Facebook tackles fake ‘likes’ after bot controversy
Facebook is cracking down on potentially fake ‘likes’ on its site, amid critisicm that bots are ramping up prices for advertisers on the social network.
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1 million Apple IDs leaked online by hacktivists
The IDs of around one million iPhone and iPad users has been leaked online by a group on hackers associated with the ‘Anonymous’ movement of online political activists. The data was allegedly stolen from an FBI laptop, which if proved true, could be a major embarrassment to the US intelligence service.
Top Chinese browser Qihoo ditches Google for own brand search engine
China’s most popular Web browser Qihoo has replaced Google with its own newly launched search engine as default choice.
Apple ‘held talks with Twitter’ over partnership
Apple considered investing in Twitter, in a deal that would have valued Twitter at around $10bn (£6.4bn) and it would also have signalled the technology giant’s eventual intention to take on Facebook.
World’s third biggest spam botnet “taken down”
A botnet called “Grum”, which was responsible for over 18% of all the world’s spam email, has officially been shut down, according to a new report. Online security firm FireEye worked with local internet service providers and spam-tracking service SpamHaus, they were able to locate the “Grum”-net command and control servers in Panama, Russia, and … [Read more…]
World’s third biggest spam botnet "taken down"
A botnet called “Grum”, which was responsible for over 18% of all the world’s spam email, has officially been shut down, according to a new report. Online security firm FireEye worked with local internet service providers and spam-tracking service SpamHaus, they were able to locate the “Grum”-net command and control servers in Panama, Russia, and … [Read more…]
Yahoo Voice hit by hackers: 400,000 passwords online
Yahoo is investigating a breach of its system which may have exposed 400,000 user IDs.
Video viral of the week: Coca-Cola ‘security camera’ ad gets 5m YouTube views in one month
This heart-warming video from Coca-Cola continues the beverage giant’s ‘Happiness’ brand message, turning the negative perception of security cameras into something much more positive- boosting customers perception of Coke in the process. See why it’s our video viral of the week below…
LinkedIn claims ‘no accounts breached’ in hack attack
LinkedIn has said that there have been “no reports of member accounts being breached” after millions of passwords were stolen and leaked online last week.
LinkedIn passwords hacked- 6.5 million members at risk?
Password information for 6.5m members of business social network LinkedIn have been leaked, according to a news report.