How much photo data does Facebook really have?

September 30, 2011

According to a post by a Facebook Photos engineer, they receive around 200 million photo uploads per DAY, or about 6 billion per month. A separate post says Facebook currently hosts 4% of all photos ever taken. Specifically, it hosts 140 billion photos out of 3.5 trillion photos taken in history. Also, we see “it … More How much photo data does Facebook really have?

New stolen digital certificates are used by the multi-purpose backdoor Qbot.

September 28, 2011

The criminals behind the Qbot trojan are certainly not inactive. As I mentioned in a blog post earlier this month, after a quiet summer we have seen a batch of new Qbot variants. An interesting fact is that the malicious binaries were digitally signed. The stolen certificate was issued to a company called Word & … More New stolen digital certificates are used by the multi-purpose backdoor Qbot.

Facebook’s Expanded Sharing Makes Security Even More Critical

September 26, 2011

If you’re a dedicated follower of Facebook, last week was a bit of a roller coaster. On Monday, Emil Protalinski at ZDNet reminded you that the stories appearing on Facebook about Lady Gaga being found dead in a hotel room are a “likejacking” scam. Then on Tuesday it was reported that Facebook has “introduced a … More Facebook’s Expanded Sharing Makes Security Even More Critical