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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Facebook hit with unsolicited porn, violent videos

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Facebook
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that it is investigating a rash of unsolicited graphic images that hit some users' accounts this week.

The images, Internet links and videos depicting pornography and violence have hit some people's Facebook newsfeeds in recent days.

"We experienced a coordinated spam attack that exploited a browser vulnerability," Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes said in a statement emailed to Reuters. "Our efforts have drastically limited the damage caused by this attack, and we are now in the process of investigating to identify those responsible."

Facebook does not know yet who was behind the attack and a motive was not clear, Noyes added during an interview with Reuters.

Facebook users were tricked into pasting and executing "malicious" javascript in their browser URL bar, which led to them unknowingly sharing the content, Noyes explained.

Facebook engineers have been working to reduce this browser vulnerability, he added.

Facebook and other "Web 2.0" sites are easy targets for such attacks because they pull in a lot of content from outside sources, according to Paul Ferguson, senior threat researcher at Trend Micro Inc.

"It seems every other day there is some new Facebook 'threat,' but this is just the new reality of Web 2.0 and social networking," Ferguson said. "It is 'low-hanging fruit' for criminals."


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Thursday, November 03, 2011

A man who claims to share Facebook ordered to return to the United States

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Facebook
AFP - The U.S. court on Thursday ordered the return to the United States of a complainant who claims half of the internet giant's shares held by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, to provide evidence. Paul Ceglia, a resident of the State of New York (Northeast U.S.), was ordered Thursday by a judge in charge of his complaint to return to the country by December 2. The judge asked to receive "all computers and electronic files in the possession, deposit, or under the control of the complainant in June 2010." Otherwise, the complainant will have to explain their loss.

Justice does not indicate where he is, but according to U.S. media, Mr. Ceglia resident in Ireland for several months. Mr. Ceglia, which launched the process in 2010, claims to be a former professional relationship of the founder and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg. He claims that under a contract signed in April 2003, he was to receive for the design of a website called "The face book" 1000 dollars and shares of the company that the operator (set at 50% account Given the date of delivery).

Facebook and Mr Zuckerberg reject allegations they see as an extortion attempt carried out by an "inveterate con man" and "habitual criminals". Facebook, launched in 2004, is one of the most visited websites in the world with 750 million registered on its network. Forbes magazine estimated the fortune of Mr. Zuckerberg to 6.9 billion.

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