On the heels of a reported hijacking of hundreds of FB groups, an old worm's new variation is getting into the social network
Hot on the heels of a reported hijacking of hundreds of Facebook groups, a new variation on an old worm is crawling its way into the social network's walls.
Caper intended to highlight vulnerabilities on social networking sites, group says
An anonymous group calling itself "Control Your Info" has taken over hundreds of Facebook groups to highlight what it claims is a major security weakness on the social networking site.
Study warns that companies should watch out for related security and productivity issues
The use of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook to promote businesses has exploded over the past six months, according to the results of a study that were released today.
Study finds that social networking actually improves face-to-face communication
Despite a widespread belief that social networks like Facebook and Myspace are isolating people from other humans, a new study found that the social networks more likely are helping to expand social circles.
Hosted service a way of addressing users without having to build infrastructure
Lotus Connections is "the fastest-growing software in IBM history when it comes to market adoption," said an IBM social software strategist on board the Lotus Bus. IBM discussed iNotes, Symphony, security and boundary workers during its stop in Toronto.
The game is designed to encourage interaction between players
Continuing its efforts to adapt to the changing face of the online game world and recast itself as a thoroughly modern games publisher with initiatives in the mobile, web, and social network gaming domains, Electronic Arts today announced its first major Facebook title. Spore Islands invites Facebook users to create a creature and compete against their online friends in a "survival of the fittest" game of exploration and domination.
The simple problems may have exposed users' data for an unknown length of time
Social-networking sites MySpace and Facebook have apparently fixed coding errors that could have allowed an attacker access to all of their users' data and photos.
Some say federal court order could lead to more sophisticated ways to avoid detection
A federal court's decision to award Facebook a staggering $US711 million in damages from a convicted spammer probably won't serve as much a deterrent to future attacks on social networks.
The decision to end the program is part of a series of upcoming changes for the site's external developers
Facebook has abruptly decided to pull the plug on its Application Verification program, which let external developers pay to have their applications certified as exceeding certain requirements.
The decision to end the program is part of a series of upcoming changes for the site's external developers
Facebook has abruptly decided to pull the plug on its
Application Verification program, which let external developers pay to have their applications certified as exceeding certain requirements.
'Bredolab' Trojan rides fake reset messages, reaches at least 735,000 users
A massive bot-based attack has been hitting Facebook users, with nearly three-quarters of a million users receiving fake password reset messages, according to security researchers.
The changes once again shake up the information that you see by default when you visit your home page
Facebook rolled out a revamped home page on Friday. The changes once again shake up the information that you see by default when you visit your home page on the social networking site. It demonstrates how Facebook continues to adapt and try to find the right balance of status updates and details to deliver to users.
Google is fighting off Bing and Facebook is looking for new revenue sources
Facebook plans to let users buy music and other virtual products on its Web site, the company said Wednesday, expanding its sources of revenue as the company seeks to turn its huge popularity into fiscal profit.
Hours later, Google follows suit with its own Twitter agreement
Microsoft has reached collaboration agreements with Twitter and Facebook to get their members' public status updates and messages indexed and presented in useful ways on the Bing search engine.
Bing users will now be able to search Tweets and see entire Twitter feeds from within the search tool.
Web 2.0 Conference, San Francisco - Microsoft confirmed today that it has integrated Twitter tweets and Facebook status updates into its Bing search results.