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Showing posts with label target. Show all posts

Thursday, 2 December 2010

New Social Networks Target Privacy Discomfort With Facebook

Facebook is the most popular social network, but that doesn't mean everyone is happy with how personal information gets shared on it.

Experts are looking with interest at emerging startups that aim to solve some of the privacy issues raised by Facebook.

Source:
http://www.npr.org/2010/12/01/131700947/new-networks-target-discomfort-with-facebook

Thursday, 25 March 2010

Pwn2Own Hack Topples Firefox on Windows

The first day of the Pwn2Own hacker challenge wrapped up with a familiar face going after a familiar target.

And, for the second year in a row, a German hacker known simply as Nils� exploited a previously unknown vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox to take complete control of a 64-bit Windows 7 machine.

Source:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=5865

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Yahoo Knew of Google Attacks Kept Quiet

Yahoo Inc knew it had been a target to sophisticated Chinese cyber attacks on U.S. corporations before Google alerted the company to them but chose to remain silent after its bigger rival went public.

Source:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2358175,00.asp