Faced with strong criticism after suspending without warning the Google+ accounts of people who didn't use their real names, Google promised to notify offenders in advance from now on.A few days ago Google began enforcing its common name policy which states that all users need to use their real names on the serv... |
28 July 2011
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Security researchers from Sophos warn about a new spam campaign pushing fake Twitter account suspension emails that lead to surveys.The emails bear a subject of "Account Suspension" and have spoofed headers to appear as originating from admin@twitter.com.The rogue messages bear a resemblance to older Twitter communic... |
21 June 2011
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Security researchers from Sophos warn that Steam users are being targeted in a new phishing attack which produces fake emails threatening them with account suspension.The emails bear a subject of "Warning! Your steam account will be suspended?" and have a forged "From" field to appear as if they originate from suppor... |
17 February 2011
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As expetected, following Visa’s decision to block WikiLeaks donations, Anonymous launched DDoS attacks against its website, but the hacktivist group faces troubles of its own.It seems that the virtual war between Anonymous and organizations acting against WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange, continues.It s... |
9 December 2010
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Numerous users, predominantly female, ended up with their Facebook accounts disabled yesterday because of a bug in one of the site's automated security systems.Users who found themselves locked out of accounts they had for years, expressed their grief about the whole situation on Twitter.Many were annoyed with t... |
17 November 2010
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Twitter's new initiative at strengthening its platform's security went awfully wrong on Tuesday, when the account of a renowned security researcher was suspended for posting an alleged malicious link two months ago. As it turns out, the offending message was actually a warning regarding a MySpace phishing s... |
10 October 2009
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Google and Rocky Mountain Bank have settled the issue regarding a sensitive document sent by accident to a Gmail address off court and filed motions to dismiss the case. The account will be reactivated as the email in question was never opened and has since been deleted.As we previously reported, an employee from the... |
30 September 2009
08:23 GMT |
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Security researchers warn that Koobface, the most successful social networking worm to date, has increased its activity on Twitter, to the extent that the website's administration saw it fit to issue an alert via its status page. The staff has also began to suspend the affected accounts and send out notification... |
13 July 2009
08:41 GMT |
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