Facebook Graph Search and Social Engineering
January 18th, 2013
Earlier this week, Facebook announced a major facelift for its search capabilities which will undoubtedly usher in a new era of search capabilities far more contextual and useful for Facebook’s users and advertisers. Graph Search will begin to leverage the massive amounts of information people have shared on Facebook and index it into contextually relevant [...]
Safe Social Media in 3 Steps
May 21st, 2012
Social media introduces risk – no doubt about it. As security pros, our first inclination is to of course ban it’s use on our networks altogether because it’s the safest approach. But, it’s also the wrong one. Like it or not, social media has forever changed the way we do business, for the better. According [...]
Keys to the Kingdom
October 28th, 2011
For hackers, social media is the top malware delivery vehicle of choice right now. And why not? Social networking sites are where the people are – and their information is readily available. Sadly, many unsuspecting people fail to realize that by creating a Facebook page, they are literally handing bad guys all the necessary needed [...]
By: Chris Merritt - Dir. Solutions Marketing
Tiger Blood, Adonis DNA, Malware … Oh My!
March 10th, 2011
As sure as night follows day, malware follows the meme. And latest meme, apparently, is all Charlie Sheen, all the time. I don’t watch much TV (read: none), and don’t read many celebrity gossip blogs (read: none), but even *I* am painfully aware of Charlie Sheen’s seemingly wacked out 20/20 special and the sundry other [...]
7 Trends to Watch for in 2011
December 13th, 2010
In 2011, the threat landscape will continue to evolve. Here are 7 trends that have a high probability of happening. 1. State-sponsored cyber crime will become a regular occurrence It all started with China and the Google hacks (APT) and reared its head again with Stuxnet. It’s no longer your disgruntled employee or even the [...]
Social App Security – An Oxymoron?
October 18th, 2010
The recent Wall Street Journal investigation on the Facebook privacy breach begs a fundamental question: Can a “social application” be secure? This is a question bigger than just Facebook. Popular mobile communications platforms such as Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android have also struggled with this as of late. Here is the core conundrum – platform [...]
Erosion of Privacy: An Escalating Issue for Facebook
May 13th, 2010
Identity theft is not the only concern associated with the decline in privacy at Facebook. The increased publicly available personal information on Facebook will undoubtedly fuel enterprise spear phishing attacks. Why hack the enterprises’ perimeter security when you can simply trick an insider into opening a file that installs malware? The erosion of privacy at [...]
How To Reduce Your Web 2.0 Risk
March 25th, 2010
95 percent of companies use Twitter and Facebook. Learn about the latest risks these web 2.0 applications bring into your organization and how to manage them.
Key Steps to Navigate Around New Facebook Privacy Settings
January 4th, 2010
What’s all the fuss about the latest changes on Facebook? Simply put, the changes mean that nearly everything that you place on your Facebook page can now potentially be made available to anyone surfing the Internet. The latest Facebook changes are purported to be an enhancement to make the social networking site easier for people who are looking [...]
Sesame Street Simple Facebook Guide to Surviving Malicious Attacks
October 30th, 2009
It certainly seems that not a week goes by without hearing about yet another attack on Facebook users. Last week it was a phishing scam driven by a botnet, and this week, we have two new and different phishing scams — one cleverly tricking users into revealing their passwords and another installing malware that quietly [...]
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