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To fully understand the privacy of Facebook and how it's likely to evolve, you need to understand one thing - Facebook executives want everyone to be public. As the service evolves, executives tend to favor our open access to information, meaning information you think is private will slowly become public, but that doesn't mean you can be private if you want to. Facebook gives its users the option to lock things down, but users need to be aware of their controls, how to use them and how to prepare for future Facebook privacy changes. Facebook has not and will not make information obvious, and that's where   this free guide  comes in. News Source : Google

The target of attacks has shifted from traditional infrastructure to mobile users and endpoint devices, according to a new report. Research from SpiderLabs found that malicious tools became more customized, automated and persistent in 2010. This trend combined with the popularity of mobile devices and social media is providing the perfect recipe for cybercriminals looking to compromise business, customer and user private and sensitive information. Key findings: Food and beverage regained its title as the most breached industry-representing 57% of the investigations. Third-party vendors continue to put companies at risk-88% of breaches resulting from insecure software code or lax security practices in the management of third-party technology. Cybercriminals got fresh in 2010-because in-transit credit card data is usually more recently created (more fresh) than stored data, 66% of investigations found the theft of data in transit. A single organized crime syndicate may be respon...

The detailed records of thousands of University of Sydney students past and present are being stored online where they can be easily downloaded and read via an internet connection. It is understood the university was told about this security threat in February 2007, but did not move to secure the information. This website was made aware of the breach after it revealed yesterday the university's website was  sabotaged and altered at the weekend by a hacker . Advertisement: Story continues below Details openly available on the university site include a student's full name, residential address, email address, which courses he/she studied and how much the course cost. The vice-chancellor of the University of Sydney, Michael Spence, declined to comment on the suggestion that the university had been warned about lax security four years ago, but said he was ''appalled to be notified that some records could be accessed in this manner''. He called the breach an '...

Big John's Trees's Website defaced By Team Jmc H4x0rs !! Link :  http://bigjohnstrees.com/ News Source : Team Jmc H4x0rs | Via Email

Brazilian Government website Hacked By KiLLerMiNd (PakCyberHaxors Crew) Website link :  http://www.juquitiba.sp.gov.br/ Zone-H mirror :  http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/12931727 News Source : KiLLerMiNd | Via Message