It seems cyber attacks were more opportunistic last year, departing from their earlier stance for financial gains. “Attacks were increasingly motivated by political and social intent,” states the Verizon 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on…
Felonbook.com gives criminals a social network of their own
By PoliceOne Staff NEW YORK — With the launch of felonbook.com, Americans with criminal records now have their own online community. Mr. X (con), as the anonymous creator calls himself, had the idea for felonbook while serving a federal prison term for nonviolent marijuana charges, according to a press release….
KONY 2012: How Social Media Fueled the Most Viral Video of All Time
KONY 2012 took the social web by storm last week, as a 30-minute documentary seeking to arrest LRA leader Joseph Kony was viewed online nearly 100 million times. View full post on social media scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
CanSecWest Day 1 – Pen testing, social authentication, APR and Duqu
A wrap-up of the news and talks from CanSecWest 2012 in Vancouver. I highlight talks on pen testing, social authentication, vulnerability mitigation and the Duqu command and control servers. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Symantec warns against social engineering and malware innovations
Symantec is warning business executives to be vigilant of social engineering tricks and noted the technical innovation in spam and malware over the last few months in its Symantec Intelligence Report. The result that really stood out for Symantec.Cloud A/NZ principal systems engineer, Adrian Covich, was the discovery of malicious…
#Ebook Deal/Day: Social Network Analysis for Startups – $9.99 (Save 50%)
Get “Social Network Analysis for Startups” today and save 50%! This sale ends at 2:00 AM 2012-02-28 (PDT, GMT-8:00). View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary View full post on National Cyber Security
Social Media Con Artists a Rising Problem
Entrepreneurs that host online networking communities must be especially vigilant to protect their customers from scammers and spammers. View full post on social media scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Social networks getting a bit less social: poll (Reuters)
Reuters – Users of online social network sites such as Facebook are editing their pages and tightening their privacy settings to protect their reputations in the age of digital sharing, according to a new survey. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
EU Court of Justice Says Social Networks Cannot be Forced to Filter for Piracy (February 16, 2012)
The European Court of Justice has ruled that copyright holders may not force social networking sites to use filters to thwart illegal filesharing……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
FBI Says Social Network Monitoring Plan Will Abide By Privacy Rules (February 14, 2012)
The FBI is attempting to allay concerns about user privacy over its plan to monitor social networking sites by making assurances that all its activity will comply with privacy and civil rights requirements……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security