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Showing posts with label facebook. Show all posts

August 9, 2009

What is a FaceBook Unblock?

by: Mike Boudet

For frequent users of social networking sites, finding a FaceBook unblock services can be truly valuable. The growth of the internet has lead many companies and schools to install internet filtering software that can prevent many web surfers from gaining access to desired websites.

Social Networking Sites

One of the most popular types of internet sites that have exploded over the internet over the past several years is social networking sites. These sites were first introduced in the mid-1990s and expanded with the introduction of Friendster in 2002 and then within the next few years when MySpace was introduced in 2005. In 2006, FaceBook was introduced as a competitor to MySpace and today it is one of the top ranked social networking companies on the internet today.

As membership in social networking sites and internet messaging has grown, more and more companies have installed internet filtering software as a means of controlling web surfing activities and protecting valuable computer networking equipment and work stations.

Filtering Software

As the internet has grown, more and more companies, schools and public computer network administrators have installed filtering software on these computer work stations. The reasons for concerns about the use of internet connected work stations are valid and important to understand.

One of the primary concerns about web surfing is that it can leave work stations and computer networks vulnerable to malware, spyware and computer viruses. These malicious software infections can not only affect the work station that unknowingly downloaded the infection, but the entire computer network. As a result, important and valuable files can be destroyed or corrupted. Efforts to clean the entire system do not only involve cleaning the work station where the infection originally occurred, but also the network server and every work station to which the infection spread.

The other concern that both schools and workplace administrators have is the amount of time wasted by accessing websites that are not related to classroom assignments or work. A recent study found that individuals can waste hours at a time without even realizing it as they surf from website to website following items of interest to them. And social networking sites like FaceBook, MySpace and Twitter fall within the category of time wasting activities for concerned workplace and school administrators, who have a vested interest in keeping computer uses focused on the work at hand.

FaceBook Unblocking

While users of social networking sites may find themselves frustrated at looking at a “blocked website” message on their computer screen, there are ways to bypass filtering software. Proxy services are the way to work around filtering software. Proxy services work by allowing members to sign up for a membership that provides access to a proxy server. The proxy server site is not recognized as a dangerous or malicious website and is not blocked. Once logged on, members can anonymously go to their desired website without being tracked. And good proxy services prevent hacking by encrypting both incoming and outgoing activities as long as the user is signed on to the proxy server.

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July 19, 2009

Security at Facebook rift revealed

Sophos, the world's IT security specialists warn again that the internet user's personal information may be in danger and should be dissociated from the internet. The information show that the most popular social networking site at this time that Facebook has a slit that allows hackers to access the profile information is worth more than 200 million users.

According to Sophos, the data can be taken, including date of birth, place of birth, sex, family members, relationship status, and others can be used to perform identity forgery.

Creator of the blog FBHive.com find an easy way to show anything listed on the panel 'Basic Information' every Facebook user. Even though this information has been hidden by the user using the security settings site. By using slit security, FBHive successfully access the personal information, such as members of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg (CEO Facebook), Kevin Rose (Digg founder), and Cory Doctorow (blogger well).

Cleft security is currently being diperbaiki by Facebook. However not yet known whether the hackers have been using information that was accessible to maluse.

"Fortunately Facebook has been aware and improve the security of this rift. But know that there was rift security, especially that can be potentially dangerous to the millions of Facebook users, who when they think that their information is not necessarily secure "said Graham Cluley, Senior Technology Consultant, Sophos, in the press that information VIVAnews quoted 26 June 2009. "This is not the first time they have found Facebook to be the center attention, because they were not successfully secure the information users. Last month, security slit that allows the identity thieves and spammers collect email addresses private also revealed, "said Cluley.

Cluley said, the user may need to know that if they want to safe in social networking, they should not rely on the sites to check their data. "In fact, may be better if it does not upload at all important information," said Cluley.

Translated from :
(http://id.news.yahoo.com/viva/20090626/ttc-celah-keamanan-di-facebook-terungkap-078ed6a.html)

My Facebook account is cracked...

Yesterday night after using the internet, I immediately went to bed but before I try to update the status in facebook mobile, but apparently I can not, even though the correct password is entered, tried many times still can not, I finally went to sleep aja, tried only in the PC.
The next day, I try on PC, same result ... the result : (, And then I open the e-mail account that is used to facebook, there is notification of the security warning that the contents facebook:

We have detected Suspicious activity on your Facebook account and have your password reset as a security precaution. It is possible that malicious software was downloaded to your computer or that your password was stolen by a phishing website designed to look like Facebook .........

They ordered to me to change my password and update antivirus and finally I am trying to do, this time using the password with a combination of letters numbers, which he said was powerful and the password is longer than before and this time, thanks god, facebook can be accessed again.
I just could not get it, a friend who chat with last night also experienced the same thing, I suggest doing the same thing with. can this mass attack? ... hehehe. A friend on FB also recommend changing your password often, I thought this great idea, and I also remember about cookies and privacy settings enter the firefox, I finally find the "accept third party cookies' option that by default there is still mark, then I removed signs mark because I suspect this is the cause, my facebook is cracked, I also set "keep until" to "close firefox", but cookies also more important for adsense program, banking site, webmail, etc. My suggestion, activate them if you just need it and dont activate cookies in fake sites, porn sites, etc.