October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
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Privacy and Security
WARNING: ‘Leaked Video of Casey Anthony CONFESSING to Lawyer!’ Scam Spreads Rapidly Through Facebook
A new topical Facebook scam is spreading quickly on the social network. This time, the scam claims to link to a video of Casey Anthony making a confession to her lawyer about murdering her daughter. Earlier this month, Anthony was found not guilty of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. Many people following the trial were shocked at the verdict. If you... Read more » Twitter Behind Other Social Networks On Security Measures, Say Experts
When it comes to helping users to make their accounts secure, Twitter has fallen behind other social networking and online services, according to security experts. Twitter came under the spotlight on Monday, when the FOX News Politics account was hacked and false tweets reporting the death of President Barack Obama were posted to the account. The Secret Service is... Read more » WARNING: ‘Check Out These Not So Sober Girls!’ Scam Spreads Through Facebook
A new scam is spreading through Facebook that encourages you to click on a link to see a video of some girls who may be under the influence. However, before being able to view the video, the link leads to a survey scam. If you see a post that looks like this in your Facebook News Feed, you should avoid clicking on it as it will most likely take you to a... Read more » Zynga Launches PrivacyVille, Rewards Users For Learning About Privacy Policy
Zynga has launched a new privacy initiative that will reward you for learning about the company's privacy policy. PrivacyVille is a game-like tutorial that gives you zPoints for learning about the privacy policy while giving you easy access to other privacy resources. The tutorial is modeled after Zynga's most popular game, “CityVille” -- which has more than... Read more »
Barack Obama’s Campaign Website Hacked
Barack Obama can't catch a break when it comes to the Internet. The social networking savvy president recently fell victim to false assassination rumors that spread by hackers through FOX News Politics' Twitter account. Tuesday, hackers infiltrated Obama's campaign website and invited users to 2 fake anti-government events. When users logged on to the campaign's... Read more » Facebook-organized Parties Face Ban In Germany
Parties that are organized on Facebook could be banned in Germany after several get-togethers that were advertised by users on the social network became violent. Last month, police in Hamburg arrested 11 people after 1,600 people showed up at a 16-year-old's birthday party. The girl, who was forced to flee from the party, apparently forgot to change her privacy... Read more »
INFOGRAPHIC: How Phishing Scams Are Spreading Through Our Mobile Phones
With all of the malware and scams spreading through the Internet, we've got our PCs on lock down. We're extremely careful about what we click on and what information we fill out -- after all, the Internet has been around for a while and we've learned a thing or 2. As savvy as many of us are in preventing malware and deleting Facebook scams faster than they pop up... Read more »
WARNING: ‘Brother Rapes And Kills His Sister - Shocking Video -’ Scam Spreads Rapidly Through Facebook
The most recent scam to hit Facebook is one I'm honestly shocked people click on. It's just like the scam that pretended to offer a video of a dad walking in on his daughter while she's on a webcam with her boyfriend. It has the same fake age verification required to view the video, but this scam is a little more macabre. The scam will appear in your News Feed as... Read more »
WARNING: New Facebook Scam Called “Dad Gets Embarrassed, Enters Daughter’s Room” Spreads Across Network
Blogspot has been a hot ticket when it comes to Facebook scams lately. We've been seeing quite a few scams hosted on the site. The most recent scam that's been infecting our News Feeds is similar to the scam that pretended to offer a video a photographer made 3 days before he committed suicide. In fact, it leads to a website that looks exactly the same. This scam... Read more » 
