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CyberMonday, November 28, 2011 – Be Prepared

2011-11-15/0 Comments/in General Security/by admin

The term “Cyber Monday” refers to the Monday immediately following Black Friday, the ceremonial kick-off of the holiday online shopping season in the United States between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. Whereas Black Friday is associated with traditional brick-and-mortar stores, “Cyber Monday” symbolizes a busy day for online retailers.

“Guy Fawkes Virus” May Be The Cause for Offensive Facebook Images

2011-11-14/2 Comments/in Child Safety/by admin

Twenty-Fours hours later, the problem continues to be an issue for Facebook users as they have gone to Twitter and Google+ to complain about the embarrassment and frustration of these images being posted under their profile. It seems Facebook is still having problems rectifying the matter and we have not seen much on the Facebook security page to update users on the matter.

CyberMonday, November 28, 2011 – Be Prepared

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“Guy Fawkes Virus” May Be The Cause for Offensive Facebook Images

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CyberMonday, November 28, 2011 – Be Prepared

2011-11-15/0 Comments/in General Security/by admin

The weekend after Thanksgiving marks the massive start of the holiday shopping season. However, it has also become the time when hackers come out to play, creating mischief and mayhem for unsuspecting computer users and online shoppers.

The premise was that consumers would return to their offices after the Black Friday weekend, making purchases online that they were not able to make in stores. Although that idea has not survived the test of time, Cyber Monday has evolved into a significant marketing event, sponsored by the National Retail Federation’s Shop.org division, in which online retailers offer low prices and promotions.

This year “Cyber Monday” will fall on November 28, 2011 and here are 3 safety tips to help you stay safe:

1. Know the website you are purchasing from. Many users will conduct a search for a product, and may end up on shady looking sites. Try to stick with the notable names. A good way to check up on a merchant is to get information through the Better Business Bureau or through comparison shopping sites such as buysafeshopping.com.

2. Make sure your system is online ready by having the latest updated anti-virus, anti-malware installed on your PC. In addition, make sure your firewall is on too.

3. Try to shop at home on your personal computer. Shopping on computers shared by other or a public system may have malicious software to monitor your input.

“Guy Fawkes Virus” May Be The Cause for Offensive Facebook Images

2011-11-14/2 Comments/in Child Safety/by admin

On Sunday, I logged onto Facebook to update my status. In my attempt to do so, I noticed a high amount of pornographic and vile images that appeared as updated news feed on my “friends” pages. It was a surprise since many of my Facebook “friends” are responsible individuals.

In an article I wrote back on September 9^th of this year on Politic365.com, The Department of Homeland Security stated Anonymous will attempt to initiate an attack on Facebook titled “Operation Facebook” on November 11 in protest of the social media company’s alleged privacy violations.

The hacker group stated, “Facebook has been selling information to government agencies and giving clandestine access to information security firms so that they can spy on people from all around the world”.

Many security experts feel this is in response to the threat.

The attack is exploiting the new photo-enhanced layout of the website, which now places full images in the newsfeed of users when a friend comments on a photograph, even if it is to detail their distaste or disgust, it forces the photograph onto the news feeds.

SecurityOrb.com concern resides on what effect these images will have on children who are participating on Facebook. The policy to open a Facebook account is a user must be 13 years old or older, but we all know there are children on facebook that are younger than 13 years of age.

Until Facebook is able to manage the problem correctly, parents are being advised to keep their kids off Facebook or to monitor their usage.