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...

Google VPs Discuss Google+ "Real Name" Rapture Fiasco

Call it the Real Name Rapture: the mass disappearance of untold numbers of Google+ users over the weekend for what many outlets reported were violations of Google’s community standards policy. Rather than getting taken up, however, it appears that Google was cracking down – on funky names,...

Anonplus.com (Anonymous Social Networking Site) Hacked by AKINCILAR

Anonplus.com Anonymous Social Networking Site Hacked by AKINCILAR After several members of Anonymous were reportedly banned from Google+, the hacker group has announced they will be building their own social network called Anonplus.com . Today Anonplus.com Got defaced by AKINCILAR with page title...

Slideshow: Ten Tips For Securing Your Google+ Account

Google’s new social network is growing fast, with more than 10 million users in its first week of operation. That’s not too bad for an invite-only Closed Beta release! The new social network is also a hit with users, unlike previous efforts like Orkut and Buzz. As with any social network, however...

An Interview With Telex's J. Alex Halderman

A group of researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Waterloo have developed a proxy system called Telex that provides a method for users to circumvent state-level censorship of the Web. It uses an architecture that includes a proxy at the ISP level and uses connections to...

Google's new social network is growing fast. Before you plunge in, here are a few tips on protecting your privacy.

Google’s new social network is growing fast, with more than 10 million users in its first week of operation. That’s not too bad for an invite-only Closed Beta release! The new social network is also a hit with users, unlike previous efforts like Orkut and Buzz. As with any social network, however...

Badoo.com Cross Site Scripting

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Pseudonyms A Pseudo Controversy With Google+

Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad and Stan Lee need not apply to Google’s hot new social network, Google+. The Web search giant, it seems, isn’t interested in pseudonyms or other phony identities. Its IRL in real life all the time – and that’s a problem, according to a spate of news articles this week. B...

Bin Laden Home Videos Feed Google Image Attacks

Online scammers are recycling video and images released in the wake of the U.S. special forces raid on Osama bin Laden’s Pakistani compound to fuel Web based attacks that have been linked to rogue anti virus installations and botnets, according to Kaspersky Lab. Screenshot stills taken from home...

Hi5.com XSS / XSRF / URL Redirection / Lack Of Encryption

============================================= INTERNET SECURITY AUDITORS ALERT 2010-11 - Original release date: 29th October 2010 - Last revised: 1st May 2011 - Discovered by: Eduardo Garcia Melia - Severity: 7.8/10 CVSSv2 Base Scored ============================================= I. VULNERABILITY...

FTC: Google Used Deceptive Practices In Buzz Social Network

Search giant Google has agreed to settle a case with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday over charges that it used deceptive tactics and violated its own privacy policy when it launched Google Buzz, a social network, in 2010. Google agreed to implement a comprehensive privacy program a...

Google users targeted by hackers !

Google has warned of politically motivated and targeted attacks against users of its services. According to the company, the attackers are also targeting the users of another undisclosed social network. In a blog posting, the Google security team says that the exploit is based on a security hole ...

Web 2.0 Social Network Freunde Community SQL Injection Vunerability

Exploit for php platform in category web applications Exploit Title: Web 2.0 Social Network Freunde Community SQL Injection Vunerability Google Dork: inurl:"user.php?userId=" +site:de Date: 08.02.2011 Author: NoNameMT Software Link:...

Web 2.0 Social Network Freunde Community SQL Injection

Exploit Title: Web 2.0 Social Network Freunde Community SQL Injection Vunerability Google Dork: inurl:"user.php?userId=" +site:de Date: 08.02.2011 Author: NoNameMT Software Link: http://www.scripteverkauf.com/products/de/neuheiten/web-20-social-network-freunde-community.html Version: - Price: 79,...

Web 2.0 Social Network Freunde Community - SQL Injection

Exploit Title: Web 2.0 Social Network Freunde Community SQL Injection Vunerability Google Dork: inurl:"user.php?userId=" +site:de Date: 08.02.2011 Author: NoNameMT Software Link: http://www.scripteverkauf.com/products/de/neuheiten/web-20-social-network-freunde-community.html Version: - Price: 79,...

AOL Lifestream's Fail Bunny

The thing about the Twitter Fail Whale was that it was just so darned festive looking that you could hardly find it in yourself to be angry at Twitter for crashing yet again. AOL seems to be playing up the “we’re too cute to be mad at” angle big time for Lifestream, a social network aggregation...

Facebook Awarded More Than $ 360 Million In Damages Against Spammer

Facebook's security team have reason to celebrate as they have claimed another scalp in the ongoing fight against spammers on the social network. A post on Facebook's Security page announced that this week a federal court has awarded the firm a whopping $360,500,000 in statutory damages and issue...

Amid Protests, Egypt Severs Ties to Internet

Amidst growing popular protests, Egypt has been severed from the Internet, according to reports from Intenet monitors and reporters within the country. The Associated Press and Reuters both confirmed reports of widespread outtages within Egypt affecting customers of all of the country’s main ISPs...

Beware Of Phishing Scams, Vishing, And Other Smishing !

Better Business Bureau has published a list of top 10 scam that seems not only to the biggest scam in 2010, but what to watch in 2011. In no particular order, here they are: Door to door scams Each of the new season of the show to attract new scammer port provides an incredible offer: Roofing in...

Mark Zuckerberg's China Visit Signals Facebook's Expansion Plans

It seems that Facebook has now extended a hand of friendship toward China. Mark Zuckerberg has announced that he is going on a vacation to China with his girlfriend. His itinerary includes meetings with some of China's biggest high-tech executives, signaling his intention to extend the reach of h...