Facebook IPO advanced fee scam hitting inboxes
Today’s the day when Facebook has officially become a publicly traded company, after founder Mark Zuckerberg rang the bell and officially opened trading on the Nasdaq …
Worm targets Facebook users via PMs
A worm posing as a JPG image has seemingly been spotted propagating on Facebook and through various IM applications. “We recently received reports about private messages …
Briton jailed for hacking a Facebook account
Gareth Crosskey, a 21-year-old from West Sussex who was arrested for hacking into a private Facebook account, has been handed down a prison sentence of 12 months by the …
FBI wants social networks and IM services to be wiretap-friendly
Worried that technology advances will leave its agents incapable of conducting surveillance of online communications of potential criminals, the FBI is quietly lobbying top …
Users feel insecure on social media sites
More than four out of five users worry about their personal information being stolen or misused on social media sites such as Facebook, Google+ and Twitter, according to …
Facebook partners with security vendors, offers free AV
Facebook has announced that it’s partnering with five top security companies and it will be offering downloads of their anti-virus solutions on a newly created AV …
Most parents secretly access teens’ Facebook accounts
For generations, parents have been suspicious of teens’ social activities – and have employed any number of tactics to uncover the truth. Today’s parents are …
Polymorphic Facebook scam targets users
An insidious scam that can result in multiple malware downloads is currently targeting Facebook users, warns Bitdefender. It starts rather predictably, as users inadvertently …
New Ice malware attacking Facebook users
Trusteer researchers have discovered a new configuration of the Ice IX malware that attacks Facebook users after they have logged in to their account and steals credit card …
Scammers advertise Pinterest bots on Facebook
Internet scammers have launched a paid advertising campaign on Facebook targeting Pinterest fans, bringing the hunt for victims to a higher level of investment and …
Facebook users targeted with account-hijacking Chrome extensions
With the steady rise in popularity of both Facebook and Google’s Chrome browser, cyber scammers have turned to targeting users of both. According to Kaspersky Lab expert …
Facebook set to change its privacy policy again
On March 15, Facebook published a draft of the changes that it plans to make to its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, and asked users to comment on them. Among the …