Many parents are posting a lot of information about their children, in some cases on almost a daily basis. Probably these parents have every great intention in the world and are simply very, very proud of their child, but they are not considering how the information they post now may be used in the future. … More CyberThreats Daily: Facebook Parenting Skills
This is an issue that recently came up when Facebook decided that they would start allowing third party developers to gather address and phone number information and share it with other people. It didn’t take long for more rational people to figure out that randomly giving out a 13 year old girl’s phone number was … More CyberThreats Daily: Facebook Retains Right to Exploit Minors
Many Facebook users are annoyed to discover that their names and faces can be used in sponsored FB ads. The next phase may allow 3rd-party advertisers to do the same thing inside Facebook apps. ESET researcher David Harley, blogged about this and a bit later ESET’s Director of Technical Education Randy Abrams, followed up on … More CyberThreats Daily: The Sleazy, Sneaky, Facebook Marketing Brigade
The EU has reported a “serious” cyber attack on the Commission and External Action Service on the eve of a summit in Brussels, a spokesman told the BBC. The European Commission has been assessing the scale of the current threat and, in order to prevent the “disclosure of unauthorised information”, has shut down external access … More CyberThreats Daily: Serious cyber attack on EU bodies before summit
The stereotypical cybercriminal is running botnets, stealing bank accounts, hacking into major companies to steal trade secrets, etc, but the problem is really far more insidious than most people realize. Let us take a look at a few cybercriminals whose types of crime may affect you or people you care about. ESET’s director of technical … More CyberThreats Daily: Who are the cybercriminals?
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