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NYPD officers have fun with racist Facebook group
30.11, 23:02 Call it martial law or call it a police state. Either one you chose isn’t too far off and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg knows it. At a speaking engagement Tuesday night, Bloomberg referred to the NYPD as his own army.
07.12, 03:02 The military-grade pepper-spray that’s been all the rage with law enforcement agencies is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to an advanced arsenal of weaponry made available to police departments across the country.
06.12, 02:09 Businesses that operate in the Big Apple are expected to pay a percent of their income on taxes that go to funding public projects in New York City. For the one percent, however, those pennies on the dollar are apparently too hard to part with.
Occupy Wall Street
22.11, 21:16 A protester in Seattle, Washington aligned with Occupy Wall Street says that an assault from a cop last week has caused a miscarriage, which if true marks the first loss of life from police brutality since the demonstrations began two months ago.
Occupy Wall Street
21.11, 21:59 During a press conference in New York this weekend, officials alleged that a Manhattan man has been plotting a series of terrorist attacks across the city using homemade bombs. The FBI, on the other hand, wants nothing to do with it.
Occupy Wall Street
18.11, 21:24 Arrests in the Occupy movement nationally have surpassed 1,000, with 177 being charged by the NYPD this Thursday in only the first few hours.
Occupy Wall StreetPublished: 09 December, 2011, 02:27
NYPD officers have fun with racist Facebook groupTAGS: Crime, Scandal, Law, Corruption, USA If you’re not too keen on the New York Police Department, don’t worry — the feeling is mutual.
Officers within the NYPD allegedly typed racist and revealing comments on a public Facebook page seemingly undetected until a New York attorney uncovered them.
Benjamin Moore was one of two attorneys from Brooklyn Defender Services representing a food-service worked named Tyrone Johnson in a gun possession trial that made it to the State Supreme Court last month. Curious about the arresting officer that first brought allegations against his client, Moore logged onto Facebook to see if the cop had a personal page. Digging through his profile, Moore quickly uncovered more than he ever thought imaginable.
Sgt. Dustin Edwards was one of around 150 Facebook users who belonged to a public group called “No More West Indian Day Detail.” On the page, NYPD officers voiced their hatred for having to patrol the annual event and its subsequent parade that has been marred with violence before.
To some of the officers, those acts of violence are just second nature to those West Indian “animals.”
“I say have the parade one more year and when they all gather drop a bomb and wipe them all out,” writes one commenter, Dan Rodney. The New York Times first broke the story and reached out to Rodney, who confirmed that he was a police officer and a user of Facebook but denied that he made that comment.
“I leave my phone around sometimes. Other than that I have no comment” said Officer Rodney.
Many of the users that posted messages in the group had names that matched those of NYPD officers, and are now being challenged over whether or not they made the comments. One such match was responsible for a post that reads, “Let them kill each other.” Another, claiming to be Officer Nick Virgilio, called the parade goers “filth” and defended himself by saying, “it’s not racist if it’s true.”
“I found it astounding,” Moore tells the New York Times. He made a digital copy of the archives and printed out the contents of the group, which accumulated to 70 pages. Days later, the group had vanished.
Sgt. Edwards admitted to joining the group but said it was only because he knew a lot of other officers in the force that were members. To Johnson’s attorneys, however, this connection could be enough to challenge the NYPD’s claims that their client had a gun. Johnson is black and lived in the parade area. He was arrested for allegedly unlawfully possessing a gun on the route of the parade hours before the celebration began in 2010. Although he denies knowledge of posts along the lines of “ethnic cleansing” in the neighborhood and having the parade “moved to the zoo,” Moore and his associate hope that this development will get charges dropped against their client, and could also cause some new ones against the officers themselves — NYPD cops are barred from “discourteous or disrespectful remarks” about race or ethnicity.
Today: 00:11 The next time you board a flight in the US, be prepared to hand over your luggage to government-hired rapists. Under the FBI’s updated definition of rape, agents with the TSA are as good as guilty of the crime.
Today: 02:32 If you’re looking to visit the sacred grounds where the remains of a love one lost at war is entombed, be sure to bring a hazmat suit. The military has been dumping the ashes of cremated soldiers in a suburban Virginia landfill.
