Burglars Use Social Networks To Find Empty Homes
Posted by SaferDates on September 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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By Jessica Walker
I read this article the other day about two teenagers involved in burglaries, some of which resulted from information they gathered on social networking sites. Ironically, over-sharing your information online is what these digital burglars and the creators of the location based services are banking on. Although these services are great for businesses, [...]
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Almost One In Three Relationships Now Beginning On the Internet
Posted by SaferDates on June 13, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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“Today more than 120,000 marriages a year owe their origin to the Internet, according to Online Dating Magazine – which could include meetings arranged through matchmaking and dating sites like eHarmony to connections made on social networking sites like Facebook or Internet chat rooms or classifieds” says Daily News Staff Writer Tony Castro. Read his [...]
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Please Rob Me
Posted by SaferDates on April 21, 2010 · Leave a Comment
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By Jessica Walker
I received a LinkedIn Network Update email the other day, you know the ones that communicate new connections, account updates, new posts, etc…, and one of my contacts announced they were about to leave on a seven day business trip. I immediately said to myself, I sure hope this person trusts the 500+ [...]
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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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Holiday identity theft. Beware of social engineering
Posted by SaferDates on December 22, 2009 · 6 Comments
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By Joe Campana
Beware of identity thieves that are students of social engineering. They can exploit your holiday cheer or drear by duping you into becoming another victim of identity theft. The term, social engineering, may sound innocuous, but it actually refers to trickery and deception. Social engineers manipulate people into giving up valuable information, and [...]
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Thousands of NY Sex Offenders Booted From Facebook, MySpace
Posted by SaferDates on December 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment
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By Eliot Van Buskirk
Facebook and MySpace have terminated the accounts of 3,533 convicted sex offenders in the state of New York after they submitted their account information to the state under 2008’s Electronic Security and Targeting of Online Predators Act (e-STOP) law, the New York Daily News reports.
The law requires the state’s 30,000 convicted sex [...]
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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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