Social Networks

Web attacks are financial boon for crooks, Cisco finds

Angela Moscoritolo December 09, 2009

Cybercriminals are still making large sums of money by pushing spyware and pharmaceutical spam, but internet fraudsters will leverage banking Trojans and other web exploits, particularly on social networking sites, for far greater returns in the future, according to a new report from Cisco.
 

Britney Spears Twitpic account hacked; fake death posted

Dan Kaplan June 30, 2009

A vulnerability in a third-party service through which users post photos to their Twitter profiles allowed hackers on Sunday to falsely report that Britney Spears had died.
 

Facebook bloggers reveal way to peek at private profiles

Dan Kaplan June 23, 2009

Two Facebook fans generated a load of free publicity for their new blog when, in their maiden post, disclosed a vulnerability in the social-networking website that could enable outsiders to view parts of profiles that are set to private.
 

Twitter malicious software attacks drag on

Chuck Miller June 23, 2009

Despite ongoing efforts to address the problem, attacks based on exploiting Twitter's "trending topics" show no sign of abating, according to researchers at Panda Security.
 
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