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  • Info-stealing Dorkbot worm spreading on Facebook

    16.05.2013

    The Dorkbot worm, which first appeared in 2011 and has since been spreading via removable drives, IM programs and social networks, is currently targeting Facebook users.

  • Malicious browser extensions are hijacking Facebook accounts

    13.05.2013

    Facebook users - especially those in Brazil - are being targeted with malicious browser extensions trying to hijack Facebook profiles, warns Microsoft.

  • Hijacking Facebook accounts via expired Hotmail accounts

    10.05.2013

    Three researchers from Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, have discovered a simple way to hijack Facebook accounts by just by misusing existing features and responses of Facebook, Microsoft's Hotmail web-based email service and its Windows Live Messenger.

  • Increase Facebook privacy with Safe Profile

    07.05.2013

    76 percent of consumers are concerned about their privacy when they share their life on social platforms.

  • Many social accounts are still in danger

    07.05.2013

    The recent hacking of the Associated Press’ Twitter account has begged the question, how secure are social media accounts? A study released by IObit reveals that 30% users always accept “Keep Me Logged-in” when they are logging into Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social media sites.





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