http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com Computer Security · News · Opinion · Advice · Research Sat, 25 May 2013 11:07:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/04/17/facebook-hoax-burning-hard-disk/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/04/17/facebook-hoax-burning-hard-disk/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:15:41 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=224358 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/04/17/facebook-hoax-burning-hard-disk/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 6 Seriously folks, you should know Facebook hoax about a virus *burning* your hard disk is bunk gcluley Laptop fire. Image from Shutterstock Facebook hoax http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/04/08/bill-gates-5000-dollars-facebook-sharing/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/04/08/bill-gates-5000-dollars-facebook-sharing/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:05:49 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=223481 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/04/08/bill-gates-5000-dollars-facebook-sharing/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 21 Bill Gates offers $5000 for Facebook sharing? It's just not that funny gcluley Bill Gates on Facebook message http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/03/04/justin-bieber-died-car-crash-no/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/03/04/justin-bieber-died-car-crash-no/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:39:47 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=218815 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/03/04/justin-bieber-died-car-crash-no/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 4 Has Justin Bieber died in a car crash? No. But that doesn't stop Facebook users spreading the "news" gcluley Justin Bieber Google search result Fake news story Fake news spread on Facebook http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/25/talking-angela-iphone-app-scare/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/25/talking-angela-iphone-app-scare/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:01:08 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=217925 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/25/talking-angela-iphone-app-scare/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 16 Talking Angela iPhone app scare spreads on Facebook gcluley Talking Angela iPhone app Talking Angela warning Talking Angela http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/21/mcdonalds-bogus-racist-kfc-facebook/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/21/mcdonalds-bogus-racist-kfc-facebook/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:01:30 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=217556 really charging African-Americans an extra $1.50? Of course not, but thousands of Facebook fans are spreading the story regardless.]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/21/mcdonalds-bogus-racist-kfc-facebook/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 13 Racist "McDonald's" notice posted on Facebook is designed to generate calls of complaint to KFC gcluley Fake McDonald's poster, with KFC's telephone number http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/06/facebook-closed-maintenance-february/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/06/facebook-closed-maintenance-february/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:10:52 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=215323 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/02/06/facebook-closed-maintenance-february/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 12 Facebook will be closed for maintenance between Feb 29-31 - joke chain letter spreads gcluley Facebook maintenance Facebook - closed for maintenance http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/24/mickey-rourke-not-dead/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/24/mickey-rourke-not-dead/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:40:39 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=213588 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/24/mickey-rourke-not-dead/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 8 Wow. Mickey Rourke has died in a snowboarding accident, just like Sylvester Stallone, Jim Carrey and Christian Slater gcluley A fan (incorrectly) mourns Mickey Rourke on Facebook Bogus news story Cluley dead? Nah.. http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/17/security-team-fails-to-check-logs-lets-man-outsource-own-job-for-years/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/17/security-team-fails-to-check-logs-lets-man-outsource-own-job-for-years/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 06:44:38 +0000 Paul Ducklin http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=212510 you?]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/17/security-team-fails-to-check-logs-lets-man-outsource-own-job-for-years/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 22 lazing-while-prc-works-250 pducklin http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/14/neil-tennant-pet-shop-boys-car-crash/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/14/neil-tennant-pet-shop-boys-car-crash/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:54:04 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=211912 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/14/neil-tennant-pet-shop-boys-car-crash/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 5 Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys has NOT died in a car crash gcluley Facebook user worries that Neil Tennant might have died False story about Neil Tennant's death http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/11/my-birtday-calendar-facebook-warning/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/11/my-birtday-calendar-facebook-warning/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:12:02 +0000 Graham Cluley http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=211631 ]]> http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/01/11/my-birtday-calendar-facebook-warning/?utm_source=Naked%2520Security%2520-%2520Feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_content=rss2&utm_campaign=Feed/feed/ 9 My Birthday Calendar warning spreads quickly on Facebook, generating panic gcluley Birthday candles. Image from Shutterstock My Birthday Calendar warning on Facebook Apps other people use privacy option