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How to stay safe on Facebook

admin — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:05:42 +0000

I see it myself every day, malicious links popping up on my Facebook news feed because people are duped in to clicking dodgy links.

There are ways to avoid ending up with malicious content all over your PC due to Facebook, and the Gov Info Security blog has posted some top tips everyone should follow.

You can check them out here.

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IronKey recommends banks use Twitter to alert customers of scams

admin — Mon, 30 May 2011 03:13:13 +0000

Last week IronKey announced a few simple steps banks can take to help prevent customers falling for e-mail scams.

What IronKey recommend,

Create and verify a Twitter account.
Advertise it so people know about it!
Use it to promptly let customers know about scams, as well as other helpful security advice.

Dave Jevans, of IronKey said

“By using Twitter to publicise Internet security threats, banks can warn customers instantaneously, without sending them e-mails which could themselves be construed as malicious phishing attempts.”

You can read more over at finextra.com

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Facebook Applications Accidentally Leaking Access to Third Parties

admin — Wed, 11 May 2011 03:46:05 +0000

A post on the Symantec Corp’s official blog has revealed third parties, including advertisers have had access to Facebook user accounts via Facebook applications.

Photographs, chat logs and most worryingly your personal information were all able to be accessed.

Not all third parties would have known they had the means to access this information, but some would have.

Facebook have stated the issue has been fixed, but our advice would be to only use applications from a source you trust.

You can read more over at stuff.co.nz

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Warnings over Osama bin Laden malware scams

admin — Tue, 03 May 2011 02:16:09 +0000

Security experts have issued warnings to internet users to be wary of scammers using news of Osama bin Laden’s death to spread malware.

Paul Ducklin of computer security company Sophos said on his blog,

“Watch out for the links you’re likely to come across in email or on social networking sites offering you additional coverage of this newsworthy event,”

“Many of the links you see will be perfectly legitimate links,”

“But at least some are almost certain to be dodgy links, deliberately distributed to trick you into hostile internet territory.”

Mike Lennon, of SecurityWeek added that scammers “typically use very attractive headlines to encourage users to click links and direct them to malware infected web pages.”

Exercise a bit of caution before clicking on links that pop up on your Twitter & Facebook feeds.

You can read more over at the nzherald

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