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• LinkedIn unveils optional 2-step verification

  04.06.2013

  "Professional" social networking website LinkedIn is the latest in a string of popular online services and communities that have introduced optional 2-step verification for their users.

• Which companies help protect your data from the government?

  02.05.2013

  The Electronic Frontier Foundation has released its annual report on online service providers' practices when it comes to protecting users' privacy and data from government access, and it should not come as a total surprise that Verizon and MySpace are at the bottom of the list.

• Fake LinkedIn notifications lead to phishing and malware

  11.01.2013

  LinkedIn users are once again targeted with a massive and widespread spam campaign that takes the form of a notification about a supposedly received message from a potential new connection: Unfortunately, the offered links - although legitimate-looking - take users to compromised sites that either ask them to share private and personal data, or serve them with a variety of malware that steals information and hijacks users’ address book to spam their contacts.

• Cybercriminals mostly targeting LinkedIn, PayPal and Amazon

  08.01.2013

  GFI Software released a collection of the most prevalent threat detections encountered last month.

• Bogus LinkedIn invitations lead to info-stealer Trojan

  19.12.2012

  Another round of LinkedIn-themed spam is hitting inboxes around the world, warns GFI.

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Large orgs in denial about own security breaches?

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Reactions from the security community to the NSA spying scandal

Posted on 11 June 2013.  |  Read on for comments on this scandal that Help Net Security received from a variety of security professionals and analysts.