66% of Social Networkers Vulnerable to Attack

Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social networking sites are sweeping the world with tweets, friends and more messaging than ever before, but what’s the cost of all this networking? More than two-thirds of social community members don’t proactively protect themselves from cyber attacks, a survey by the CMO Council and security software maker AVG found.

The study surveyed 250 social networking site users during the second quarter of this year and found that a whopping 64 percent never or rarely change their passwords. All networking sites offer privacy controls to some extent, but 57 percent don’t regularly adjust these settings, therefore providing little to no real protection.

How often do you receive “friend invites” or links within messages from people you don’t know? According to this study, 21 percent of users have accepted such invitations and 64 percent have clicked on links sent by people they didn’t know. (Full story at www.ditio.net)

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"Soup Nazi" Accepts Plea Deal!

Albert Gonzalez, plead guilty on Friday to 19 count indictment regarding his involvement in the largest identity fraud case in U.S. history. the Heartland Data Breach, where over 170 million credit and debit card numbers were stolen. He agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges.

Under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, he will serve a sentence of 15 to 25 years. He will also forfeit some $2.8 million in cash, a Miami condo, a car and expensive jewelry.

Gonzalez had once been an informant for the U.S. Secret Service. (For more info on this case, click here)

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