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Showing posts with label social networks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social networks. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Users are more afraid of loss of data from social networks than from banking systems
The reason is that the information stored in social networks can tarnish the reputation of the user.
According to Forbes, the company Appinions conducted a study that the banking systems of the burglary and theft of the data reported in only 2% of all cybercrime. According to the information security experts, this is due to the fact that users are more afraid of losing data in the accounts in social networks, rather than leaking information on bank cards.
The reason for this is that social networks contain information that an attacker can use to place on the Web, which, according to users, can cause damage to their reputation. As for the banking system, the users are confident that they are more reliable, and the data stored in them are protected by the rights of privacy and can not be used with the application of non-pecuniary damage.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Facebook reported about sophisticated attack hackers
Social network Facebook has undergone sophisticated attack hackers
This is said in a statement released by the security Facebook on Friday, February 15.
In January, reported security, hackers used to attack the website of the company - the developer of mobile applications, for which a number of employees went Facebook. When you visit this site, hacked on laptops employee social network got an exploit that allowed in the future to establish a kind of malware. Laptops employees Facebook, the statement said security forces were equipped with the latest anti-virus protection.
Once the attack was detected, the representatives of Facebook was notified about the incident the police and notified the company of Oracle vulnerabilities in its software. Appropriate soft patch for this issue, Oracle released on February 1.
In a statement Facebook emphasizes that there is no evidence that the hackers gained access to personal data of users of social networks.
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