The number of attacks on facebook users is definitely on the up.... and with the long weekend here in the US, we have another new one according to Websense.

This particular threat spreads through a supposed video - and it appears on your wall, after someone you know has been compromised - ie, your wall was accessible is someone you know was tricked into following the various infections steps... first of which was clicking the 'video link' - secondly, entering your facebook credentials when prompted by a popup - and then possibly to another page to download an 'FLV Video player' - which then downloads a trojan to your desktop computer - so the goal is first, get your facebook account, 2ndly, infect your home computer... double-whammy - and plenty of people have apparently fallen for this.

Posted by Greg Hewitt-Long in General Security at 13:09

Following the furor that began when recent changes to Facebook privacy lead to major privacy concerns from its users, journalists and even members of congress called more a more open approach to privacy from the Social media giant.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg will headline the event, which began at 10:30 a.m. PT. Stop back here for regular updates.

Posted by Greg Hewitt-Long in General Security at 11:41

To calm your nerves: the name of the virus was not Snow Crash.

British scientist Dr. Mark Gasson purposely infected the RFID chip in his hand with a computer virus, and successfully proved that such devices can carry malicious programs to other systems, and that those systems in turn could pass on the code to any other chips that came into contact with them.

Posted by Kyle Reiners at 11:16

Original Article: Facebook Privacy - 8 ways to tighten up your privacy

You need to be aware, that the default facebook settings - are pretty much "share with everyone" - and I am reasonably sure you don't want to do that!

Posted by Greg Hewitt-Long in General Security at 19:14