Facebook announced a new security feature that will allow users to check if they are logged into their accounts on a different computer and log out of it remotely.
This feature will enhance user control over their accounts and curb abuse of Facebook accounts as many people tend to forget to log off after using Facebook through friends cell phones and laptops or even on public computers. Doing so is risky especially on public computers, because users leave their accounts open for abuse by whoever happens to visit Facebook next on that system.
This new security feature, as usual, will be rolled out gradually and once live, users will be able to access it through the “Account Security” section of the ‘Account Settings’ page. Users will be able to see what devices are logged into their account and remotely log off their active accounts.
(Source: Facebook)
Facebook says in a blog post:
There, you’ll see all of your active sessions along with information about each one. That information includes the login time, device name if you’ve previously named it through our login notifications feature, the approximate location of the login based on IP address, and browser and operating system.
In the unlikely case that someone accesses your account without your permission, you can shut down the unauthorized login before resetting your password and taking other steps to secure your account and computer.
Stay tuned for more news on this new security feature from Facebook.
A new tool called Facebook Hacker is drawing considerable attention of ill-intentioned people, looking for passwords and usernames that belongs to others.
The tool is said to be very intuitive and extremely simple to configure and use.
Loredana Botezatu at Help Net Security writes:
“There are only two fields that need filling in: a disposable e-mail and a password that will eventually constitute the location where the stolen information is to be delivered to,” says Loredana Botezatu, “After clicking the “build” button, a server.exe file is created and deposited into the facebook Hacker folder along with the initial files. This server.exe file is to be sent to the intended victims.”
After clicking the “build” button, a server.exe file is created and deposited into the facebook Hacker folder along with the initial files. This server.exe file is to be sent to the intended victims.
The program, unlike most malware, doesn’t monitor keystrokes to steal passwords and ids. It can extract info by just searching for key words saved by the user’s web browser.
The solution is to disable auto-remember or auto-complete features in all programs including your web browser, according Paul Ducklin, Asia Pacific head of technology at Sophos.
It is also highly advisable to keep different passwords for different accounts – social accounts, mail accounts etc. This will help in keep your other accounts safe even if one of your account is compromised.
Last but not the least, update your anti-virus program frequently and scan any attachments received via messengers or mails before running them.
Here’s the list of the top 20 most popular Facebook pages for the week of August 10th, 2010.
- Eminem – 9813796 members
- Facebook – 15850128 members
- South Park – 10319212 members
- YouTube – 10593652 members
- Lady Gaga – 15144827 members
- Family Guy – 14816058 members
- Vin Diesel – 13584045 members
- Coca-Cola – 9923260 members
- Michael Jackson – 18142782 members
- Linkin Park – 10119211 members
- House – 11949940 members
- George Lopez – 1952029 members
- Starbucks – 12074884 members
- Megan Fox – 11292324 members
- Bob Marley – 8515131 members
- David Guetta – 6705888 members
- Lil Wayne – 9561537 members
- Justin Bieber – 9067247 members
- The Twilight Saga – 11239201 members
- Shakira – 6526689 members
Despite its five hundred million users and omnipresence in the world of social networks, Facebook isn’t writing off the danger posed by Google’s intended plans to release a social network, according to a brand new report. Rather, the company’s gone into “lockdown” in reaction.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the company is on ‘lockdown’ for the following 60 days, with the workplace open on week-ends as the company attempts to update Photos, Groups, and Events ahead of the Google release.
It may be an indication that Zuckerberg feels a reworking of his website would help if Facebook is to remain dominant. And if an earlier statement that Facebook has Google’s social product plans in their possession is correct, that may imply Google has something quite interesting on the way.
Needless to say, Google still has not discussed any kind of information with the public about what it’s preparing.
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An attorney for Mark Zuckerberg has publicly stated he did possess an agreement with Paul Ceglia, a New York wood fuel salesman who claims he is the owner of 84 percent of Facebook. So it might not be “completely frivolous”.
“Mr Zuckerberg did have a contract with Mr Ceglia,” Facebook lawyer Lisa Simpson told a federal court.
Ceglia, also a web designer, states that he hired Zuckerberg via Craigslist in 2003 for $1,000 to code a project called “StreetFax”, a photograph database for insurance companies.
