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Monthly Archives: April 2010
Russian Hacker Selling 1.5 Million Facebook Accounts
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1242 Million Facebook Accounts tweets Million Facebook Accounts 04/23/10 by Jolie O’Dell A hacker who calls himself Kirllos has obtained and is now offering to sell 1.5 million Facebook IDs at astonishingly low prices — $25 per 1000 IDs for users with fewer than 10 friends and $45 per 1000 IDs for users with more than 10 friends — according to researchers at VeriSign’s iDefense. Looking at the numbers, Kirllos has stolen the IDs of one out of every 300 Facebook users. Information for sale includes login credentials; whether or not the e-mail addresses and passwords are legitimate is currently unknown.
Typically, this information would be sold for between $1 and $20 per account, according to data from Symantec. Currently, around 700,000 accounts have been sold. The threads where the accounts are being sold have been removed, as far as we are able to tell. The users whose e-mail addresses and passwords have been compromised risk having their identities stolen, but they could also become targets of more insidious scams.
As always, we will keep you updated about any Facebook scams that come across our news desk. Hacking Facebook isn’t a new hobby for this person. Here’s a screenshot of another offer the hacker previously made on a forum earlier this year; then, he was then selling 100,000 hacked accounts from users around the world: Kirllos also appears to have had an interest in iPhone applications at one point. According to some Antichat.ru forum users, he was born in Russia, lives in New Zealand, is 24 years old and speaks both English and French.
Industry-specific guides to Twitter, by profession.
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The link below provides a compilation of links to industry-specific guides to using Twitter. Definitely worth a look, especially if you are considering incorporating Twitter into your marketing plan.
http://pistachioconsulting.com/featured-articles/industry-guides/
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Use McAfee Antivirus Software?
An update to McAfee’s antivirus software falsely identified a standard Windows file as a virus and has wreaked havoc on computers nationwide. Click on the link below to read more.
Apple has more Security Holes than Microsoft
Here's another blow to those insist that Apple products are rock solid and unhackable: The security company Secunia reports that Apple products have more vulnerabilities than those of any other company. Oracle came in second place, with Microsoft in third.
Secunia just issued a report that covers vulnerabilities for the first half of 2010, and it's not good news for Apple. The report (which you can download here) shows that Apple last had the most vulnerabilities of all vendors in 2005, before Oracle took over the top spot. And now Apple is on top again. You can see the chart, below.
The chart shows that Apple products consistently have more vulnerabilities than do Microsoft ones....
Turn DM’s into PM’s
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t.imo.im is an interesting application that provides Twitter users a way to turn their Direct Messages (DM’s) into Instant Messages (IM’s).
In essence t.imo.im it is taking the usual direct message conversation that you may have with someone and turning it into an instant messaging experience we have yet to see elsewhere. From initial tests we found it to have awesome potential. After playing around with t.imo.im for a little bit, there are actually some things that you NEED to know if you wish to use it.
http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/04/16/instant-messaging-twitter-reality/?awesm=tnw.to_15yJm
Enjoy!
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How to Report Inappropriate Content In Google Maps
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This has never been an issue for me, but for those of you that have concerns about Internet privacy, this link might be of interest. There are step-by-step instructions for how to report things you might notice in the Google Street view of your house or neighborhood, like your car license plate, a picture that includes you, showing your face, etc.
http://www.ghacks.net/2010/04/17/how-to-remove-a-face-house-or-car-from-google-street-view/
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20 Worst Web Design and Development Trends
Web design trends come and go, some stay around too long and there are a few that probably should have never existed. Many of the trends below could and can still be found on a variety of sites including personal sites, business sites and yes even web designer portfolio sites. Some of the worst trends are graphical ones such as the use of horrible GIF animations, intro pages and under construction graphics. Read more here 20 Worst Web Design and Development Trends.
HOW TO: Clean Up Your Facebook Profile
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Facebook offers extensive options for fine tuning what individual applications and people can see or do on your Facebook profile, but if you haven’t been following all the changes (and Facebook likes to change often), you might feel lost in all the options. We’re offering a rundown of the most efficient ways to make more sense of your Facebook experience.
The simplest way to control what shows up in your News Feed is to click “Hide” on an item you don’t want to see. Facebook will ask you whether you want to hide that person or page, once you confirm it, you won’t see anything from them again.
Find out more here: HOW TO: Clean Up Your Facebook Profile.
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The Gradual Disappearance Of Flash Websites – Smashing Magazine
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Flash is a proprietary product that sits on top of the browser to extend functionality. While Flash may have provided missing functionality for some time, it brings little value to modern browsers. As more and more designers and developers realize the benefits of Web standards and start using some of the features of HTML5 and CSS3, we’ll see fewer Flash-driven websites.
Read the full article here: The Gradual Disappearance Of Flash Websites – Smashing Magazine.
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