What is the appropriate age for using social networking sites? Are there practical ways of verifying the users age? These are the two questioned that pop into a concerned parents head with the rapidly growing trend of socializing on the internet. The policies at social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace recommend that children that [...]

There are several ways how hackers carry out the hacking process. Hackers go through users’ Facebook account and gather publicly available information, and send phishing emails to obtain secured information like credit card number and bank details. Sometimes, they create malware programs that are automatically downloaded on your computer which help them gain access to credentials like email id, passwords and so on. Here are four common methods that hackers use to target Facebook users and try to hack their accounts.

In the past, we reported a number of Facebook scams that were spreading like wildfire. Scam messages including “Girl Killed Herself After Dad Posted On Wall Scam”, “Marika Fruscio Spam”, “OMG Can’t Believe Justin Beiber Did This To A Girl Spam”, which were reported earlier are still spreading on Facebook. As Facebook scams continue to boom and spam news feeds, Websense, a web security firm conducted an interesting study that explains how scam messages spread and how they work.

It looks like the Facebook Security team have started to take scam messages and phishing attacks seriously. They have come up with a 14 pages long document called “Guide To Facebook Security” which will help its users understand the social network’s security features and possible ways to protect their account from threats like malware and phishing attacks. It also includes tips on how users can avoid click-jacking and like-jacking scam messages and scam apps.

Clearly, this application holds extreme value inside the organization as it forms a critical part of their business. Severe security vulnerability like this should be fixed immediately. Any plans to extend this application across more states, without fixing this vulnerability might put BSNL in jeopardy.

The YouTube account holding the video was created on July 16, as was the Twitter account for OP_Facebook. Moreover, the attack date of 5 November 2011 is nearly three months from now. Anonymous would never give a three-month notice.

Hackers have defaced the official BlackBerry blog in response to RIM’s pledge to assist UK police in investigating the London riots.

CyFi has discovered a zero-day exploit in Android and iOS games. The matter will come to light at a new addition to the DefCon conference, the DefCon Kids. DefCon Kids aims to foster the hacker culture among young and budding enthusiasts.

Facebook has become real spammy of late. Scam messages appear on Facebook news feed every now and then. We have reported several scam messages spreading on Facebook. Scammers trick users by creating scam messages with titles and thumbnails that make them curious to click. The purpose of creating scams is either drive traffic to scam web sites or earn money.

Sony is already a hot favorite with hackers and they have constantly ridiculed it to their heart’s content, but is Sony even listening to these voices? Does it make a difference even if they win the Pwnie Epic Fail?

TimesofMoney/Remit2India database has been hacked through a SQL Injection. The Timesofmoney and Remit2India database is vulnerable to hacking attacks.

A new security exploit has been discovered in one of WordPress image handling utility – TimThumb. You should remove the script or patch it to it’s latest version to ensure that your site remains secure from hackers.

AVG Premium Security is an all in one security solution that includes identity theft protection in addition to the usual package of antivirus, antimalware, cloud protection, and firewall. It also includes system tuneup utilities like registry cleaner and disk defragmenter.

Find out how well your Android antivirus/antimalware app performs. Results of the shootout conducted by PCSL tested inside.

Gmail now displays a forwarding filter notice if your account has filters to forward email to other email addresses. The new forwarding filter notice adds extra security to your Gmail account.