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Thursday, September 13, 2012

4 modes Fraud on Facebook


Facebook is the biggest social network today with the "residents" of more than 800 million accounts. Every day, Facebook is visited by 400 million users who relentlessly pressing the "like" and post status updates.
Facebook is not only a major media to share ideas and interact with friends, but a place of interest by any attack cyber criminals.
By taking advantage and confidence of users in their network connection, cyberspace actors spread malicious code and sending spam messages using social engineering tricks to spread their message to thousands of unsuspecting users.
Here are the four most common scams on Facebook:
1. Like / Share FeedType: Social EngineeringResults: Users like link
Like it or share feedback that occurs when a hacker acting as a reliable source and ask the user clicks "like" on the page updates, photos, video, or status to access special content (typically sensational).
When the user clicks the "like", possibly directed to a survey that requires the user to fill out some personal information, sign up for a subscription service, or even those posted links a few times on Facebook.
2. 'Like' ClickjackingType: Social engineering / fraudResults: Users like link
"Like" clickjacking happens when hackers present to view a video with a button "play" simple, but in fact there is a frame that is not visible on the page with hidden buttons "like".
When users "like" the page, post status updates appear on the other user wall, causing their friends curious and tempted to visit the page.
3. TaggingType: SpamResults: A spam message displayed
Tagging occurs when users upload a photo and then advertising or tagged to a series of random people. If the settings allow users to notify when the user checked, users will receive an e-mail asking to see the pictures. People who marked and friends clicking marked and directed to spam.
4. PhishingType: Social EngineeringResults: Can read and controlling access to user accounts
Phishing is a false message that tells users that their Facebook accounts suspended, or take the form of a friend request on hold. When the user clicks on the link, it will take the user to a fake login page for the user account information.
Fake login page will record the user ID and password, then use it to get unlimited access to the user account, and will allow detailed information to the user's password for other online activities such as Internet banking.
Prevention
After knowing the modes of possible fraud committed by criminals internet, Facebook users are expected to avoid things that are harmful. Norton recommends the following tips for users to stay safe on social networking sites:

    
Do not speak, or accept friendship invitations from unknown senders in social networking, instant messaging, online forums, or cyberspace.
    
Do not post your home address, phone numbers, images, or other personal information about yourself on a public website.
    
Make sure you have a strong password (not the pet's name, birthday or address), and do not tell it to anyone.
    
Create groups of friends, relatives, or other special sub-group of friends on a social networking platform as well as share photos, videos, and comments on the limited.
    
Restrict access to your profile from the search options and make sure you remove any unwanted applications or restrict the access of others to your information.
    
Make sure you select the most secure, which is https, and get notifications of new device account access.
    
Maintaining browser up-to-date and operating systems.
    
Using free online tools like Norton Safe Web Lite that provides a safer search experience by warning you of dangerous sites right in your search results, so you can search, browse, and shop online without worry.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Google Open Data Center in Chile


Google decided to Chile as their first data center in Latin America.
Placement of the first Google server in South America was estimated to cost U.S. $ 150 million and will employ more than 20 people, according to a Google statement.
Google said it chose Chile because the country was considered to have an infrastructure that can be reliable and skilled labor.
Chile is known as the country continues to strive to be a center of technology, with a number of project initiatives such as the Start-Up Chile and has attracted many businessmen from all over the world.
Google as the world's largest search engine site says the placement of data communication center in Chile will make their products have access to faster and more reliable for the local population.
'' Chile .. atmosphere fosters innovation, and in recent years has been to develop policies and programs that encourage the growth of the Internet,'' said Google.
"Just like all of our facilities around the world, we chose Quilicura, Chile, through a thorough and rigorous selection process, with a number of technical reasons and other considerations, including the location, infrastructure, workforce, reasonable business regulations and cost.''Shocking
Google already has data centers in the United States, Finland and Belgium, and plans to build in Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan next year.
Data center in Chile is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2013.
Opening a data center in Latin America might help Google's ambitions in the South American continent.
Orkut, a Google-owned social network, has become the number one in Brazil and several other countries in Latin America.
But based on the analysis of Comscore digital media, said that Google's social network made now ranked third in the bottom of Facebook and Twitter.
Appointment of Chile as Google's first data center in Latin America is also considered surprising given Brazil considered to have a larger population and is centrally located and has the technology sector is expanding rapidly.

Google Smart Glasses mannequin Record Activity



Google Tools Glass is not yet present on the market officially. Devices glasses this Google's future will be present at the mid-year 2013.

However, there are some people who get a chance to try out the capabilities of these devices. One was Diane von Furstenberg, a famous fashion designer from Belgium.

Excerpted from All Things D, a mannequin wearing clothes designed by Von Furstenberg seen using Google Glass at the New York Fashion Week. Glasses was used to record the activities behind the scenes.

"I am very excited to introduce Glass to the world of fashion and the use of this revolutionary technology to give you all a unique perspective to the world of fashion," said Von Furstenberg.

Want to watch the recording model? Apparently, the recording Diave models von Furstenberg will be a short film entitled DVF through Glass. The film will be released on Thursday, September 13, 2012, through Von Furstenberg Google+ account.

Google Tools Glass was officially announced at the end of June, in the event Google I / O 2012. These devices had been sold to developers at a price of 1500 U.S. dollars.

I feel the price of the Glass too expensive? According to Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, the final price to the consumer is not yet set, but she insisted that it would prefer the quality of the user experience rather than cheap prices