Tag Archives: Facebook Security

Facebook Partners With Web Of Trust To Block Malicious Links

by Shabbir Akhtar on 13. May, 2011 in Facebook

Facebook has partnered with Web of Trust (WOT) to warn its users about malware and spasm. WOT is a free tool that suggests users which website is to be relied. The benchmark used by them is ratings by their community members. In their blog post, Facebook said that they already have a system which determines [...]

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Facebook Ramps Up Safety And Security Features

by Shabbir Akhtar on 21. Apr, 2011 in Facebook

Facebook has announced that they are expanding the safety and security features. Facebook has always faced criticisms for not providing enough security to their users. But, in January this year, Facebook rolled out couple of security features — social authentication and secured connection — which have been appreciated by its users.
The present announcement adds a [...]

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Twitter Improves Security With “Always Use HTTPS” Setting

by Shabbir Akhtar on 17. Mar, 2011 in Twitter

Twitter is now more secure, after five years since its inception. The micro-blogging company has added a new setting to enable HTTPS, which allows encrypted communication between networks and users by creating a secure tunnel using the SSL/TSL protocol. Previously, users were able to access Twitter using HTTPS by going to https://twitter.com, but it wasn’t [...]

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Facebook Has No Plans To Introduce Extra Security For Apps: Dan Rose

by Shabbir Akhtar on 31. Jan, 2011 in Facebook

Dan Rose, Facebook’s head of platform marketing said that the company is satisfied with the existing security measures and at this moment, they have no plans to introduce extra security measures for apps. Rose said, “The tools we have in place which stop apps from spamming users have become more sophisticated. The actions we have [...]

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Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Page Hacked

by Shabbir Akhtar on 28. Jan, 2011 in Facebook

The hacker has been hacked! Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook has fallen prey to hacking — his profile has been hacked. Though Facebook immediately pulled the page, TechCrunch managed to grab a screenshot of the message that the hacker had posted from Zuckerberg’s profile. The message which got 1803 likes and 438 comments, till [...]

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Facebook Ramps Up Security With Secured Connection And Social Authentication

by Shabbir Akhtar on 27. Jan, 2011 in Facebook

Online security has become a serious concern for social networking sites. Since Facebook is the number one in this domain with over 600 million users, it is expected to come up with effective safety measures to protect the data of all its users. Today, Alex Rice, a security engineer with Facebook announced that the company [...]

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