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Boy meets girl. Girl strips on webcam. Tells boy to do the same. Girl blackmails boy
Webcam extortion the other way around: hot girls extorting men.
Be careful out there, and keep your trousers on chaps.
Facebook owns up - admits network breached, blames "Java in the browser"
In The Social Network, the movie version of Zuckerberg could shout, "WE NEVER CRASH!"
I bet the real-life Zuckerberg wishes he could say, "We never get hacked..."
Was Alicia Keys hacked, or is she cheating on BlackBerry with iPhone this Valentine’s Day?
Newly appointed BlackBerry Global Creative Director and musician, Alicia Keys, claims her Twitter account was hacked after a tweet was sent from an iPhone. NOT a BlackBerry.
Pope Benedict XVI to resign - Twitter sex spammers exploit breaking news story
Within seconds of the news breaking that Pope Benedict XVI was to resign, spam began to appear on Twitter taking advantage of the story.
Monday review - the hot 27 stories of the week
Just in case you missed any of our stories last week, here's a little recap.
Acai Berry fake news website operators fined millions of dollars by FTC
The firm behind fake websites such as "News 6 News Alerts," "Health News Health Alerts," or "Health 5 Beat Health News" has had to cease its deceptive operations after it was fined by the FTC.
How Justin Bieber's name is used by internet perverts
In response to an increased number of sexual blackmailers harassing and terrorising young girls online, the FBI has published tips to help young people better protect themselves. We also added a few more for good measure.
Twitter looking to hire two-factor authentication brains
Just a few days after Twitter reset passwords and revoked session tokens for 250,000 possibly hacked user accounts, the king of social media succinctness has apparently taken its first step toward two-factor authentication.
Facebook will be closed for maintenance between Feb 29-31 - joke chain letter spreads
Messages have been spreading on Facebook claiming that the social network will be closed between February 29th and February 31st, 2013.
And, of course, it's kinda true. Don't try to log in on June 31st either...
Top 10 tips to keep your kids and teens safe online
Today is Safer Internet Day. And with 86% of 7-11 year olds and 96% of 11-19 year olds communicating online it's important everyone knows how to stay safe. So here are some tips for you to pass on to youngsters to make sure they're clued up about their online safety.
Facebook Class Action email - it looks like a phish but it's the real deal
A number of you have asked about a Facebook-related email that's doing the rounds lately.
It certainly has some of the hallmarks of a phish.
But is it? And how can you tell?
Monday review - the hot 26 stories of the week
In case you missed any recent stories, here's everything we wrote in the last seven days.
Super Bowl scamday: survey scammers target Twitter
Twitter users mentioning the Super Bowl are being bombarded with scam tweets, don't click links promising free Super Bowl info.
Facebook is turning facial recognition back on - so here's how to check your "photo tagging" settings
Facebook is turning its controversial facial recognition feature back on so that your "friends" can tag you more easily in photographs.
Now would be a good time to revisit your photo tagging security settings - here's how.
Twitter hacked, at least 250,000 users affected: what you can do to protect yourself
Twitter is the latest web property to admit that intruders seem to have been wandering around its network for some time.
Paul Ducklin investigates and offers some advice on what to do next...
A short history of hacking attacks against the media
The revelation of the Chinese hacking campaign against reporters working for the New York Times has raised awareness of targeted malware attacks, but what does the history of cyberattacks against media agencies look like?
Graham Cluley takes a trip down memory lane..
Hacker blackmailed 350 women into stripping on their webcams, FBI says
The FBI has arrested a 27-year-old man, who they claim hacked the accounts of Facebook users, and coerced hundreds of women into stripping while he watched via Skype.
Learn more about this case, and a history of other hackers who have spied on their victims via webcams.
Governments increasingly strong-arm Twitter for data
Twitter on Monday released its second Transparency Report, which revealed governments' growing taste for what Twitter itself labels "invasive requests" for information.
How to find single women who like men *and* like getting drunk, with Facebook Graph Search
Check what you share on your Facebook account *before* Facebook Graph Search is rolled out to a wider audience - or else prepare to suffer the consequences..
Twitter ordered to unmask hate speakers
Months after hate speech was taken down from Twitter, a French court has ordered the company to hand over details of users who posted anti-Semitic content. Is the uncloaking of the haters worth the erosion of privacy?
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