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Attackers Use Fake Friends to Blend into Facebook

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How your facebook password was stolen, and why

by Dave Michmerhuizen & Luis Chapetti

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Do we really want better spam detection on social networks?

by Daniel Peck, Research Scientist

The question sounds crazy, especially for someone who

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The more connected the more vulnerable

by Daniel Peck, Research Scientist

The Facebook data team put out some interesting data a few days ago focusing on the connectedness of their social graph, taking six degrees of Kevin Bacon and looking at how many connections away from each any two people on the network are. From their research it seems like more than 90% of people on the network are seperated by only 4 degrees, meaning that any person A has a friend that knows a friend of Person B.

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Barracuda Networks Turns

By: Barracuda Labs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Content Security Leader Challenges World with

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Seven Annoying Attacks That Facebook Misses

This week Facebook experienced a rash of attacks that posted pornographic images. Some even claimed to be nude celebrities and others claimed to be child pornography. Last month we released survey results that showed that 40% of Facebook users do not feel safe on Facebook. Two weeks later, Facebook released an infographic showing its security initiatives and statistics. We applaud the efforts; however, more is needed. When you are trying to grow a social network as well as increase advertising revenue, security becomes not only a lower priority but sometimes a conflict of interest.

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Barracuda Labs Releases 2011 Social Networking Security and Privacy Study

By: Barracuda Labs

For Immediate Release

NINE OUT OF 10 PEOPLE ATTACKED AND ONE OUT OF FIVE PEOPLE DAMAGED BY PRIVACY LAPSE ON SOCIAL NETWORKS

Barracuda Labs Releases 2011 Social Networking Security & Privacy Study

Spam Legitimacy Through Url Redirection

by Daniel Peck, Research Scientist

Usually relegated to little more than page filler on vulnerability assessment reports, open URL redirection is a vulnerability that doesn

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Facebook survey scams reappear as Verify Your Account wall posts

by Dave Michmerhuizen

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Facebook infested with cut and paste Javascript survey scams

by Dave Michmerhuizen

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