Legal music for Russian Facebook
Published: 17 November, 2011, 18:56
Legal music for Russian FacebookTAGS: Piracy, Corporate news, Prices The Russian search engine and internet company Yandex has teamed up with the social networking site Facebook to offer users the chance to share music legally online for free. But will the Yandex.Music find many ears amongst Russian listeners?
Music and the internet. Oh, what a stormy relationship they have. One minute they’re as madly in love as the latest sugary pop hit that’s sweeping the youth playlists. Then suddenly there’s more hatred in the air than at an apocalyptic death metal concert.
The makeups and breakups usually revolve around pirates. Yes pirates. Not the buccaneers of yesteryear but those who distribute copyrighted material for free. Russians have had many fewer chances to play music online than their counterparts in Europe and America because of fears over piracy.
‘Yandex.music’ was launched in September 2010 and gave users the chance to see which songs from its library others were playing. They could then play the songs themselves with the click of a button. Facebook also has its equivalent of this service but it didn’t offer it to Russian users, such is their fear copyright would be violated here in Russia. Facebook currently has 9.3 million users in Russia. Now it seems they see Yandex.Music, with 3.6 million users as a way into Russian music sharing, with both gaining more users as a result.
But it’s not quite as simple as that. Whilst many Russians have Facebook, far more popular is the Russian social networking site Vkontakte (which means ‘in contact’). It started sharing free music and video amongst all of its users a long time ago.
Internet analyst Ilya Rachenkov from Investcafe says ‘Yandex.music’ won’t do much to help Yandex. As he points out, “Russia’s audience is still predisposed to using illegally obtained content which gives us the reason to believe the Yandex music service is not going to gain much more popularity.” Many point to the fact users all over the world don’t want to pay for expensive downloads to record companies. Yandex music has far bigger competitors which offer much more content, Vkontakte being a prime example. Although, as Mr Rachenkov says, “this has been the reason for the significant amount of criticism it (Vkontakte) receives,” because of the potential for copyright infringement, it’s also the reason for its success. Most young people, whether listening to that sugary pop hit or that death metal don’t care where it comes from. They want it free and they want it now.
Today: 14:05 The Lake Baikal region wants to turn itself into the Alps of Central Asia with a billion dollar project to create a ski resort.
Today: 18:56 Russia is already calling 'foul' over Europe's energy policy even before it joins the WTO.The EU's Third Energy Package as it's called separates energy companies from owning the supply system. PM Vladimir Putin describes the EU policy as "robbery".
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Facebook is Growing up a Self-Obsessed Generation
Posted on August 2nd, 2011 by AZCategory: News, facebook, Tags: baroness greenfield, facebook growing up self-obsessed generation, facebook self-obsessed generation, facebook. facebook generation, oxford university research facebook, professor baroness greenfield, self-obsessed generation
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Professor Baroness Greenfield, A well known scientist, of pharmacology at Oxford University indicated that Facebook is growing up a self-obsessed generation who have childlike desires and have concentration problems.
Prof. Baroness Greenfield believes that growth of social life on internet and as well as high use of computer games could effectively “rewire” the brain.
This can result in reduced concentration, a need for instant gratification and poor non-verbal skills, such as the ability to make eye contact during conversations.
Prof.Baroness Greenfield also a former director of research body of the Oxford University, said: “Why should someone be interested in what someone else has had for breakfast? It reminds me of a small child (saying): ‘Look at me Mummy, I’m doing this’, ‘Look at me Mummy I’m doing that’. It’s almost as if they’re in some kind of identity crisis. In a sense it’s keeping the brain in a sort of time warp.”
Prof. Greenfield continued: “Some Facebook users feel the need to become ‘mini celebrities’ who are watched and admired by others on a daily basis. They do things that are ‘Facebook worthy’ because the only way they can define themselves is by ‘people knowing about them’. It’s almost as if people are living in a world that’s not a real world, but a world where what counts is what people think of you or (if they) can click on you.”
3,240 views Loading ...Is Facebook Really Bringing Friends Together?
