Archive for the ‘cyber crime’ Category

Social Media Information: Warn Your Teens About The Dangers Of Using Social Networking Websites. Warn Your Teens About The Dangers Of Using Social Networking Websites Are you the parent of a teenager? If so, there is a good chance that you are wondering about their safety online, as you should be. Although the internet has [...]

Facebook Scam Targets Whole Foods Shoppers [ALERT] Jolie O’Dell | Apr 2, 2010 Whole Foods, a popular health and organic grocery chain, is the subject of a new Facebook scam that phishes for users’ credit and other personal information. A deluge of fraudulent Facebook Pages are popping up that promise a limited number of users [...]

It is your job to know your rights. In keeping with a new tradition, Facebook is ready to alter its Privacy Policy and Statement of Rights yet again, but it’s asking for user feedback before making the changes permanent. The proposed changes encompass an array of things, including location (another sign of things to come), [...]

Lon S. Cohen is a freelance writer and is @obilon on Twitter. He’s also the Director of Communications at @ALSofGNY. From felons on Facebook to tips through Twitter, social media is being used more and more by law enforcement agencies, and not just to fight Internet-related crimes. We’re talking about solving crimes that are happening [...]

When I said “cell phones can be hacked” I mention just that. Posted by Stan Schroeder on Thursday Mar 25th at 5:57am The annual Pwn2Own contest at the CanSecWest security show in Vancouver gives hackers and security experts a chance to demonstrate their ability and try to breach the security of various devices and software, [...]

Two Twitter users are learning the hard way that threats against the President of the United States are taken very seriously, even when they’re just a tweet. Following last night’s passage of the healthcare reform bill, @THHEE_JAY and @Solly_Forrel expressed their frustration with the President by publishing tweets reading “ASSASSINATION! America, we survived the Assassinations [...]