October 31, 2011 : Comments (3)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
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Facebook Adds Social Reporting, Password Reset Features To Mobile Website
Facebook has added a couple of new security features to its mobile website. The social network is bringing its social reporting tool to the platform, along with the ability to reset your password from your mobile devices. The social reporting tool was rolled out across the main Facebook website in April. This tool allows you to report any content that you do not... Read more » Facebook Launches Bug Bounty Program, Pays $500 For Reported Bugs
Facebook is launching a special bug bounty program Friday that will reward security researchers for discovering and reporting security flaws in Facebook's system. This program is open to anyone who discovers a flaw -- even the average user with some tech experience has a chance to receive major rewards. The program offers $500 for notifying the social network of... Read more » Zaarly Security Issue Exposes User’s Information
Zaarly, the service that lets you buy and sell goods and services from local community members, has recently run into a security issue. Rest assured, they've since fixed the problem. On Monday, a Zaarly community member discovered a potential security flaw which could expose user information. For a service that handles credit card information, security is of the... Read more »
AnonPlus, Website For Anonymous’ Social Network, Gets Hacked
The hackers have been hacked. Hacking group Anonymous recently announced that it is setting up its own social network after being kicked off Google+. The group launched a holding page on the AnonPlus website, but the website has been defaced by fellow hackers. A team of hackers, which seems to be based in Turkey, attacked the anonplus.com website (which points... Read more »
Twitter Behind Other Social Networks On Security Measures, Say Experts
When it comes to helping users to make their accounts secure, Twitter has fallen behind other social networking and online services, according to security experts. Twitter came under the spotlight on Monday, when the FOX News Politics account was hacked and false tweets reporting the death of President Barack Obama were posted to the account. The Secret Service is... Read more » INFOGRAPHIC: How Phishing Scams Are Spreading Through Our Mobile Phones
With all of the malware and scams spreading through the Internet, we've got our PCs on lock down. We're extremely careful about what we click on and what information we fill out -- after all, the Internet has been around for a while and we've learned a thing or 2. As savvy as many of us are in preventing malware and deleting Facebook scams faster than they pop up... Read more »
WARNING: New Facebook Scam Called “Dad Gets Embarrassed, Enters Daughter’s Room” Spreads Across Network
Blogspot has been a hot ticket when it comes to Facebook scams lately. We've been seeing quite a few scams hosted on the site. The most recent scam that's been infecting our News Feeds is similar to the scam that pretended to offer a video a photographer made 3 days before he committed suicide. In fact, it leads to a website that looks exactly the same. This scam... Read more » Actor Simon Pegg’s Twitter Account Hacked, Warns Followers Of Malware
Twitter has grown increasingly popular among celebrities who want to connect with their fans. With immense popularity, there's always a price. Some celebs, who have hundreds of thousands or even millions of followers on the social network, find that their accounts have been hacked. The latest celebrity to have their Twitter account hacked is actor Simon Pegg, star... Read more »
WARNING: ‘[REAL VIDEO] A hot girl is stripping on cam and… look what happens!!’ Scam Spreads Across Facebook
Although Facebook has been working hard to keep scams off the social network, we continue to see scams litter our Walls. The newest scam to hit the pages of our News Feeds pretends to offer an unbelievable video of girl stripping. Besides the fact that there are a million places to see those kinds of videos online that won't give your computer a virus, this kind of... Read more »
