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Managing Email Harvesting Risks on Twitter for Linux Administrators

Not necessarily Linux related, but how are Linux admins dealing with social networks and the risks to their users? Spammers are no strangers to the ever-growing Twitter. From commercial Twitter spamming tools, to re-tweeting trending topics for delivering their message, a new crafty search technique can provide spammers with fresh and valid emails harvested from Twitter. The result? A flood of valid and fresh email addresses of Twitter users unaware that their emails will not only get indexed by public search engines, but also, that the output can be syndicated for spamming purposes. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . The result? A flood of valid and fresh email addresses of Twitter users unaware that their emails wi. linux, necessarily, related, admins, dealing, social, networks, risks. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Calendar%202 May 19, 2009 User Avatar LinuxSecurity.com Team Privacy
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LiveJournal Security Advisory: Major Privacy Flaws Exposing User Data Risks

Services like LiveJournal and Tribe are poised to be the next big thing on the Web in 2004, but their security and privacy practices are more like 1997. Brad Fitzpatrick is president of LiveJournal.com, a social discovery Web site where over 1.5 million users post diary entries they want to share with friends. Although members post extremely sensitive information in their journals -- everything from their plans to commit suicide or sabotage their boss to their latest sexual adventures -- Fitzpatrick admits that security on his site isn't a priority. . . .. Services like LiveJournal and Tribe are poised to be the next big thing on the Web in 2004, but their security and privacy practices are more like 1997. Brad Fitzpatrick is president of LiveJournal.com, a social discovery Web site where over 1.5 million users post diary entries they want to share with friends. Although members post extremely sensitive information in their journals -- everything from their plans to commit suicide or sabotage their boss to their latest sexual adventures -- Fitzpatrick admits that security on his site isn't a priority. On the initial login page, LiveJournal members send their passwords in the clear. "We're hoping to change that in the next month," Fitzpatrick said. "But site performance is our highest priority, and SSL is a pain." Jack (not his real name) is an LJ user whose account was compromised. He isn't sure how it happened, but one day he logged in and discovered a huge portion of his journal entries had been deleted. The attacker didn't stop there -- she or he also plundered his friends' "locked" entries (visible only to other friends) and reposted extremely private exchanges as public entries in Jack's journal. Although he quickly changed his password and fixed the problem, the damage was done. "My friends were really upset and the bad feelings persist," he said. One friend feared that she might lose her job when a private entry about problems with her supervisor was made public on Jack's journal. "It's still cached onGoogle," he explained, "although it would probably be hard for most people to find unless they knew all the details." The link for this article located at SecurityFocus is no longer available. . Services like LiveJournal and Tribe are poised to be the next big thing on the Web in 2004, but thei. services, livejournal, tribe, poised, thing. . Anthony Pell

Calendar%202 Jan 02, 2004 User Avatar Anthony Pell Network Security
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