Category Archives: Security
Facebook reveals its user-tracking secrets
For the first time, Facebook has revealed details about how it tracks users across the web. Through interviews with Facebook engineering director Arturo Bejar, Facebook … Continue reading
Facebook: Attack identified, most spammed porn removed
Facebook says a hack that exploited some Web browsers was responsible for a flood of porn, violent images and other graphic content that spread across … Continue reading
Google+ isn’t a social network: it’s a web spider hungry for your data
Newsflash from Monaco: Google+ isn’t a social network after all. Speaking to a well-heeled crowd at the annual Monaco Media Forum, Nikesh Arora, Google’s chief … Continue reading
Facebook settlement will make all future privacy changes “opt-in”
Facebook is close to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that will require the social network to make all future privacy changes “opt-in.” Facebook … Continue reading
Microsoft software bug linked to “Duqu” virus
Microsoft Corp said hackers exploited a previously unknown bug in its Windows operating system to infect computers with the Duqu virus, which some security experts … Continue reading



