We see [Ben Grosser's] point that all the metrics found on the Facebook user interface make the experience somewhat of a game to see if you can better your high score. He thinks this detracts from the mission of having social interactions that themselves have a value. So he set out to remove the ‘scores’ from …
Hackathon results in the Facebook book
[Jeremy Blum] and [Jason Wright] pose with their project at the end of a 24 hour hackathon. The Facebook headquarters in New York City held the event as part of their Summer of Hack program. As an homage to the hosts, the hacking duo decided to create a physical book and populate it with the …
Scammers punt bogus pink Facebook makeover
Lame lure promises to banish ‘boring blue’
The latest survey scam doing the rounds on Facebook works by falsely offering to change the profile of prospective marks from blue to red, black or shocking pink.…
Are we actively encouraging destructive hacking?
Whenever I see another “cyberchallenge” getting play in the press, I think our priorities are screwed up.
People seem to think that organising teams of people to hack into systems is a way to bring together the best computer talent to square off agains…
Stolen Facebook names and passwords mostly old data
The cyber bandits who nicked 45,000 Facebook user names and passwords with a computer worm Thursday got less than they bargained for.
A “majority” of the credentials stolen by the thieves were “out of date,” according to a statement Facebook released t…
Facebook Hacker Cup 2012 Now Open for Registration
Facebook has opened registration for its second annual Hacker Cup where programmers around the world fight for highly coveted title of champion.
Registration officially began on Wednesday, December 4, with the first of qualification rounds scheduled on…
Symantec confirms source code stolen, but for old enterprise security software
Symantec confirmed late Thursday that hackers compromised some source code relating to two discontinued enterprise security products.
The code belonged to Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Antivirus 10.2, which are four and five years old, respectively. Sym…
A Seven-Step Guide to Protecting Customer Privacy
Think protecting customer privacy is only an issue for business giants like Facebook and Sony? Think again.
Many small companies have lost customer trust or even been sued over privacy mishaps in recent years. And they’re likely to face more problems a…
Worm ‘steals Facebook passwords’
The data is believed to have been taken largely from Facebook accounts in the UK and France, according to security firm SecurAlert.
Facebook seeks world champion hacker
Think your programming skills are world class? Facebook wants you to prove it at its second annual Hacker Cup challenge.
