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- News to know: IDF; Skype; New neutrality; HP; Palm; Madoff
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. John Morris: Intel: 32nm is just the beginning Sam Diaz: Intel on laptop chips: Speed kills Mary Jo...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- Newest Twitter phishing attack is not 'rofl'-worthy
- Looks like the bad guys are up to it again. Or still. Or again. Twitter is being inundated with warnings about a new phishing attempt that tries to take advantage of, you guessed it - user vanity and sense of humor. The new attempt, after taking hold...
- Tags: Twitter Inc., Phishing, Cyberthreats, Corporate Communications, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- The most dangerous celebrities to search for in 2009
- Searching for which celebrity has the highest probability of tricking you into visiting a malware-friendly web site? Last year it was Brad Pitt, but according to this year's McAfee report "Riskiest Celebrities to Search on the Web", it's Jessica Biel related searches that have "one in five...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Web, Digg, Malware, Keyword, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Channel Management, Viruses And Worms, Search, Security, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-08-27
- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware
- The Twitter account belonging to venture capitalist and Mac evangelist Guy Kawasaki was hijacked yesterday and used to push malware to some 140,000 Twitter users. The attack screenshot above included a link to what purported to be a "sex tape video free download" linked to Gossip...
- Tags: Web, Apple Macintosh, Malware, Microsoft Windows, Guy Kawasaki, Twitter, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Channel Management, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Domain Names, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Internet, Hardware, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- Twitter API ripe for abuse by web worms
- Twitter API ripe for abuse by web wormsTwitter Phishing ProblemMy Twitter account was hacked check out probably due to Phishing attack on some third party applications. Check out - http://bawaal.com/blog/?p=295RE: Twitter API ripe for abuse by web wormsThat is one good reason NOT to use Twitter.RE: Twitter API ripe for...
- Tags: Channel management, Web, Twitter, web worm, Twitter API, API
- Discussion threads 2009-05-27
- Identity thieves take aim at Facebook users
- Identity thieves are currently launching a massive attack on Facebook, using fake log-in pages to hijack usernames and passwords. The attackers are using Facebook's mail system to send a one-line message luring users to "fbaction.net," a site that clones the social networking site's log-in screen. ...
- Tags: Facebook, Identity Thieve, Social Networking, Phishing, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- News to know: Obama's inauguration streaming; Windows 7; Google; RIM
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Andrew Nusca: Where to watch Obama's presidential inauguration online Jennifer Leggio: Inauguration 2009: Can social networks handle it? ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows 7, Palm Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Obama, Dan Lyons, Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-20
- A roadmap for the Twitter CSO
- The folks at Twitter had to deal with an attack from both phishers and hackers over the past few days. As someone who has been in their shoes many times before, I deeply sympathize with their team and I understand the amount of work that they need to do....
- Tags: Password, Twitter, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing, Adam O'Donnell
- Blog posts 2009-01-07
- The inevitable rise (and fall?) of 'twishing'
- The phishing or "twishing" situation happening with Twitter is merely the tip of the iceberg. Rather than dig into the situation myself -- including the OAuth debate -- I've turned it over to one of my more technical-brained friends. Damon Cortesi is a security consultant who has also authored a...
- Tags: Network, Twitter, Damon Cortesi, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- News to know: Macworld; Windows 7; Snow Leopard; Web 2.0 security; IT strategy
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a 'tax' if users happily pay...
- Tags: Strategy, Security, Web, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Twitter, Web 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Managed Hosting, Open Source, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Naivete: Web 2.0's biggest security threat
- Naivete: Web 2.0's biggest security threatNaivete - Innocence is no excuseThe underbelly of relationship marketing is the existence of those who use it for nefarious purposes, whether for profit, for power, or just for malicious mischief. This weekend's Twitter Phishing attack was probably overdue and hopefully not much damage was...
- Tags: Web, Naivete, Web 2.0, security
- Discussion threads 2009-01-05
- Naivete: Web 2.0's biggest security threat
- Last year, when I first started poking around in social media from my security high horse, people asked me what it was like to live in two totally different worlds. Keep in mind I'm no technology thought leader, hacker or researcher -- but I've been working in security for the...
- Tags: Web, Web 2.0, Social Media, Twitter, Internet Threat, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-01-05
- FOXNews apparent victim of Twitter phishing attack
- By now everyone knows about the phishing scam that started attacking Twitter over the weekend. And most everyone else knows that a majority of those accounts have been harvested and are using DMs to push people to potential drive-by-malware sites. It appears that the attackers, however, had...
- Tags: Twitter, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-01-05
- Twitter phishing... inside Twitter
- Over the weekend I received a handful of reports of individuals using Direct Messages inside of Twitter to phish for Twitter accounts and passwords. A cluster of compromised Twitter accounts are sending out person-to-person phishing messages inside the Twitter network. These messages and the target website...
- Tags: Twitter, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Adam O'Donnell
- Blog posts 2009-01-04
- News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- News to know: Sun; Microhoo; Vista; Linux security; Spigit
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Sun plans layoffs following weak quarter; Blames U.S. economy Nate McFeters: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issues More bad news for McAfee, HackerSafe certification Steve Ballmer's defining hour Mary...
- Tags: Security, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Linux, Virtualization, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- News to know: Apple; Fixing Vista; Earth Day; Web 2.0 Expo
- Notable headlines: Tom Foremski: Open letter to Steve Jobs: Apple should have a first adopter network program and give discounts to loyal customers Jason O'Grady: Something killed my MacBook Pro David Morgenstern: Are there enough suckers in the world to make...
- Tags: Web, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Web 2.0, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operating Systems, Internet, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- News to know: Apple TV' Seagate drives; FBI data management; TheGORB
- Notable headlines:Apple aims for TV breakthrough. SAP unit speeds up tracking of support engineers.George Ou: Cellular phones botch DST. DST blog focus. Computerworld: DST arrives; time switch appears to have been smooth.Seagate ships hard drives with encryption. Top 10 reviews of the week right.Jason OGrady: Jobs challenged to ditch DRM.Larry...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Seagate Technology LLC, Apple Computer Inc., FBI, DST, TV, TheGorb, Microsoft Corp., data management
- Blog posts 2007-03-12
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