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Online Security When School’s Out
At home my online service provider is Comcast. The company recently sent out a communication highlighting some items to be aware of regarding online security. This is not meant to be a plug for...
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Tips for Safer Facebook Use
Nearly half a billion people use Facebook, making it a target for criticism, controversy, curiosity as well as a place for hackers, crackers, spammers and scammers to do their evil best. These tips...
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Study Says IT Security Workers Most Gullible
A vast portion of a study group were duped into revealing corporate and personal secrets after being invited to “friend” a seemingly honest but bogus profile on a popular social networking site. Out of...
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Risky Trojan Horse for OS X Found
A new Trojan horse malware that affects Mac OS X has been found called “trojan.osx.boonana.a.” It is being disguised as a video link and distributed through social-networking sites like Facebook. It...
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Facebook Goes to HTTPS
Facebook is getting a little more serious about security after the CEO’s fan page got hacked. Facebook wrote on their blog that they are rolling out the option for users to access Facebook via a secure...
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Can Social Media Cause You Harm?
When using such social media communication tools as Twitter or Facebook, we may not always think about who will be able to see our comments and posts. As far as we know, only our friends and followers...
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Social Networking Safety Tips
This month’s “OUCH!” newsletter by the SANS Institute covers social networking sites such as Google+, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. The newsletter covers the risks and how to use these sites safely....
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