Posted on August 5th, 2011 by AZCategory: Funny Images, facebook, Tags: facebook, facebook bringing friends together, facebook friendship, facebook in real, friends on facebook, real life vs social networking sites Loading ...
Facebook with other similar kind of sites like myspace, twitter called themselves Social Networking Sites and now they are so big they can be consider as Social Media sites as well. However, the big question is “Is Facebook Really Bringing Friends Together?”
So many people who are addicted to facebook would answer in “yes” but many of us know that it is not true at all. In fact, In reality it is totally different. You are wasting too much time on some very un-important activities on facebook like sharing photos, poking each other and updating your status. In reality you can have more fun compare to your useless time on facebook like going out with friends and sharing your pictures in personal, Have fun time with your friends and for those who stays away, believe me, they will love you more when you call them via phone or skype(video call) instead of writing on their wall.
So, My answer would be, NO, Facebook is really taking away your friends from you instead of bringing them to you. So, Start living an actually fun loving life instead of wasting time on facebook.
4,418 views Loading ...15-million US Facebook Users Have Deleted Their Accounts
Posted on June 28th, 2011 by AZCategory: News, facebook, Tags: facebook, facebook accounts, facebook at college, facebook at school, facebook privacy, Facebook Users Loading ...
Despite Facebook gets more than 600 million hits on monthly basis, Its been reported that Facebook is experiencing huge number of users going away from facebook and deleting their accounts. Especially users from US and Canada are removing themselves from Facebook every month.
According to Inside Facebook, 687 million users visited Facebook in June 2011, however growth rate has been a lot less if you compare it to the last 2 months. The reason are given is that Facebook users are leaving the social networking site due to privacy concerns. According to the report 15 million users from US removed their account and approximately 5.5 million Canadians have removed themselves from Facebook
Myron Blue of Wired Magazine said: “The party is over for Facebook. People are tired of all the add-ons and they are growing more and more concerned about their privacy. Most importantly, they are bored and have decided to move on”.
Most Worried news for facebook is that students, who are original audiances of Facebook, no longer consider Facebook as a cool tool to communicate with friends.
17-year-old Jimmy Batlon from New Orleans said: “Facebook is for old people and losers. We want something new, something for our generation”.
However, Despite accepting that millions are removing their facebook accounts, Facebook doesn’t agree with dropping of growth rate. Facebook spokesperson said: “Yes, many in the U.K., Canada and the United States are getting off Facebook, but we are growing in places like Mexico and Uganda”.
Loading ...Ever Wonder How Odd is Your Life on Facebook? [Video]
Posted on July 20th, 2011 by AZCategory: facebook, video, Tags: facebook, facebook in real life, facebook video, how odd is life on facebook, life on facebook Loading ...
Ever wonder how odd is your life on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter? This is how much you going to hate yourself when you try your facebook life in real life. In fact it is true that sometime you spend so much time on social networking sites and you apply same lifestyles in your real life.
Loading ...High Court Ordered to Ban Facebook in Pakistan by 6th October 2011
Posted on September 22nd, 2011 by AZCategory: News, facebook, Tags: disabled facebook, facebook ban, facebook banned in pakistan, high court ordered to ban facebook in pakistan Loading ...
Facebook has finally met its fate in a judgment passed by Lahore high court. Justice Azmat Saeed ordered the Ministry of Telecom and Information Technology to block the social networking website, Facebook for maintaining content of religious discrimination. According to news published in Pakistan today, there was a petition demanding the ban on Facebook for holding notorious competition based on blasphemous caricatures on May 20, 2011. The court has ordered the government to disabled Facebook or ban Facebook and deliver a compliance report by October 6, 2011.
This is being rightfully done to a social networking site that supports religious discrimination. A Similar event took place an year back with consequences that followed to temporarily restrict access to Facebook in Pakistan. Either the mistake is somehow repeated or intentionally done because Facebook Platform Policies clearly state:
You will not post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence.
