A researcher has recently made available a database of 100 million Facebook users who have left their privacy settings on their profile at the default level as set by Facebook. His reasoning is to bring attention to the confusing privacy settings for end users. He has put the database out on the Bitorrent network.
There is a new threat on Facebook. It involves tricking users into clicking links that mark the clicked site as one of your Facebook "likes" Be very careful with the sites you visit and mark. If you click on a site that is not legitimate, you will start spreading this nasty.
For full information and a decent way to check before you "like" a site, hop over to the ReadWriteWeb site. They have a link there to Kyle Bragger's idea of installing a "Like" bookmark tool that will make it safer to use this Facebook feature
Here is a nice utility that will automatically check all your facebook privacy settings and tell you which ones need to be examined and possibly changed. It is simple to use and only requires that you be open to your privacy settings page and add a bookmark. Once thats accomplished you simply hit the bookmark and let it go to work and tell you where you have possible insecurities.
This past weekend saw a wide area infection from a spam posting that encouraged users to view a video. I've warned users in the past to be VERY wary of any video's that look suspicious such as these. One of the best applications you can install to help prevent these posts from hitting your wall is defensio.com. It will block these posts as well as malicious content included in facebook e-mails. I highly recommend every facebook user take the precaution of installing this application. Details on the adware infection can be found:
This morning while browsing my security newsletters I ran across a link to a very good guide on how to avoid some of the risks involved with Social Media sites. The most popular of course is facebook. These are guidelines on what to watch out for and should be taken into account especially if you have children or teenagers with Facebook profiles.
Here is a another excellent reason to install an application called Defensio which will effectively block spam, malicious content and filters content so you will not be taken advantage of this kind of vulnerability on facebook.
The banner advertisement for greeting cards was intermittently displayed with an application called Farm Town, which has more than 9 million monthly users according to information published on Facebook.
Read the entire article on Network World
This is a good idea for a website, why not check an application before you install it to check its security and privacy rating? I think if more people did this, they might get a better idea how vulnerable they make themselves when installing these on facebook. There are more than facebook apps of course, and I'm sure as time goes on the list for these apps will grow.
If you have a facebook page, whether for personal use or business use, there is a new content filtering application available that I would highly recommend called Defensio 2.0. It effectively blocks spam, malicious content and viruses that may reach your wall via your contacts or rogue apps. I'm sure this is something that nobody wants to be responsible for should a threat reach you and you in turn spread it to your family, friends and associates. This one gets ***** from me.
Watch the video for an explanaition on their website then sign up:
