Mercedes Benz updates car software remotely
All of us have experienced Patch-Tuesdays, when we come into work and find our desktops & laptops rebooted due to mandatory Microsoft patches. Imagine starting your car and finding […]
Posts Tagged ‘Social Media Risks’
Here’s what Facebook sends the cops in response to a subpoena – 62 pages
In the EU-vs-Facebook cases, Facebook has sent european citizens 800 PAGES of documents. In the US, a subpeona merits 62 pages. So, either the Craigslist killer didn’t use […]
Selling You on Facebook
WOW! Even the Wall Street Journal thinks Facebook’s data collection, data profiling and app-sharing is out of control. From the 4/9/12 WSJ column: A Wall Street Journal examination of […]
What Should Matrimonial Attorneys Know About Cyberforensics?
According to surveys of U.S. and U.K. matrimonial attorneys, more and more of them are asking (or requiring) their clients to disclose Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and other social media credentials […]
FTC fines RockYou $250,000 for storing user data in plain text
social game developer RockYou suffered a serious SQL injection flaw on its flagship website. Worse, the company was storing user details in plain text. As a result, tens of millions […]
Employer Fires Aide Over Refusal to Give Up Facebook Password
It’s not just kids anymore – adults with quirky humor, facebooking on their own time, with their own equipment are also being harassed. From Time.com: A teacher’s aide in […]
iPad's 'Dictation' sends info to Apple servers
“Dictation” is one of the features of the new iPad, and it can be used to dictate notes, emails, text messages. But new iPad owners may want to use it […]
Cybercops traced Toulouse massacre suspect through IP address
The IP address of a computer used to view a motorbike sales ad posted by an early victim of the Toulouse gunman played a vital role in narrowing down Mohamed […]
Is Your Dating Site Selling Your Profile?
If your data is out there, it WILL get sold…for pennies. From Betabeat: Angela, who asked that her last name be withheld, has been dating online for years. But she […]
What can we learn from the Dharun Ravi case?
What can we learn from the Dharun Ravi case? 1) All the evidence was digital / social media 2) Dharun’s computers & phones self-incriminated him They relied primarily on statements […]
