Tagged: Privacy & Security

McAfee to plug spam hole
McAfee will be releasing a fix for a spamming hole in its SaaS for Total Protection anti-malware service.

Facebook announces Hacker Cup
Facebook has announced open registration for its second annual Hacker Cup.

Facebook hands out Visa cards to researchers
Facebook is rewarding researchers with "White Hat Bug Bounty Program" Visa debit cards for their efforts to report bugs on the social network.

Facebook ordered to increase privacy by Irish regulators
After an investigation by Irish regulators, Facebook has agreed to tighten privacy and delete unneeded data.

Facebook's photo fail
A security flaw in the system that lets users report inappropriate content on Facebook has allowed private photos to be made public, including those of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Peer-to-peer search engine to take on Google
New search engine YaCy hopes to unsettle the Google's rule by gleaming results from a network of peers.

Exfoliate your Facebook page
New app lets Facebook users delete old - and potentially off-colour - content permanently from their profile pages.

Renaming Wi-Fi networks stops Google snooping
Google now allows Internet users to opt out of their Google Location Server by appending "_nomap" to their wireless network name.

"Sexy" scams attract men on Facebook
Men are more likely than women to fall for scams on social networking sites, particularly when confronted with sexy females, a new study reveals.

Anonymous puts government sites on the bonfire
Hacker group Anonymous targeted El Salvador and Israeli government websites over the weekend, but called off Mexican drug gang 'Operation Cartel'.