Even if the Facebook administrators failed to see it the first time, how come they not notice it when the competition was intentionally held again after a period of one year? The administrators have the complete control to remove any controversial material being posted on their website to ensure quality as stated in Facebook terms:
You will not use Facebook to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory.We respect other people’s rights, and expect you to do the same.You will not post content or take any action on Facebook that infringes or violates someone else’s rights or otherwise violates the law.We can remove any content or information you post on Facebook if we believe that it violates this Statement.What sort of right do Facebook respect if it supports humiliation of a certain religion despite having complete authority to remove content based on controversy? This also provokes another question in reader’s mind, why is a social networking website being used as a tool to promote religious violence?
Loading ...Is Facebook Really Bringing Friends Together?
Posted on August 5th, 2011 by AZCategory: Funny Images, facebook, Tags: facebook, facebook bringing friends together, facebook friendship, facebook in real, friends on facebook, real life vs social networking sites Loading ...
Facebook with other similar kind of sites like myspace, twitter called themselves Social Networking Sites and now they are so big they can be consider as Social Media sites as well. However, the big question is “Is Facebook Really Bringing Friends Together?”
So many people who are addicted to facebook would answer in “yes” but many of us know that it is not true at all. In fact, In reality it is totally different. You are wasting too much time on some very un-important activities on facebook like sharing photos, poking each other and updating your status. In reality you can have more fun compare to your useless time on facebook like going out with friends and sharing your pictures in personal, Have fun time with your friends and for those who stays away, believe me, they will love you more when you call them via phone or skype(video call) instead of writing on their wall.
So, My answer would be, NO, Facebook is really taking away your friends from you instead of bringing them to you. So, Start living an actually fun loving life instead of wasting time on facebook.
4,412 views Loading ...Is Facebook Really Bringing Friends Together?
Posted on August 5th, 2011 by AZCategory: Funny Images, facebook, Tags: facebook, facebook bringing friends together, facebook friendship, facebook in real, friends on facebook, real life vs social networking sites Loading ...
Facebook with other similar kind of sites like myspace, twitter called themselves Social Networking Sites and now they are so big they can be consider as Social Media sites as well. However, the big question is “Is Facebook Really Bringing Friends Together?”
So many people who are addicted to facebook would answer in “yes” but many of us know that it is not true at all. In fact, In reality it is totally different. You are wasting too much time on some very un-important activities on facebook like sharing photos, poking each other and updating your status. In reality you can have more fun compare to your useless time on facebook like going out with friends and sharing your pictures in personal, Have fun time with your friends and for those who stays away, believe me, they will love you more when you call them via phone or skype(video call) instead of writing on their wall.
So, My answer would be, NO, Facebook is really taking away your friends from you instead of bringing them to you. So, Start living an actually fun loving life instead of wasting time on facebook.
4,415 views Loading ...15-million US Facebook Users Have Deleted Their Accounts
Posted on June 28th, 2011 by AZCategory: News, facebook, Tags: facebook, facebook accounts, facebook at college, facebook at school, facebook privacy, Facebook Users Loading ...
Despite Facebook gets more than 600 million hits on monthly basis, Its been reported that Facebook is experiencing huge number of users going away from facebook and deleting their accounts. Especially users from US and Canada are removing themselves from Facebook every month.
According to Inside Facebook, 687 million users visited Facebook in June 2011, however growth rate has been a lot less if you compare it to the last 2 months. The reason are given is that Facebook users are leaving the social networking site due to privacy concerns. According to the report 15 million users from US removed their account and approximately 5.5 million Canadians have removed themselves from Facebook
Myron Blue of Wired Magazine said: “The party is over for Facebook. People are tired of all the add-ons and they are growing more and more concerned about their privacy. Most importantly, they are bored and have decided to move on”.
Most Worried news for facebook is that students, who are original audiances of Facebook, no longer consider Facebook as a cool tool to communicate with friends.
17-year-old Jimmy Batlon from New Orleans said: “Facebook is for old people and losers. We want something new, something for our generation”.
However, Despite accepting that millions are removing their facebook accounts, Facebook doesn’t agree with dropping of growth rate. Facebook spokesperson said: “Yes, many in the U.K., Canada and the United States are getting off Facebook, but we are growing in places like Mexico and Uganda”.
