Sat, Jan 29, 2011
Facebook announced that it will expand its current usage of HTTPS to all Facebook pages. HTTPS is a protocol that allows secure communication with a website by encrypting user data, and prevents eavesdroppers from obtaining your personal information. HTTPS is used by online banking and financial institutions to secure your financial information.
Until now Facebook had only supported HTTPS on its login page in order to encrypt a user’s password. Now they will give users the option to experience Facebook entirely over HTTPS. This is a huge step forward for Facebook, who in my opinion, has hugely neglected the privacy and security issues plaguing the social network.
Sat, Jan 8, 2011
This is a How To guide on removing third party apps from your Facebook account. You should have as few third party applications as possible accessing your Facebook account, because the more apps you have accessing your account, the more susceptible to hacking that account becomes.
Mon, Dec 27, 2010
I received an email message claiming to be from Facebook with the subject line “Alma commented on your photo”. This email is a scam that directs victims to a malicious website. Learn more about this Facebook email scam, and about how to protect yourself.
Sun, Jul 4, 2010
Online criminals create Facebook pages claiming that Facebook will begin charging some monthly fee in an attempt to trick people into divulging their personal information, downloading malicious content, or inviting their friends to join the page.
Wed, Apr 21, 2010
Facebook spammers are now creating fake user profiles to amass a large number of “friends” they can then sell to unsuspecting businesses. Worse yet, now these spammers have access to your personal information, which can lead to identity theft.
Sat, Apr 17, 2010
There is another Facebook email scam going around. This time victims receive an email instructing them to click on an attachment in order to retrieve the password. The attachment is really a password stealer, and once installed it can potentially access any username and password combination utilized on that computer – not just for the user’s Facebook account.
