British hacker Stephen Tomkinson has found two Blu-Ray-borne attacks.His first exploit relies on a poor Java implementation in a product called PowerDVD from CyberLink. PowerDVD plays DVDs on PCs and... read more
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Hacker finds vulnerability in Facebook, can delete your photo albums
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2015-02-12 14:47
Like it or not, Facebook has become almost ubiquitous in today's world. Most people you know, both young and old, are on there. Worse, some folks keep memories of their lives stored on the service, including precious photos that, in some cases, may not be backed up in any way. It feels safe, after all, Facebook wouldn't lose them, right? Not so fast.
Facebook, partners unveil alliance on cyber security
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2015-02-12 01:36
Facebook, Yahoo and other technology firms announced the creation of a "ThreatExchange" to share information to help thwart cyberattacks.
"ThreatExchange is built on the existing Facebook platform infrastructure... so that partner companies can query the available threat information and also publish to all or a subset of participating organisations," the social network said in a statement.
The British army is allegedly training a group of 'Facebook Warriors'
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2015-02-02 02:14
Long ago, wars were fought on the basis of physical weapons and strength, however that's not the case today. The Financial Times reports that the British army is expanding its digital armory of weapons by creating a group of soldiers referred to as the 'Facebook Warriors'. This unit will be named the "77th Battalion" and will be tasked with fighting their adversaries on social media in a non-lethal way.
Zuckerberg describes need to balance local laws and free speech
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2015-01-15 07:49
Mark Zuckerberg tackled the thorny issue of how to balance free speech with local laws at Facebook's first international town-hall Q&A in Colombia on Wednesday.
"Most countries have laws restricting some form of speech or another," the CEO said. If Facebook were to let users post something that would be illegal in their country, would that result in more people being able to express themselves? The best course of action is often to remove the content, he suggested.
Man uses Facebook to find FedEx package allegedly stolen from doorstep
Submitted by l33tdawg on Sun, 2014-11-30 22:38
Technology can expose you, but it can also protect you.
One Texas man is very grateful for two technologies at his disposal that, he believes, secured his son's FedEx delivery.
First, there was his surveillance camera. For all the world it seemed as if someone had wandered up to his front door and availed himself of a package left by FedEx. Inside the package was a Houston Rockets sweater meant for Texan Jeff Turner's son. However, someone with a face disguised by a pulled-up sweatshirt could be seen picking it up and walking away with it.