Loading ...5 The Most Common Security Threats on Facebook
Posted on February 18th, 2011 by AZCategory: facebook, Tags: facebook, facebook dangerous, facebook security, facebook threats, most common threats on facebook, security threats on facebook Loading ...
With growing usage of internet and social networking sites especially Facebook world is getting under more and more security threats. These threats always find new ways to get in your personal life and can even make your life hell. So it is always to be aware of these threats and you should try your best to avoid them.
So here we are mentioning five most common security threats on facebook.
1. Clickjacking
This is the most common attacks hitting Facebook users. These attacks use maliciously created pages where the true function of a button is concealed beneath an opaque layer showing something entirely different. Often sharing or “liking” the content in question sends the attack out to contacts through news feeds and status updates, propagating the scam.
2. Fake surveys
This scam is related to clickjacking since it attempts to make you click on something dangerous via a misleading message. Typically, the scam starts with a provocative (sexual or otherwise) message. like: “OMG! Look What this Kid did to his School after being Expelled!”
3. Rogue applications
More perniciously, the fake survey can lead to rogue applications. Sometimes the applications will look for your address book and send the fake surveys to everyone in it, hoping to make money. Other rogue applications can hijack data by installing key loggers or other malware. Other fake applications can turn your computer into a zombie.
4. Amazon vulnerability
A security flaw apparently allows the company’s servers to accept passwords that are nearly but not entirely correct. Fortunately, the flaw only appears to affect older passwords. The flaw lets Amazon accept as valid some passwords that have extra characters added on after the 8th character, and also makes the password case-insensitive. That flaw erases the advantage of a longer password, making passwords much easier to crack via software. This was first noticed by users over at reddit and has been picked up and verified by a number of reputable groups, including Wired.
5. Spearphishing
This is more likely to occur via regular e-mail; but you may also be hit by a spear through a Facebook or Twitter message. Spearphishing (or spear phishing) works like this. You’ll get an e-mail or message that seems quite personal, it may appear to be from a person or company with whom you normally communicate. But it will lead you to a poisoned site. Yes, this sounds like the “phishing” scams you’ve been warned about. In those you might get a message from your e-mail provider saying your inbox is full or you have to verify your identity and so on. Spear phishing takes that a step further by adding personalized information to lull your suspicions. Phishing messages usually appear to come from a large and well-known company or Web site with a broad membership base, such as eBay or PayPal. In the case of spear phishing, however, the apparent source of the e-mail is likely to be an individual within the recipient’s own company and generally someone in a position of authority.
Loading ...6 Advantages of Not Using Facebook
Posted on March 1st, 2011 by AZCategory: facebook, Tags: 6 advantages of not using facebook, advantages of no facebook, advantages of not using facebook, facebook, no facebook, not using facebook, say no to facebook Loading ...
Some people will argue that Facebook is the most popular social network site and it helps you keep in touch with friends and family. Then why you guys don’t like facebook. So i thought to give you some advantages of not using facebook that will prove that without facebook you will be more safe, happy and more social person than using facebook and other social networking sites.
Here are some advantages of not using Facebook:
1 – Don’t Have To Worry About Privacy
The first benefit is that you won’t have to worry about privacy concerns. Many people aren’t aware of some of the strange terms of service changes that Facebook has made in the last year or so. Some of these have been changed back because users didn’t like them, but your photos and personal information could potentially be compromised using this system.
2 – Facebook is a Waste of Time
Many get sucked into Facebook and it ends up being a waste of time. Without having an account, you don’t have to worry about this becoming a problem at all and literally can save hell of time to spend with your family and friends.
3 – Control Over Types of Conversation
Without Facebook you can have control over the types of conversations that you want to have with people. Some people just don’t like talking through a computer. You might not be able to type well or might enjoy the phone or talking in person much better.
4 – Avoid Higher Risk of Effecting Your Computer From Malware and Scams
Some people click links in Facebook that lead to malware problems or scams. Without using an account, you won’t have to worry about getting these types of problems through that site. Well you can get malwares and trojans by visiting some sites and through emails but the risk is much higher when you use facebook and other social networking sites.
