Social network poisoning - They are Following you Everywhere !

Note : This Article is taken from Most Comprehensive and Informative IT Security Magazine by The Hacker News - December Edition Download Here "Be Social" is the imperative of the last years. We live alternative lives, weave dense networks of relationships; we feel the irrepressible urge to be par...

Social network poisoning - They are Following you Everywhere !

Note : This Article is taken from Most Comprehensive and Informative IT Security Magazine by The Hacker News - December Edition Download Here "Be Social" is the imperative of the last years. We live alternative lives, weave dense networks of relationships; we feel the irrepressible urge to be par...

Paul Judge on Clicks For Meals and Social Network Security

Dennis Fisher talks with Paul Judge of Barracuda Networks about the company’s Clicks For Meals program, which is aiming to provide 10,000 meals during the holidays through the World Food Programme. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65 Subscribe to the Digital Underground podcast on...

Security Research : Be friend to anyone on Facebook in 24 hours

Security Research : Be friend to anyone on Facebook in 24 hours "People have simply ignored the threat posed by adding a profile without checking if this profile is true. New Technologies have loopholes, but it is up to the users to be aware of this type of flaw. Social networks can be fantastic,...

Report: FTC Nears Deal with Facebook For Opt-In Privacy Changes

The deal will settle an FTC case alleging privacy violations on the social network by forcing users to opt in to any changes to default privacy settings, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The FTC inquiry dates back more than two years, and followed changes to the default privacy...

The Hacker News arrived on Google+ Pages

The Hacker News arrived on Google+ Pages Google has finally added Google+ Pages feature in their social network which allow brands, products, companies, businesses, places, groups, and everyone else to establish a presence on the service. We've gone ahead and set up our very own 'The Hacker News'...

Facebook Flaw Allows Users to Send Executables

A security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in Facebook’s messaging system that could allow an attacker to send executable attachments to anyone on the popular social network. The vulnerability is such that an attacker doesn’t necessarily need to be friends with the person to whom he sen...

Inside a Hacker Forum

Hacker forums function as a kind of combination training academy, social network and central bazaar for attackers looking for new tools, methods and techniques. They’re also often patrolled by law enforcement agents and security researchers, but it’s rare that any of the information that those...

Beware of New Twitter Spam - "Bad blog going around about you"

Beware of New Twitter Spam - "Bad blog going around about you" This is not first time I have received spam messages from Twitter. Just now I checked my twitter account and what I see is two Direct Message saying "Bad blog going around about you, have you read it yet?" followed by a URL shortened...

iPad Finally Has a Facebook Application

iPad Finally Has a Facebook Application Facebook has just released its official iPad app. The tablet device was unveiled in January 2010, but development and negotiations with Apple stalled the release of Facebook's app until now. Facebook for iPad is now available in App Store. We've been waitin...

Disable Social Networks From Tracking You with The Priv3 Firefox Extension

Disable Social Networks From Tracking You with The Priv3 Firefox Extension In Earlier Post we Inform our readers about "Facebook track your cookies even after logout". Did you know that social networking sites like Facebook, Google+, and Twitter can track your visits to any web page that uses the...

Zyncro 3.0.1.20 - Social Network Message Menu SQL Injection

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49741/info Zyncro social network is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query. Exploiting this issue could allow an attacker to compromise the application, access o...

Zyncro 3.0.1.20 - Social Network Message Menu SQL Injection

Zyncro 3.0.1.20 - Social Network Message Menu SQL Injection source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49741/info Zyncro social network is prone to an SQL-injection vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied data before using it in an SQL query. Exploiting this issue cou...

Facebook Pays Out $40,000 in Bug Bounties in First Month

Just a month into its cash-for-bugs program, social networking giant Facebook doled out some $40,000 in bounties to researchers from 16 countries, according to a company statement. Joe Sullivan, Facebook’s Chief Security Officer, authored a column on Facebook’s security page yesterday heralding t...

Automated HTTPS Vulnerability Testing by Qualys SSL Labs

Automated HTTPS Vulnerability Testing by Qualys SSL Labs One of main problem in HTTP protocol is encrypting traffic and verifying data security, securing the web application against any threat is very important especially that if hackers conduct a Man-in the middle attack he can get all users...

#OpFacebook : Facebook will be down on November 5 by Anonymous Hackers Attack

OpFacebook : Facebook will be down on November 5 by Anonymous Hackers Attack Anonymous has vowed to "destroy" Facebook on Nov. 5. Or more accurately, somebody has set up a Twitter account and YouTube channel to announce a plan dubbed "Operation Facebook." In a YouTube video, the hacking group...

Syrian Hackers Deface AnonPlus - Anonymous Social Network

Syrian Hackers Deface AnonPlus - Anonymous Social Network After the hacking gang Anonymous took credit for defacing Syria's Ministry of Defense website, a Syrian group retaliated on Monday by posting gruesome photos on Anonymous embryonic social network. The defacement of AnonPlus...

Syrian Hackers Deface AnonPlus - Anonymous Social Network

Syrian Hackers Deface AnonPlus - Anonymous Social Network After the hacking gang Anonymous took credit for defacing Syria's Ministry of Defense website, a Syrian group retaliated on Monday by posting gruesome photos on Anonymous embryonic social network. The defacement of AnonPlus...

How Facebook and Facial Recognition Are Creating a Minority Report-Style Privacy Meltdown

Researchers at the annual Black Hat Briefings in Las Vegas have demonstrated how cloud computing, facial recognition technology, Facebook, a freely available personal information can be used to match faces in a crowd to detailed online profiles. The demonstration brings us closer to the brink of ...

South Korean social network hacked, 35 million users Data at risk

South Korean social network hacked, 35 million users Data at risk 35 million users Personal information of a South Korean social network site may have been exposed. Local authorities were quick to blame hack attacks against the Cyworld social networking website and the Nate web portal – both of...