Facebook and Twitter threaten cyber security in 2010
Posted by SaferDates on January 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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A new report from McAfee has predicted that social networking sites will be increasingly targeted by cyber criminals this year.
By Jennifer Scott
Tech security specialist McAfee has predicted that popular social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter will be major platforms for cyber crime throughout 2010.
In its 2010 Threat Predictions report, the company said that [...]
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People the weak link in cybersecurity: report
Posted by SaferDates on July 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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Reuters
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Source: Washingtonpost.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The popularity of Facebook and other popular social networking sites has given hackers new ways to steal both money and information, the security company Sophos said in a report released on Wednesday.
About half of all companies block some or all access to social networks because of concerns about [...]
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