other hand, are mere add-ons. However, while we have always put utmost importance on these social media aspects, it’s also important to be safe online.

 

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Websense Warns of Malware FB Attack

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Amid the whole Facebook privacy debacle clogging the tubes this week, online Web security solutions provider Websense is reporting about the continuous malware attacks dwelling within the social networking site.

 

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Another Facebook Phishing Scam On The Rise, McAffee Says

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010

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With the continuous popularity of social networking sites, the cycles of malicious activities are expected to remain persistent though evolving to keep up with the modifications the site’s layer of security go through. Another malware alert was recently raised by security firm McAffee through their Security Insights blog regarding malicious activities proliferating through Facebook via e-mails sent from what appears to be from the social network itself.

According to the blog post, the e-mail claims that Facebook has reset the user’s password and that they would have to click on an attachment to be able to retrieve their new password. The attachment in question is actually a password stealer which, upon launch, would install itself into the user’s computer. It targets Windows machines and can potentially access any login credentials utilized there, Facebook or otherwise.

 

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Twitter Unveils Anti-Phishing URL Shortener

Friday, March 19th, 2010

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Popular microblogging site Twitter has launched a new link screening service geared to combat phishing and other malicious activities against its users within its own social stream. The announcement, made by the director of Twitter’s Trust and Safety team Del Harvey on the official Twitter blog, stated that the new security feature will screen all links submitted to them.

“By routing all links submitted to Twitter through this new service, we can detect, intercept, and prevent the spread of bad links across all of Twitter.” Harvey said, adding that even if the malicious link is shared through other methods such as e-mail notifications, they would still be able to intercept it and keep the intended recipient safe.

 

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The Problem With Twitter Security

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

No need to panic,the Twitter Whale isn’t dead…yet.

While Twitter continues to be one of the 20 most visited websites online, the fact remains that Twitter has some serious security issues that need attention. Twitter’s major security issues are under further scrutiny after being hacked by an organization who calls themselves the “Iranian Cyber Army. ” While this was one of the largest malicious attacks on the popular social networking site, this wasn’t the first, nor will it be the last.

The Bank With No Security

The best way to understand the security situation that Twitter is currently dealing with is to compare it to a bank. Imagine that the bank you put your money in is the largest and most popular bank to do business. The catch though is that they have cops who carry pepper spray and have security cameras with no tapes. Does this sound familiar? It should because that is exactly what Twitter is going through.

 

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