Recently my siblings and I chipped in and bought my father–in-law a new computer for his birthday. My FIL is a pretty savvy “silver surfer” –he uses email daily, shops online and even set up a Facebook page. Knowing that he loves taking advantage of a good bargain and that he has a Facebook page, Read more…
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I have noticed an uptick in the number of hoax messages and wall posts on Facebook lately and thought that I should share my experiences so that you could use these as talking points to protect your children from such scams. A few days ago, when I opened my FB page, I saw that I Read more…
Tags: facebook, Facebook spam, lottery, spam, suspicious messages
I’ve lost count of the number of times during these school holidays that I’ve jumped onto our family computer only to find one of my cyber kids have walked away from it leaving themselves logged into Facebook! Argghh…how many times do I have to tell them? And it got me to thinking if they’re not Read more…
Tags: facebook, how to talk to kids, how to talk to teens, kids online behavior
McAfee Labs recently released our 2011 Threats Predictions. In this report we dust off the crystal ball, put on our battered Mr. Wizard hat, and speculate about potential threats for the coming year. The threats landscape changed considerably in 2010. We saw marked increases in malware sophistication and targeting as well as a continued increase Read more…
Tags: Android, application security, Cybercrime, Data Protection, facebook, google, malware, mobile security, social networking, spam, twitter
This most recent attack technique appears as an arriving email but contains a crafted malicious link. The attack is camouflaged as a Facebook correspondence alerting the victim that a friend “commented on your photo”. Although new security procedures are being implemented to protect Facebook users, cybercriminals will continue to aggressively abuse this and other social Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, facebook, identity protection, malware, McAfee Initiative to Fight Cybercrime, social networking, social networks, spam
Looking at computer threats from quarter to quarter remains a busy experience for us at McAfee Labs. Through the first three quarters of the year we have analyzed and cataloged more threats than in all other years combined, and the growth in both volume and sophistication of malware and attacks shows no signs of slowing. Read more…
Tags: botnet, critical infrastructure, Cybercrime, data breach, Data Protection, Email & Web Security, encryption, Endpoint Protection, facebook, global threat intelligence, Hacktivism, malware, Mobile, Operation Aurora, phishing, privacy, seo abuse, social networking, social networks, spam, sql attacks, Stuxnet, twitter, vulnerability, Web 2.0, zeus
I read with great relish about the release of Firesheep over the weekend at ToorCon. Firesheep, written by Eric Butler, is a FireFox plugin that allows for the capturing of “insecure” login information. From the Firesheep website: “When logging into a website you usually start by submitting your username and password. The server then checks Read more…
Tags: Cybercrime, Data Protection, EFF, encryption, Endpoint Protection, facebook, google, identity protection, malware, phishing, privacy, social networking, social networks, twitter, Web 2.0
I have been noticing a trend among a few of my friends lately which really makes me wonder. I will see a Tweet that they are out for coffee with a small map showing their exact location. Or they tweet that they are at a conference or on vacation with a location map below. My Read more…
Tags: facebook, social media, Threats, twitter
Just a quick blog post to update you on a privacy change on Facebook of which you may not be aware. You may have noticed a post last week when you logged into FB which said they were partnering with Yelp, Pandora and Microsoft Docs to provide an automatic sharing feature. This is great news Read more…
Tags: facebook, privacy settings, social networks
Here is a quick tip on adjusting your ‘news feed’ setting on Facebook: A friend recently was annoyed by our mutual Facebook friend’s Farmville posts, which were constantly showing up in her news feed. Our mutual friend, felt badly, and frantically tried to figure out how to change her settings so her friend wouldn’t get the Read more…
Tags: facebook, Farmville, privacy settings
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