5 – Reliable Communication
Communication on Facebook is not as reliable as you would like. Some people are on it every day meaning you will reach them but some don’t sign on too often. Using your phone to call or text is a bit more reliable.
6 – Can Keep Things to Yourself
Without having a Facebook account, you can keep more things to yourself. You might not want others to know everything about your life all the time.
Loading ...How Facebook makes you Dumb and Stupid
Posted on April 4th, 2011 by AZCategory: facebook, video, Tags: facebook, facebook addiction, facebook dumb, facebook dumbville, facebook makes you dumb, facebook makes you stupid, facebook stupid Loading ...
2 years ago in a survey taken by Ohio State University proved that students who don’t use Facebook much had GPAs between 3.5 to 4.0 and on other hand Facebook addicted students got GPAs ranged between 3.0 to 3.5 and some are even lower.
And in my opinion Facebook addicted students are not among popular students who take part in sports and in other College/University events. Only they care about is how to party and get drunk in wild ways.
Here is a video also show how using facebook makes you dumb and stupid. Please share it with your Facebook addicted friends and convince them to delete their profiles or at least tell them not to use facebook often.
13,912 views Loading ...15-million US Facebook Users Have Deleted Their Accounts
Posted on June 28th, 2011 by AZCategory: News, facebook, Tags: facebook, facebook accounts, facebook at college, facebook at school, facebook privacy, Facebook Users Loading ...
Despite Facebook gets more than 600 million hits on monthly basis, Its been reported that Facebook is experiencing huge number of users going away from facebook and deleting their accounts. Especially users from US and Canada are removing themselves from Facebook every month.
According to Inside Facebook, 687 million users visited Facebook in June 2011, however growth rate has been a lot less if you compare it to the last 2 months. The reason are given is that Facebook users are leaving the social networking site due to privacy concerns. According to the report 15 million users from US removed their account and approximately 5.5 million Canadians have removed themselves from Facebook
Myron Blue of Wired Magazine said: “The party is over for Facebook. People are tired of all the add-ons and they are growing more and more concerned about their privacy. Most importantly, they are bored and have decided to move on”.
Most Worried news for facebook is that students, who are original audiances of Facebook, no longer consider Facebook as a cool tool to communicate with friends.
17-year-old Jimmy Batlon from New Orleans said: “Facebook is for old people and losers. We want something new, something for our generation”.
However, Despite accepting that millions are removing their facebook accounts, Facebook doesn’t agree with dropping of growth rate. Facebook spokesperson said: “Yes, many in the U.K., Canada and the United States are getting off Facebook, but we are growing in places like Mexico and Uganda”.
Loading ...High Court Ordered to Ban Facebook in Pakistan by 6th October 2011
Posted on September 22nd, 2011 by AZCategory: News, facebook, Tags: disabled facebook, facebook ban, facebook banned in pakistan, high court ordered to ban facebook in pakistan Loading ...
Facebook has finally met its fate in a judgment passed by Lahore high court. Justice Azmat Saeed ordered the Ministry of Telecom and Information Technology to block the social networking website, Facebook for maintaining content of religious discrimination. According to news published in Pakistan today, there was a petition demanding the ban on Facebook for holding notorious competition based on blasphemous caricatures on May 20, 2011. The court has ordered the government to disabled Facebook or ban Facebook and deliver a compliance report by October 6, 2011.
This is being rightfully done to a social networking site that supports religious discrimination. A Similar event took place an year back with consequences that followed to temporarily restrict access to Facebook in Pakistan. Either the mistake is somehow repeated or intentionally done because Facebook Platform Policies clearly state:
You will not post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence.
Even if the Facebook administrators failed to see it the first time, how come they not notice it when the competition was intentionally held again after a period of one year? The administrators have the complete control to remove any controversial material being posted on their website to ensure quality as stated in Facebook terms:
You will not use Facebook to do anything unlawful, misleading, malicious, or discriminatory.We respect other people’s rights, and expect you to do the same.You will not post content or take any action on Facebook that infringes or violates someone else’s rights or otherwise violates the law.We can remove any content or information you post on Facebook if we believe that it violates this Statement.What sort of right do Facebook respect if it supports humiliation of a certain religion despite having complete authority to remove content based on controversy? This also provokes another question in reader’s mind, why is a social networking website being used as a tool to promote religious violence?
