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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.

• 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.

• Scammy Profile Viewer app is now "offered" by Facebook

  30.04.2013

  Once users become too familiar with a type of scam and stop falling for it, scammers tend to move on to new ones.

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