Australian customs officers have been given new powers to search incoming travellers' laptops and mobile phones for pornography, a spokeswoman for the Australian sex industry says.
Fiona Patten, president of the Australian Sex Party, is demanding an inquiry into why a new question appears on Incoming Passenger Cards asking people if they are carrying "pornography".
Facebook has found itself facing some tough choices when it comes to the direction of the company, specifically revolving around user privacy. As most Netizens know, Facebook has faced harsh criticism in recent months—which may be coming to a head after having built up slowly over the years—regarding how it handles user information. Now, the company is left deciding whether it wants to revert to its old principles and go against founder Mark Zuckerberg's policy of forging ahead, privacy be damned.
Dutch authorities have shuttered a transit website after a hacker demonstrated it gave him access to addresses, birthdates, and other sensitive information belonging to some 168,000 passengers.
Ironically, Ervaar het OV, which translates to "Experience the OV," was intended to promote the use of smartcards on the OV system by offering coupons and other promotions. According to an article in Webwereld magazine, the site is wide open to simple attacks that allow hackers to read, change, or delete passengers' personal information.
Facebook is fixing a Web programming bug that could have allowed hackers to alter profile pages or make restricted information public.
The flaw was discovered last week and reported to Facebook by M.J. Keith, a senior security analyst with security firm Alert Logic.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has suffered another possible breach of private data as a thief recently stole an unencrypted laptop that had held the social security numbers and other information of 616 veterans.
Although the VA hasn't found evidence that the data itself has been breached, the theft of the laptop, which was owned by a contractor and not the VA, highlights organizations' need to work closely with contractors on cybersecurity issues.
The Digital Age has been a wonderful boon to business. The ability to produce documents digitally, rather than on paper, has made it easier to create, perfect, store and transmit documents.
But, there has also been an ugly downside to all these benefits. The presence of digital documents loaded with confidential information firing around the Internet has drawn identity thieves, hackers and other nefarious characters like ants to a picnic.
Even Facebook board members are not immune to phishing attacks. On Saturday, Jim Breyer of Accel Partners became the latest victim when his account was used to send a spam message to more than 2,300 friends.
The message in question (see below) came in the form of an event invitation reading, “Would You Like a Facebook Phone Number?” and included an RSVP link. The phishing scam prompted individuals who clicked on the faulty link to enter their login credentials, which then caused their accounts to be hacked in the same manner.
Since Facebook announced its plans to take over the web, there has been a lot of talk about privacy concerns, and about deletion of Facebook profiles. There is also concern about the lack of openness in Facebook's Open Graph initiative. Others are just bored with the social network. Whatever the reasons, an increasing number of people seem to be interested in deleting their Facebook profiles.
With the HITECH Act breathing down their necks, hospitals are picking up the pace of electronic health record (EHR) implementation. They face a host of familiar and emerging compliance challenges, from documentation and authentication abuses to scaling the rocky mountain of EHR “meaningful use” for purposes of collecting Medicare incentive payments and avoiding penalties.
Facebook has become the conference room for the young generation. They are sharing their personal ideas identity and views over there with others. In addition to this they can send and receive mails and messages as well by this social networking site. And one thing must be noted that all these are virtual and in done the cyber space. We can make friends. We can share a chat with them as we do when we meet physically.
