[MCN-L] Security Lapse Exposes Personal Facebook Photos
Susan: Neo-Luddism wasn't what I was getting at, of course, but perhaps you're not far off. Seems there is a real and present danger in the use of anything with a router attached to it -- including the supermarket! Unauthorized software that was secretly installed on servers in Hannaford Bros. supermarkets across the Northeast and in Florida enabled the massive data breach that compromised up to 4.2 million credit and debit cards, the company said. The Scarborough, Maine-based grocer confirmed a report in The Boston Globe that it told Massachusetts regulators about the link between the breach and the illicit programs, known as malware. ... The breach has prompted concern in the industry because it appeared to be the first large-scale theft of credit and debit card numbers while the information was in transit. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-28-malware-supermarket_N.htm Amalyah - Original Message - From: Susan Hazan sha...@netvision.net.il To: Museum Computer Network Listserv mcn-l at mcn.edu Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Security Lapse Exposes Personal Facebook Photos Any chance these constant headlines about Facebook privacy problems are trying to ...tell us something? Yes ... that the Internet, social networks, instant messaging systems and email clients tend to mess things up, let in spam, and Trojan horses, grant access to files that are not are not rightfully yours while silo-ing off others for no appropriate reason ... I would recommend shunning anything that has a modem or router attached to it or, just to be sure, steer clear away from anything that needs electricity to turn itself on ... Susan
[MCN-L] Security Lapse Exposes Personal Facebook Photos
Facebook scandale du jour: Security Lapse Exposes Personal Facebook Photos A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout, circumventing a recent upgrade to the Web site's privacy controls. The Associated Press verified the loophole Monday after receiving a tip from a Byron Ng, a Vancouver, Canada, computer technician. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23785561/ Any chance these constant headlines about Facebook privacy problems are trying to ...tell us something? Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG www.musematic.net
[MCN-L] Security Lapse Exposes Personal Facebook Photos
Any chance these constant headlines about Facebook privacy problems are trying to ...tell us something? Yes ... that the Internet, social networks, instant messaging systems and email clients tend to mess things up, let in spam, and Trojan horses, grant access to files that are not are not rightfully yours while silo-ing off others for no appropriate reason ... I would recommend shunning anything that has a modem or router attached to it or, just to be sure, steer clear away from anything that needs electricity to turn itself on ... Susan Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG www.musematic.net ___ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1342 - Release Date: 3/25/2008 10:26 AM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1342 - Release Date: 3/25/2008 10:26 AM
