Facebook apps send user information to ad agencies

Facebook apps send user information to ad agencies


Facebook apps send user information to ad agencies

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 09:43 AM PDT

Some five months ago, news broke that social networks were sending users' ID numbers and/or names to advertising agencies every time the users click on the ads, by way of "referrers". At the time, ...

Review: Seven Deadliest Microsoft Attacks

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 08:00 AM PDT

Authors: Rob Kraus, Brian Barber, Mike Borkin and Naomi Alpern Pages: 192 Publisher: Syngress ISBN: 1597495514 Introduction Part of Syngress' "The Seven Deadliest Attack Series", this bo...

Fake Twitter homepages serving malware

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 07:01 AM PDT

A number of bogus Twitter main pages have been popping up and are offering misdirected users a chance to see naked ladies and to download malicious applications, Sunbelt reports. Using the announce...

Private key management: Real world tips

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 07:00 AM PDT

It has always been taken for granted that the entire IT security industry understands that, as part of digital certificate management, it is necessary to manage the private keys associated with those ...

Nuclear site's operation details found on lost USB stick?

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 06:36 AM PDT

Reports are coming in that an unencrypted USB stick - apparently containing details on the Sellafield nuclear site's operations - was found by a coach driver in a Cumbria hotel room. It seems that...

78% of organizations experienced downtime due to mismanaged encryption

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 04:04 AM PDT

Encryption key and digital certificate inventories are rising, according to a study by Venafi. Poorly managed encryption leads to system downtime, non-compliance and audit failures. The results o...

Adobe to release more secure PDF reader

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 03:48 AM PDT

Adobe is announcing the new Acrobat X Family of Products which includes Adobe Reader X as well as Acrobat X Suite, Acrobat X Pro, and Acrobat X Standard. Reader X is the only PDF file viewer that c...

Fraud losses increase by 20% in the past 12 months

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 03:26 AM PDT

Theft of information and electronic data at global companies has overtaken physical theft for the first time, according to the Kroll Annual Global Fraud Report. The study shows that the amount lost by...

A cyber criminal's key to vulnerable systems

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 03:15 AM PDT

New, advanced evasion techniques (AET) that can pose a serious threat to existing network security systems worldwide, according to Stonesoft. These AET threats significantly extend what is known today...

ZeuS gang using malicious LinkedIn spam targets Charles Schwab accounts

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 02:55 AM PDT

The recently started LinkedIn spamming campaign that delivers the ZeuS Trojan - or, according to some, the Bugat Trojan - has been tied to a gang that uses the malware to plunder Charles Schwab invest...

Week in review: Cloud security, patching challenges and RSA Conference 2010 news

Posted: 18 Oct 2010 02:54 AM PDT

Week in review: Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, interviews, articles, reviews and podcasts: A foolproof drive-by-download blocking tool? A seemingly foolproof...

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