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Google Chrome hack earns security researcher $60,000

08

Mar

2012

A Russian security researcher has earned himself a tidy $60,000 by demonstrating how he could waltz past the security sandbox in Google’s Chrome browser to run unauthorised code on fully-patched Windows 7 computers. Sergey Glazunov uncovered a remote code execution vulnerability in Chrome, that could be used by malicious hackers and cybercriminals to install and […]

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How young is too young for Facebook and Gmail?

14

Dec

2011

Should there be a minimum age before you can use social networks or have a web email account? Under Google and Facebook’s terms of services, you have to be at least 13 years old. However, plenty of even younger girls and boys are probably using the systems – with or without the knowledge of their […]

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Facebook Dislike button spreads fast, but is a fake – watch out!

16

May

2011

Don’t be too quick to click on links claiming to “Enable Dislike Button” on Facebook, as a fast-spreading scam has caused problems for social networking users this weekend. Messages claiming to offer the opposite to a like button have been appearing on many Facebook users’ walls: Facebook now has a dislike button! Click ‘Enable Dislike […]

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