Palo Alto Networks recently released their ‘read-only’ Facebook functionality that can be implemented with the next-generation firewall and is available now at no cost to their customers. The ‘read-only’ Facebook allows companies to enforce their Facebook policy by having finer-grained controls over their employee’s access to the popular social networking site. This functionality lets companies [...]
Palo Alto Networks: ‘Read-Only’ Facebook
July 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
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Beware the Kneber Botnet
April 19th, 2010 · No Comments
A malicious piece of software making the rounds on news websites recently is believed to be behind the compromise of over 75,000 systems in over 2,500 international organizations – many of which are government agencies and large Fortune 500 companies.
Called the Kneber botnet after the name in the email used to register the initial domain [...]
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Hackers Target Email, Blogs, Social Networking Sites
March 16th, 2010 · No Comments
In a report by security firm Websense, an alarming rise in the growth of malicious websites was identified in 2009 as compared to 2008 – almost 225 percent. The study also found an increased focus among hackers and spammers on targeting social media sites such as blogs and wikis. Social media or so-called Web 2.0 [...]
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Are You Using an Insecure Password?
February 25th, 2010 · No Comments
Security firm Imperva recently released a warning to users of popular social networking website RockYou indicating that their accounts and passwords may have been compromised. According to the firm, a hacker may have accessed an alarming 32 million accounts. But what is more interesting in the wake of this news is an analysis made of [...]
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