Collaborate Disseminate
One of the things I do from time to time is throw out an open ended question on Twitter. Sometimes I’m making a point, sometimes I just want to amuse myself, but mostly I’m honestly curious about what other people think. The answers a… Continue reading Lucky Break
ThreatMetrix released new cybercrime insights from the first half of 2018, revealing a sharp rise in fraud attack levels on mobile transactions. As consumer behavior increasingly embraces mobile for virtually all online goods and services, fraudsters a… Continue reading Mobile fraud is increasing, attack rates rising 24% year-over-year
While consumers and businesses expand their use of social media and electronic services to record levels, many of America’s most knowledgeable security professionals don’t believe that individuals will be able to protect their privacy and online identi… Continue reading Are privacy and personal identity impossible to protect?
Facebook has admitted that, between May 18 and 27, posts by some 14 million users were automatically set to be shared with the public. “Every time you share something on Facebook, we show you an audience selector so you can decide who gets to see… Continue reading Facebook confirms bug messed with 14 million users’ sharing settings
Our value today is measured in numbers. Followers, connections, likes, tweets, and impressions now count toward not only the value of our opinions but also quantify our sphere of influence. These metrics, however, are easily manipulated to such an exte… Continue reading Social media: The zero-trust game
Facebook has announced new products and redesigns of old ones during its annual F8 developer conference, as well as changes meant to reassure users that the company is doing something about user privacy and about controlling the negative effects its pr… Continue reading Facebook announces “Clear History” privacy tool
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and University of Washington researchers have developed a new generic method to detect fake accounts on most types of social networks, including Facebook and Twitter. According to their new study in Social Network Ana… Continue reading Researchers develop algorithm to detect fake users on social networks
Information security is an enabler for business. This has been a mantra for some time, and although it is repeated at major conferences, the reality is that the lack of good security practices is more a disabler. Take for example the recent Facebook wo… Continue reading Information security can enable business as soon as we change the conversation
Facebook has disabled a search tool that allowed anyone to enter a person’s phone number or email address into Facebook and find their account, along with all the information that user did not choose to hide from others. The company has also announced … Continue reading Malicious actors used Facebook’s own tools to scrape most users’ public info
Grindr has found itself with the uncomfortable job of explaining why it has quietly been sharing the HIV status of its users with third parties. Continue reading Grindr was sharing HIV status of users, but now it’s not