IronKey.net.nz » facebook https://www.ironkey.net.nz Buy Online – IronKey Sun, 23 Jun 2019 06:15:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.2 How to stay safe on Facebook https://www.ironkey.net.nz/2011/08/26/how-to-stay-safe-on-facebook/ https://www.ironkey.net.nz/2011/08/26/how-to-stay-safe-on-facebook/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 02:05:42 +0000 http://www.ironkey.net.nz/?p=217 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. […]

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]]> 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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]]> https://www.ironkey.net.nz/2011/08/26/how-to-stay-safe-on-facebook/feed/ 0 Facebook Applications Accidentally Leaking Access to Third Parties https://www.ironkey.net.nz/2011/05/11/facebook-applications-accidentally-leaking-access-to-third-parties/ https://www.ironkey.net.nz/2011/05/11/facebook-applications-accidentally-leaking-access-to-third-parties/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 03:46:05 +0000 http://www.ironkey.net.nz/?p=161 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 […]

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]]> 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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