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How to Configure Facebook Privacy Settings [Video]

admin — Sat, 15 May 2010 05:58:08 +0000

Thinking of your account safety but you do not know how to configure Facebook privacy settings properly? Watch the embedded video in the below and see if it’s right for you.

In fact, the video was produced by ConnectSafely.org, a non-profit Internet safety organization and it’s a 5 and a-half min length video.

Enjoy!

Say NO to Phishing Campaigns

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:51:09 +0000

Phishing campaigns on social networks are not new. The scammers are not satisfied only for pushing spam to sell “Canadian” pills. Now they are using all sorts of phishing campaigns to steal your Facebook password, and constantly change their tactics such as trick the users to download a keylogger so that they can collect your credit card numbers, and etc.

Now the main issue is, how can you tell if your personal information is being phished in Facebook? Here are some useful tips provided by TrendMicro:

- Check the email’s content. Misspellings and grammatical mistakes are very common in spammed messages.

- Do not click embedded links. If you need to update your login credentials, go to the site’s homepage and log in from there.

- Check the URL in the message body. A legitimate Facebook link will not continue beyond .com as in the two bogus email messages.

- Check the time stamps. Facebook has millions of users worldwide so it really is very unlikely that the site’s administrator will send out email messages to all users within the same day.

- Check the sender’s email address. A legitimate Facebook email sender will have a facebook.com and not a facebookmail.com address.

Don’t be misled. Facebook Wall strongly advise that you follow the aforesaid tips and stay safe when networking with all your friends in Facebook.

Social Networking Security Tips

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 04:39:40 +0000

From a security threat standpoint, Facebook users do not take the appropriate steps to fend off various security challenges can cause their computers vulnerable to all sort of problems. In tandem of the declaration of “National Cybersecurity Awareness Month” by The White House, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), which is a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center, has highlighted certain tips in order to practice safe online social networking.

On the statement, IC3 provided some tips to mitigate the social networking problems such as adjust Web site privacy settings, be selective of your friends, or disable options and then open them one by one such as texting and photo sharing, capabilities, and etc.

In addition, IC3 said cyber criminals are also using spam to promote phishing sites, claiming a violation of terms of service or some other issues which need to be resolved. Other spam attempts are in the forms of getting users to download an application or view a video.

Meanwhile, there have been nearly 3,200 reports of account hijackings since 2006, according to a FBI press release.