use two types of social networking sites. They bring their Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and other identities in the office. At the same time that the business use of social networking - LinkedIn and others - for more "official" duties. Has the potential to be a big problem. This left Forrester Research identified social networking as a key element of Web 2.0 business wave to be. In 2013, the company, social networking is a piece of 2 billion dollars, up from 4.6 billion dollars. I hope that organizations will catch up on the security front. The piece says that only half of the Web filter from Barracuda Networks block MySpace and Facebook are provided. Those who continue to try to guard against viruses and spyware, and employee productivity. It would be interesting to understand how these organizations understand that social networking sites a great potential to exploit the techniques of phishing and other social services, and sending people dishonest or ignorant to important information about the fire barrier. This is a beautiful stream CNN overview of social networks in space. What the author not only says that the development of social networks for use in consumer companies is exactly what has happened with mobile phones, Wi-Fi and other tools that people who are in their private life as she and brought to work. In this case, the author says, safer, firms targeted offers available. Yammer, for instance, is a business version of Twitter. Other companies that are new to social networking, including Forrester, awareness, Communispace and Jive. One of the advantages that new technologies, consumer-to-business world is so often in the recent past, is considered by experts as the fastest security problems. It seems a bit 'less denial. This piece Legal Technology offers a good description of social networks, and returns to Black Hat presentation, addressing the dangerous characteristics of social networks and the shortcomings identified major. These include Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), cross-site scripting (XSS) and the absence of a mechanism to validate the security of client applications. The author offers seven tips for safe use and management of social networks. The theory is not all business people use social networks - and the wicked Go after them. For example cited SPAMfighter reports the Washington Post on Brian Krebs spear phishing on the approximately 10,000 members of LinkedIn. The story says that social networking sites are often the target of spear phishers because users accustomed to e-mails from other users. Support@linkedin.com this e-mail supposedly coming and brought the subject "Re: business contacts." To follow the instructions in the e-mail to install a malicious program to steal sensitive data from your computer. There are a lot of anxiety. Dark Reading has a sticker disturbing, dangerous as it can be a social networking site. The big problem is that there is no way to simultaneously improve the security and interactivity. In large measure, noting, one comes at the expense of others. Dark Reading through some problems and links to pages that describe in detail seven of the most dangerous identity theft and targeted hacks, and spam, "militarized" applications, CSRF and XSS, identity theft and corporate espionage.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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