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Facebook: A Boon To Business Security?
News While some employers are banning staff from accessing Facebook, fearing security risks and lowered productivity, GE Commercial Finance is encouraging use of the social networking site to improve staff security practices.
[October 29, 2007, 9:25]
Facebook Mobile Security Threat
Blog Facebook Mobile Security Threat Yes I will admit it, I am addicted to social networking with the likes of sites such as MySpace and Facebook too. As a staff writer of ITWeb recently put it, “…Trojans will continue to be present and there will be a...
[April 9, 2008, 0:28]
Half Of Employers Ban Facebook
News Half of businesses are restricting employees' access to social-networking site Facebook, due to concerns about productivity and security, according to security vendor Sophos. According to the firm's research, 43 percent of workers polled said their...
[August 22, 2007, 16:09]
Sophos Urges Caution On Facebook Apps
News According to IT security vendor Sophos, the discovery concerning the Secret Crush application underscores the need for Facebook users to be careful about the kinds of third-party applications they install.
[January 8, 2008, 14:49]
Facebook Gets Open-source Enterprise App
News According to recent research by the security firm Sophos, half of employers ban or restrict access to Facebook, citing security and productivity implications as the main reasons for this approach. The London-based enterprise content management (ECM...
[November 16, 2007, 10:33]
Social Networking: Brave New World Or Revolution From Hell? A Look At The Phenomenon Of Social Networking And The Implications For Businesses
White Papers According to recent surveys, employee social networking is growing rapidly, on hot sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn and more. Also, learn how social networking is raising new challenges for enterprise security, as online criminals are exploiting...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Facebook Admits To Increased Attacks By Spammers
News The popular social-networking site Facebook is coming under increased attack by spammers and phishers, the company's security chief has revealed. Kelly also said Facebook had come under attempted cross-site scripting (CSS) and SQL injection attacks...
[April 22, 2008, 17:10]
Facebook Usage Down In UK
Blog If Facebook is genuinely starting on a faddish decline, then I can't see what the next fad - the next big thing in social networking - is going to be yet. According to Nielsen Online, via the Grauniad, Facebook saw its first dip in UK usage...
[February 21, 2008, 12:26]
MySpace Mobile: The Beginning Of Cell Phone Social Networking
Blog The debut of MySpace Mobile confirms the move by Facebook Mobile to take this step into the future. Just as social networking had its hurdles to overcome the emerging mobinetting (social networking meets mobile) user security remains a chief concern.
[March 23, 2008, 14:20]
Facebook Evolves Into An Attack Tool For Criminals
News As Facebook evolves from a University alumini network into an enterprise tool, VeriSign iDefense security experts are warning that the platform is turning into a prime attack vector for cybercriminals.
[July 30, 2007, 8:18]
Social Networking And Portability
Blog One of the more interesting speakers at Infosec's "Locking Down Social Networking Vulnerabilities" event today - itself locked down by a power cut just as Facebook's Max Kelly was cutting to the nub of his gist - was Giles Hogben of the European...
[April 22, 2008, 16:39]
MySpace NoShow. And No Larry Either!
Blog RSA did russle up a representative from rival social networking site FaceBook, so we learned that their approach to privacy is different (some might conclude more rigorous) than MySpace's. Kevin Poulsen, journalist and security expert, has just...
[February 7, 2007, 22:36]
WinMo Handsets Get Facebook: Shhh Don’t Tell Your Boss!
Blog For those whose lives have come to revolve around their social networking it would seem that Facebook recently got a new third party Windows Mobile (WinMo) app. WinMo Handsets Get Facebook: Shhh Don’t Tell Your Boss!
[July 8, 2008, 3:33]
Businesses Failing To Understand Web 2.0 Risks
News A better approach is to make sure that, even if data is accessed through something like Facebook, the data still resides within your organisation. Web 2.0 presents a barely understood risk to companies embracing social-networking and instant...
[February 1, 2008, 8:03]
Accenture: Time Is Ripe To Test Cloud Computing
News Platforms such as Facebook are becoming more organised by publishing their APIs and giving users privacy controls with which to define how their want their identities managed, he said, adding that integrating such platforms could go a long way in...
[May 22, 2008, 11:54]
Photos: Intel's Science Fair
News The company opened its doors on Wednesday for a look at research projects inside of Intel that hope to solve pressing social problems, such as the excruciating wait for a network connection when you need to update your Facebook profile.
[June 25, 2007, 8:40]
Working@Home: Keeping Secure
Blog Some social networks, like Facebook, allow users to engage in private or secret groups. However, even though employees sat comfortably, IT mangers were no doubt uncomfortable at the thought of the security issues that exist around working from home.
[May 20, 2008, 22:00]
Salesforce Tight-lipped After Phishing Attack
News Sunner added that users need to be aware that posts on social-networking sites such as Facebook could be used by phishers to harvest information. Salesforce.com is refusing to reveal details of a security breach caused when one of its employees...
[November 7, 2007, 14:17]
Facebook Enabling Tailored Email Attacks
News Wood added that the rise of social networks, like Facebook, and professional networks, such as Plaxo and LinkedIn, is making it easier for attackers to do their homework on potential victims. Security experts warned this week of two separate email...
[November 21, 2007, 11:24]
Infosecurity Europe 2008: Preview
News Max Kelly, the senior director of security for Facebook, and Brett Lemoine, director of operations for LinkedIn, will appear in a discussion about how businesses can lock down social-networking security vulnerabilities.
[April 21, 2008, 15:34]
