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Scammy Profile Viewer app is now "offered" by Facebook
30.04.2013
Once users become too familiar with a type of scam and stop falling for it, scammers tend to move on to new ones.
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Fake Facebook "account blocked" notice doing rounds
24.04.2013
A new phishing campaign is targeting Facebook users, and it's after more than just their login credentials, warns Hoax-Slayer.
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Trojan phishes for credit card info through fake Facebook page
02.04.2013
An insidious Trojan is targeting Facebook users and getting them to share confidential personal and credit card information that will then be used to perform fraudulent transactions, warn Trend Micro researchers.
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Facebook's in-house drills were crucial for smooth response to watering hole attack
08.03.2013
Facebook was the first company to admit publicly to have been affected by the recent watering hole attack that started with a compromised forum site popular with mobile developers.
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Warning from "Mark Zurckerberg" leads to account hijacking
04.03.2013
If you get an email sent by "Mark Zurckerberg", saying your Facebook account might be permanently suspended because of violations of the social network's Terms of Service, fight the urge to follow the offered link for "account verification." The message is bogus, and the link will take you to a fake Facebook login web page set up for harvesting login credentials.
Spotlight

A closer look at Mega cloud storage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.

The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.

Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.

Ransomware adds password stealing to its arsenal
Posted on 17 May 2013. | Microsoft researchers are warning about a new variant of the well-known Reveton ransomware doing rounds.

IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.
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