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
With all the recent scams going around it’s worth checking the security levels of your Facebook profile. Learn some simple settings to keep rogue apps under control. A rogue application is a Facebook application developed by someone with fraudulent or deceitful intentions. The application often doesn’t perform its stated objectives. It is designed to obtain account … More CyberThreats Daily: How to protect your Facebook account from rogue applications
Why is Facebook spam so successful? Because unlike email spam, which comes unwanted to the mailbox, Facebook spam is propagated through user actions and driven by curiosity. The “Stalker” spam we’ve been seing so much of lately is another example of such. Being a network driven by social interactions, Facebook is most vulnerable to socially … More CyberThreats Daily: Curiosity fuels spread of Facebook spam
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