Loading ...5 The Most Common Security Threats on Facebook
Posted on February 18th, 2011 by AZCategory: facebook, Tags: facebook, facebook dangerous, facebook security, facebook threats, most common threats on facebook, security threats on facebook Loading ...
With growing usage of internet and social networking sites especially Facebook world is getting under more and more security threats. These threats always find new ways to get in your personal life and can even make your life hell. So it is always to be aware of these threats and you should try your best to avoid them.
So here we are mentioning five most common security threats on facebook.
1. Clickjacking
This is the most common attacks hitting Facebook users. These attacks use maliciously created pages where the true function of a button is concealed beneath an opaque layer showing something entirely different. Often sharing or “liking” the content in question sends the attack out to contacts through news feeds and status updates, propagating the scam.
2. Fake surveys
This scam is related to clickjacking since it attempts to make you click on something dangerous via a misleading message. Typically, the scam starts with a provocative (sexual or otherwise) message. like: “OMG! Look What this Kid did to his School after being Expelled!”
3. Rogue applications
More perniciously, the fake survey can lead to rogue applications. Sometimes the applications will look for your address book and send the fake surveys to everyone in it, hoping to make money. Other rogue applications can hijack data by installing key loggers or other malware. Other fake applications can turn your computer into a zombie.
4. Amazon vulnerability
A security flaw apparently allows the company’s servers to accept passwords that are nearly but not entirely correct. Fortunately, the flaw only appears to affect older passwords. The flaw lets Amazon accept as valid some passwords that have extra characters added on after the 8th character, and also makes the password case-insensitive. That flaw erases the advantage of a longer password, making passwords much easier to crack via software. This was first noticed by users over at reddit and has been picked up and verified by a number of reputable groups, including Wired.
5. Spearphishing
This is more likely to occur via regular e-mail; but you may also be hit by a spear through a Facebook or Twitter message. Spearphishing (or spear phishing) works like this. You’ll get an e-mail or message that seems quite personal, it may appear to be from a person or company with whom you normally communicate. But it will lead you to a poisoned site. Yes, this sounds like the “phishing” scams you’ve been warned about. In those you might get a message from your e-mail provider saying your inbox is full or you have to verify your identity and so on. Spear phishing takes that a step further by adding personalized information to lull your suspicions. Phishing messages usually appear to come from a large and well-known company or Web site with a broad membership base, such as eBay or PayPal. In the case of spear phishing, however, the apparent source of the e-mail is likely to be an individual within the recipient’s own company and generally someone in a position of authority.
Loading ...Ever Wonder How Odd is Your Life on Facebook? [Video]
Posted on July 20th, 2011 by AZCategory: facebook, video, Tags: facebook, facebook in real life, facebook video, how odd is life on facebook, life on facebook Loading ...
Ever wonder how odd is your life on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter? This is how much you going to hate yourself when you try your facebook life in real life. In fact it is true that sometime you spend so much time on social networking sites and you apply same lifestyles in your real life.
Loading ...Proved that Facebook has been Messing up Relationships
Posted on February 23rd, 2011 by AZCategory: facebook, video, Tags: facebook and relationships, facebook messing up relationships, facebook ruins relationships, facebook sucks Loading ...
Last week we have mentioned in our article how a survey revealed that facebook is ruining relationship and contributes to jealousy in relationships as well. Further we found some more videos on internet regarding this topic and now its been proved that facebook is playing important part in ruining relationships even those who are in favor to facebook cannot disagree on this.
Loading ...Proved that Facebook has been Messing up Relationships
Posted on February 23rd, 2011 by AZCategory: facebook, video, Tags: facebook and relationships, facebook messing up relationships, facebook ruins relationships, facebook sucks Loading ...
Last week we have mentioned in our article how a survey revealed that facebook is ruining relationship and contributes to jealousy in relationships as well. Further we found some more videos on internet regarding this topic and now its been proved that facebook is playing important part in ruining relationships even those who are in favor to facebook cannot disagree on this.
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