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By carol on October 21st, 2009
via Schneier on Security: “Fugitive caught after updating his status on Facebook”
By spunkycarol on March 17th, 2008 Caught on the throne : Wacky Archives
“While some companies try to keep toilets clean with some funny toilet signs, others go out of their way and install security cameras. It’s a far-fetched measure, but it gives you a lot of insight to what people are doing in there, except for the obvious things. Here are the oddest captures from these cameras! ”
By spunkycarol on December 6th, 2007 from Computerworld
“November 30, 2007 (IDG News Service) — A CA security researcher is sounding the alarm that Facebook’s controversial Beacon online ad system goes much further than anyone has imagined in tracking people’s Web activities outside the popular social networking site.
Beacon will report back to Facebook on members’ activities on third-party sites that participate in Beacon — even if the users are logged off Facebook and have declined having their activities broadcast to their Facebook friends. “
By spunkycarol on October 21st, 2007 The Blotter has another hot story
Police are investigating how the personal files of 1,200 Ameriquest Mortgage customers turned up in a dumpster at an Atlanta apartment complex. Police say the 40 boxes of records contain sensitive financial information, including customers’ credit histories, bank account information, tax and salary records and social security numbers.
Full story here
By spunkycarol on August 7th, 2007 via Slashdot by CmdrTaco on Aug 06, 2007 athloi writes “Social networking Web sites such as MySpace.com are increasingly juicy targets for computer hackers, who are demonstrating a pair of vulnerabilities they claim expose sensitive personal information and could be exploited by online criminals.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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