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This you?? What's the point of phishing a Twitter account?

We've received some questions regarding recent phishing attacks conducted against Twitter.com.

Google's Buzz, there is no such thing as bad publicity...

Google BuzzWould somebody please tell us why there's so much hype regarding privacy issues and Google Buzz?

New Facebook Home Page, Important New Privacy Setting

Facebook started rolling out a new home page and navigation menus earlier today.

And whenever Facebook adds new features, in this case the Applications and Games dashboards, there's usually a new privacy setting as well.

This is what part of the new Applications dashboard looks like.

Facebook Application Privacy


Loose Tweets Sink Fleets

Information leakage is a real problem.
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It's especially bad for high-security organizations, like military agencies.

And it's now harder than ever, thanks to services such as Flickr, Photobucket, Facebook, Twitter and Myspace.

Facebook Mischief

Facebook recently published a nice new feature: Reply to this email to comment on this status.

This seems like a very handy feature to have if you're trying to converse with friends on the go.

But is it secure?

As it turns out, based on our testing, anyone can use the Reply To address, from any e-mail account.

Twitter as a Professional Tool

I've never been a fan of social networks.

Twitter LogoI'm not on Facebook. Or Myspace. Or LinkedLn.

But last year I decided to take a look at this Twitter thingy.

I gave myself a trial period of couple of months, until the end of 2009 to decide if Twitter is useful or not. And if I wouldn't find it useful, I would quit using it.

Facebook Privacy Doesn't Really Exist

Facebook recently rolled out new privacy settings that provides additional publishing controls.

For example, Facebook users can now publish a photo to a selected list of friends.

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Clicking the "lock" icon opens the Custom Privacy settings.

Security Threat Forecast 2010

Here are our predictions for 2010 based on this year's threat analysis.

"You are signing in from an unfamiliar location."

I recently took a sudden and unexpected trip to Norway. During my time there I needed to quickly update my family and friends as to my situation. How does one do that when one's family and friends span the globe?

I use Facebook.

Sure, I can use my phone to contact my most immediate family. But that's a challenge due to time zone differences.

Europe, America, Australia, who the heck can keep track of what time it is when you're in the middle of something urgent and haven't slept in two days?

Spamvertizing Social Networks and Why Legitimate Money Will Help Clean Them Up

Dennis Yu provides an experienced insider’s perspective on ad networks’ social networking monetization process. Fascinating details of major players within the ad networks and their practices. It’s amazing how difficult it can be to make money in a legitimate way online:


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