An 18-year-old Zuckerberg told Ceglia, it’s alleged, that he was creating a social network for Harvard college students and requested him to invest in the development, which he states he did in the amount of another $1,000. The social network was the forerunner to Facebook, Ceglia says.
A copy of the contract in Ceglia’s complaint describes a website “designed to provide students of Harvard university access to a wesite similar to a live functioning yearbook with the working title of ‘The Face Book’”. It appears to be signed by Mark Zuckerberg.
The contract, due for completion on 1 January 2004, granted Ceglia a 50 per cent stake. For every day past the due date he would be granted a further one per cent, leading to his 84 per cent ownership claim.
In spite of admitting Zuckerberg had a contract with Ceglia, Facebook’s attorneys disputed the credibility of the document in the complaint.
“What the contract asserts is there is a relationship about Facebook and there isn’t one.”
Yesterday’s hearing concerned a temporary restraining order acquired by Ceglia that could have prevented Facebook from moving any assets. Facebook will attempt to have the case thrown out.
This is hardly surprising to anybody following Facebook Login, but Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg just made things official on the company’s blog. Facebook now has 500 million members. According to Zuckerberg, the landmark has been hit this morning.
Facebook has assembled a collection of stories that users have contributed with the company, describing the effect Facebook has had on their lives.
Additionally, Facebook has put together a scrapbook with messages of thanks.
It had been only five and a half months ago when Facebook celebrated its 6th birthday and hit 400 million active users. At this rate, does that mean Facebook will grow to 600 million people by the end of the year?
Zuckerberg is very confident they will hit one billion active users at some point.
An attorney for Facebook Inc. said she was “unsure” if Mark Zuckerberg signed an agreement which allegedly entitles a New York man to 84 percent of the world’s largest social network.
Paul Ceglia sued Facebook and Zuckerberg in state court June 30, declaring that the April 2003 contract entitles him to ownership of the majority of the company. Ceglia’s attorney produced a copy of the record for U.S. District Judge Richard Arcara today at a hearing in federal court in Buffalo, New York.
Palo Alto, California-based Facebook, which has not stated the alleged contract with Ceglia is really a fake, has “serious questions” about its authenticity, Simpson said.
The case is the most recent challenge to the origins of Facebook, which is worth $24.6 billion, according to SharesPost.com, a marketplace for closely held companies. Facebook’s paternity has been questioned in a suit by several Zuckerberg’s former Harvard University schoolmates, who claimed he utilized code developed on their own ConnectU venture to start Facebook. They settled in 2008.
Today’s hearing was for Arcara to consider a request by Facebook to dissolve a short-term injunction, issued by a state court judge June 30, stopping the company from transferring assets. The parties resolved the problem by agreeing to let the injunction end July 23. Arcara prolonged an order staying the injunction until then, meaning it will have no impact.
The parties, showing up before Arcara for the first time in the case, also supplied brand new details of their clients’ stories in reaction to inquiries from the judge.
“Mr. Zuckerberg did have a contract with Mr. Ceglia,” Simpson said. Zuckerberg, 26, worked for Ceglia as a computer coder, she said.
Facebook claims Ceglia stayed silent in excess of 6 years and his claim is most likely too old to pursue. Furthermore, Ceglia claims his alleged agreement, which describes “The Face Book,” had been signed about 9 months before Facebook was created, the company said in court papers.
Today in court, Ceglia’s attorney, Terrence Connors, produced a copy of the two-page “work for hire” contract that his client said entitles him to own of the social-networking service.
Facebook is getting extremely close to reaching 500 million registered users. Many sites, including this one, predicted that based on the user growth rate Facebook would reach the 500 million user mark by mid July 2010.
Facebook has sent an email to Facebook employees, new and old, to thank them for their contributions as they prepare to announce the 500 million milestone and asking them to upload photos to thank users. While we don’t know the exact date that the 500 million milestone will be surpassed, we’ve been hearing increasing talk surrounding the announcement and are expecting it to take place within days.
Trying to login to facebook? Here’s how.
If you don’t already have a facebook account, go to www.facebook.com. The signup form is directly on the Facebook homepage.
If you do have an account, enter your email and password in the text input boxes located in the top right corner of your screen. Make sure you’re at the official Facebook website, and that the address bar at the top of your browser contains the domain http://www.facebook.com.
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After you enter this information, click Login. If you run into any problems visit the official login and password help page for help.
