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55,000 Twitter Accounts Might Have Been Compromised

on May 9, 2012
55,000 Twitter Accounts Might Have Been CompromisedCyber-terrorist have launched a lot more than 55,000 Twitter passwords, based on internet security focused blog, Airdemon.However, it isn't really a genuine "hacking." It might be some strange prank.We learned about the hacking whenever a readers sent us a hyperlink towards the site.We have arrived at to Twitter for comment, but haven't heard anything yet.The hacking was acquired on Hacker News, along with a commenter casted doubt onto it:I simply did a random sampling of those accounts, and what's

Facebook, Politics, as well as your Social Networking Policy

on Apr 19, 2012
Facebook, Politics, as well as your Social Networking PolicyBusiness perhaps receives probably the most take advantage of 800 million customers logging into social media giant Facebook. Companies can gather details about their target market's purchasing habits, preferences, and choices that influence their buying habits, simply by getting an account or business page. Companies accustomed to pay a premium price to marketing firms to get into such valuable information, but still do.But clients are also coping with another problem resulting from the social media giant

Security Tip: Never Type Your Passwords

on Feb 22, 2012
Security Tip: Never Type Your PasswordsOne of the most common ways to gain control of a website, email account, bank account and what not is to have a key logger installed on the computer of the victim. After that everything you type will be saved into a hidden file, and if you are used to typing your passwords to logging into your website, email and bank the attacked will have access to all of them. The practice of typing passwords is even more dangerous if you use shared computers, for instance where you work or on Internet cafes, as you

Security Update: WordPress and Google Both Launch Improvements

on Feb 10, 2011
Security Update: WordPress and Google Both Launch ImprovementsIt’s been a busy week for security buffs as both WordPress and Google Accounts are both receiving major security improvements that their users should definitely scoop up as quickly as possible. For WordPress users, they need to see about upgrading their installation to version 3.0.5, which fixes several security bugs that are most dangerous to those who have authors with limited permissions on their blog. Google, on the other hand, is slowly rolling out a new two-factor authentication system that may
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