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Zeus: Bank Account Stealing Trojan Virus Spreading on Facebook

Be careful what links you click on Facebook. A gang of international cybercrooks has resurrected a six-year-old Trojan virus named Zeus, using it to harvest personal information and drain unsuspecting victims’ bank accounts. 

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Worlds Greatest CON man warns Facebook is a Identity thief’s, playground!!

Con air … Leonardo DiCaprio as Frank Abagnale Jr in Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can. Photograph: Moviestore Collection/Rex Features Frank Abagnale, the man dubbed the world’s greatest conman, has issued a stark warning about the dangers of identity … Continue reading

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But I Want it Now!!! Facebooks revamped Newsfeed to roll out slowly

“But mine doesn’t look like that yet.” “Yep and can’t wait to get it!” “Mine hasn’t changed yet. We shall see when that happens.”

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How Facebook broke the Internet.

Facebook managed to bring down large chunks of the internet last night, thanks to a glitch with Facebook Connect. 

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Anonymous Taking Credit for Facebook Outage?

Anonymous may have been responsible for the Facebook outage Thursday night and Friday morning. 

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Parent sues Facebook

A mom is suing Facebook on behalf of all parents whose children have racked up credit card charges without their knowledge. 

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Facebook Security Hole Found on iPhone and Android Clients

A security flaw in Facebook’s mobile apps can be easily tapped by thieves searching for personal information about you. 

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MacroSolve Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Facebook

Macrosolve, headquartered in Tulsa, OK, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Facebook for violation of U.S. Patent No. 7,822,816.

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Microsoft, Facebook and Google unite to eliminate phishing via DMARC – will it work?

If the news wires are to be believed, the death of spam is imminent.  Again! (In 2004, Bill Gates famously remarked that spam would be a thing of the past by 2006.)  Now, the Big internet providers are joining forces … Continue reading

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Security Firms polls show there aren’t many that Like Facebook Timeline

Security firm Sopho’s conducted a poll of over 4,000 users and reported that fewer than 8 percent of users liked the new forced change to Facebook.  Another 8.4 percent reported that they would get used to it.

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