21May2013
Posted by Emma Ban emma.ban@bullguard.com
Social networks
are the new playground for children. Most of the friending and socializing they do nowadays takes
place online. Letting them use all the online socializing tools not only helps
them develop social skills, but also provides them with tech skills from an
early age. And they already seem pretty savvy, don’t they? But with all the
benefits online socializing brings, is it really safe for kids?
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20May2013
Posted by Kirsten Dunlaevy kdunlaevy@gmail.com
We’ve all heard about the massive companies
getting hacked through social media channels. Take the Associated
Press Twitter hack from a few weeks ago – a false tweet announced that
there had been two explosions at the White House, and that President Barack
Obama had been injured. This one tweet created chaos in the United States and
resulted in a 143-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average on the U.S.
stock market. It’s scary what one false tweet can do.
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7May2013
Posted by Kirsten Dunlaevy kdunlaevy@gmail.com
Be honest, do you 100% know each and every one of your Facebook
friends? Could any of them be online friends? Friends you haven’t met in the
physical world? If that’s the case, they could well be social bots! Social bots
(short for robots) not only masquerade as real people online, but they post
like real people do, secretly promoting products or viewpoints, all while
slowly stealing your private information. Botnets are the latest in social
media dangers.
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