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Anonymous and LulzSec trawl Google Code search for security holes

12
Nov
2011

Exotically named hacking tools such as Low Orbit Ion Cannon and #RefRef have garnered plenty of headlines over the last few months but a new report suggests that the world’s favourite search engine might be an equally important weapon in the arsenal of cyber-criminals and hacktivists. The report explains how a simple search on Google […]

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Socialbot Network finds it easy to harvest data from Facebook users

01
Nov
2011

Researchers have claimed that Facebook’s inbuilt security systems are “not effective enough” at stopping automated identity theft, after running a large-scale infiltration of the network using Socialbots. In their paper, “The Socialbot Network: When Bots Socialise for Fame and Money”, researchers from the University of British Columbia describe how they managed to collect private data […]

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