Some Facebook users gleefully exploited a security flaw in Facebook's mechanism for reporting inappropriate or offensive images posted on the social networking site to access and publish Facebook CEO … [Read more...]
Zuckerberg’s private photos online on Facebook due to security flaw :)
Wednesday, 7 December 2011 By
Facebook settles FTC charges around privacy policy changes
Wednesday, 30 November 2011 By
Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission have reached a settlement over charges the social networking giant engaged in deceptive behavior when it changed its users' privacy settings without … [Read more...]
Facebook flooded with porn and other filth
Wednesday, 16 November 2011 By
The newsfeeds of numerous Facebook users have become flooded with filth – specifically violent and pornographic images – as the result of an attack against the social network over the last day or … [Read more...]
Germany prepares case against Facebook over facial recognition
Monday, 14 November 2011 By
The Hamburg Data Protection Authority (DPA) is starting preliminary procedures to bring legal action against Facebook over the facial recognition feature used for photo tagging on the social network. … [Read more...]
Scripts steal many Gigabytes of Facebook user data
Wednesday, 2 November 2011 By
A small array of scripts programmed to pass themselves off as real people stole 250 gigabytes worth of personal information from Facebook users in just eight weeks, researchers said in an academic … [Read more...]
Facebook faces 600,000 account violations a day
Monday, 31 October 2011 By
Every 24 hours 600,000 Facebook accounts are subject to attempted hacking or violation, Facebook has revealed. The Social Network™ disclosed details of hacking activity as it unveiled new … [Read more...]
Facebook identity theft tests law in New Jersey
Friday, 28 October 2011 By
The lawyer for a New Jersey woman charged with setting up a Facebook profile for her ex-boyfriend without his consent and using it to defame his reputation is trying to get his client's case dismissed … [Read more...]
Websense will protect Facebook users from malicious links
Tuesday, 4 October 2011 By
Websense has announced a partnership with Facebook to protect users from malicious links. When a user clicks on a link, it will be checked against the Websense ThreatSeeker Cloud, an … [Read more...]
Facebook revamps privacy settings again
Wednesday, 24 August 2011 By
Facing heat from finer-grained privacy settings in Google+, Facebook has revamped the controls account holders use to designate who gets to see their pictures, posts, and other content. Over the … [Read more...]
Facebook hired killer arrested
Wednesday, 17 August 2011 By
A man who authorities say was the target of a murder-for-hire plot hatched on Facebook by the mother of his child was shot and killed in Philadelphia, police said on Tuesday. Corey White, 22, died … [Read more...]
LinkedIn does a privacy Facebooky
Thursday, 11 August 2011 By
LinkedIn has become the latest social networking site to decide that new features can be added and switched on by default, and users don’t have to be notified. The feature allows LinkedIn to use … [Read more...]
Facebook kicking out accounts of California inmates
Wednesday, 10 August 2011 By
Facebook has begun closing the accounts of California prison inmates after a convicted child molester viewed the pages of his victim from behind bars, authorities and the social networking site said … [Read more...]
27 million spam messages on Facebook = possibly 40 years in jail
Tuesday, 9 August 2011 By
A Las Vegas man accused of sending more than 27 million spam messages to Facebook users faces federal fraud and computer tampering charges that could send him to prison for more than 40 years, … [Read more...]
Nasty Facebook page about Northern Irish police shut down
Thursday, 4 August 2011 By
A Facebook page has been shut down after claims it was an attempt to set up police officers in Northern Ireland for assassination. The page, Crown Forces Watch, accused the police of … [Read more...]
California man gets 4 years of prison for stalking on Facebook
Saturday, 30 July 2011 By
A California man who trolled women's Facebook pages searching for clues that allowed him to take over their email accounts was sentenced Friday to more than four years in state prison after a judge … [Read more...]
