Archive for the ‘Social Networks’ Category

Startup Takes New Spin On Online Fraud Detection

11, May 2009

A security startup is preparing to emerge from stealth mode with a new technology that detects in real-time whether an online user or member of a social network is legitimate — and not a bot, automated tool, or criminal performing financial or other online fraud.
 
Pramana, which will officially launch in July, has developed what [...]

Cybersecurity’s Twitter-Fast Shifts

7, May 2009

Twitter, despite its chirpy logo and its endorsement from Oprah, isn’t as harmless as it seems.
Throughout April, worms have ripped through the “microblogging” platform, infecting user accounts with malicious code that spread from profile to profile as Twitterers visited one another’s compromised pages. Every time Twitter’s administrators declared that they had cleaned up the [...]

IDC – Web-borne Threats Rise, SaaS Follows

5, May 2009

A new report issued by researchers at IDC charts the continued proliferation of Web-based attacks and predicts that hosted security service providers may benefit from the activity.
In a piece that specifically highlights the growth potential of Purewire, a provider of SaaS online malware filtering services, IDC analyst Brian Burke reports that Web attacks are likely [...]

Who’s most at risk online?

30, Apr 2009

Students are placing themselves at the greatest risk of online fraud compared to any other adult demographic in the UK, according to a new study (1) from GetSafeOnline.org.
Highest risk group: Students
- Internet users in full-time education (2) are almost twice as confident online as other internet users – more than half (51%) consider themselves ‘very’ internet [...]

Sophos_Facebook_Press_Release

28, Apr 2009

According to research by Sophos, the data protection experts, 41% of Facebook users will divulge personal information – such as email address, date of birth and phone number – to a complete stranger, which increases their susceptibility to identity theft. Details such as phone numbers, pictures of your home, your address, birthday or full name [...]


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