The most prominent “Facecrook” this past week has to be the hacker known in the underground as Krillos. VeriSign’s iDefense group spotted Kirllos selling Facebook user names and passwords in a hacker forum. They were amazed at his claim of 1.5 million accounts for sale. If his claim is true, then this figure equates to…

This past week saw a media firestorm regarding several new Facebook features and the privacy issues surrounding them. Facebook has received staunch criticism in the past over their muddled and confusing privacy settings. Their last bout with the privacy advocates was in December 2009. The changes released at the F8 developers conference last week, once…

“Instant Personalization” was launched by Facebook last year at their developers conference. This new feature gives approved sites (Bing, TripAdvisor, Clicker, Rotten Tomatoes, Docs, Pandora, Yelp, and Scribd) access to your information and content that you have made available to everyone. The user must be logged in to Facebook when visiting the site, and it…

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If you are the unfortunate victim of a “Facecrook”, and your Facebook account gets hacked, there are several steps you can take to reclaim your account and your get your Facebook life back in order. 1. Attempt to Reclaim your Account -If your account has been hacked, your best bet is to visit the Facebook…

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