The website pleaserobme.com (http://pleaserobme.com) gained a ton of media attention simply because it scooped up all of the public tweets, check-ins and status updates of people mentioning that they were away from home and posted them online. When the website was showing actual real-time updates, it was staggering. It was a constant stream of people Read more…
Tags: Identity thieves and cybercriminals, Location services, social media threats
I love the beginning of a new year – it holds all sorts of opportunities for us, but unfortunately it also poses some great opportunities for cybercriminals, according to the McAfee Labs’ 2011 Threat Predictions report. I’ve always taken some comfort in knowing that my family Mac was less susceptible to some of the cyber Read more…
Tags: 2011 Threats Predictions, antivirus, Location services, privacy settings, URL shortening services
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