Posts Tagged ‘mobile phone numbers’

Is your smartphone telling every website you visit your telephone number?

Jan

2012

O2 mobile users in the UK are venting on Twitter today, fuming at their discovery that their phone number is being shared with every website that they visit over the network. I found a colleague who owns an iPhone on the O2 network, and we tried it out for ourselves. Making sure we turned off […]

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How a friend’s hacked Facebook Account can compromise your privacy and security

Nov

2011

I had an ironic situation occur this past week. A close family member had their Facebook account hacked. Despite all of my warnings and admonitions, this young person I hold dear fell victim to a Facebook scammer. My wife called and asked me why they had changed their name on Facebook. This immediately sent off […]

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Facebook Scam Leverages Lady Gaga’s ‘Death,’ Bypasses HTTPS

Aug

2011

We’ve recently analyzed a Facebook spam that purportedly comes from the media organization British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), similar to how cybercriminals used the social networking site LinkedIn early last month.The attack starts with a wall post containing the subject BREAKING: Lady Gaga Found Dead in Hotel Room together with the legitimate site www.bbc.co.uk and a […]

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