Social network privacy study finds identity link to cookies

Here at On-Site Technical Solutions we've been touting the benefits of Cloud computing and using social networking for busienss (especially smaller businesses). That's not going to stop because that's where the world is headed.

But that doesn't mean we can be less concerned about privacy and security in our new environments. As we become more entangled in technology, privacy concerns especially will be more significant. If not our own privacy, then that of our customers and associates.

While the article linked to below is about privacy and social networks, be sure to keep all of your technology use secure - and as private as you and your customers want it to be.

From SearchSecurity.com

Social network privacy study finds identity link to cookies

Here is the study, from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and AT&T Labs Inc., discussed in the article:

On the Leakage of Personally Identifiable Information Via Online Social Networks

Update:

Electronic Frontier Foundation calls social networking privacy study alarming

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Researchers predict SSNs, crack algorithm putting identities at risk

If we didn't have enough privacy and identity theft issues to worry about, here's another to add to the list. From Search Security.

Researchers predict SSNs, crack algorithm putting identities at risk

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Conficker Ready to Attack?

Everyone remembers the conficker virus - people were disappointed it didn't do much more damage earlier this year on its D-Day. Some likened it to the Y2K non-event.

Well, let's not dismiss it quite so fast... Like the Swine flu, it's still circulating and sitting in millions of zombie computers (ok, the swine flu isn't in computers, but we may be in for a rough fall).

So keep your security updated and be ever vigilant - and see the article below from SearchhSecurity.com

Conficker authors prepping for next stage, researcher says

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