Social Issues

Magazine articles on the internet's impact on society, privacy, spam, hacking, scams, regulation.

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InternetNews December 31, 2009	RockYou Sued Over Alleged Security Hole Lawsuit says Facebook, MySpace app failed to protect the data of millions of users.
InternetNews December 30, 2009	Twitter Blacklists 370 Shoddy Passwords To protect its users from themselves, Twitter is preventing new users from selecting some common or easily hacked passwords for their accounts.
InternetNews December 30, 2009	Malware Targeting Adobe, Social Sites in 2010 Security player McAfee runs down its picks for malware creators' highest-priority targets in the coming year.
Bank Technology News January 2010 John Adams	Results First, Pay Later A growing wave of malware is plaguing Web banking, and new attacks are so effective that the market for a second line of defense is buzzing with activity.
InternetNews December 29, 2009	Security 2010: What Threats May Come Dawn of a new decade promises a new wave of cybersecurity challenges.
InternetNews December 22, 2009 Andy Patrizio	Malware Writers Get Bold, Rent Datacenters Not content with infecting individual PCs, the criminals who run botnets are now setting up shop in legitimate data centers. How?
InternetNews December 21, 2009	Hacker Breaches College Library System Incident compromises more than sensitive information of more than 51,000 patrons at 25 campus libraries.
InternetNews December 21, 2009	10 Tips for a Safe Online Holiday Season From phishing to network vulnerabilities, fraudsters can strike on multiple fronts over the holidays.
InternetNews December 18, 2009	Hackers Knock Twitter Offline, Briefly Group calling itself "Iranian Cyber Army" takes over popular microblogging service.
InternetNews December 17, 2009	Privacy Groups Call Facebook's Changes Illegal Facebook's site-wide privacy changes draw ire from privacy watchdogs who are calling for a federal investigation.
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