2017 is the year of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), Big Data, Virtual Reality (VR) and Cyber Security with major companies like Google, Facebook, Apple, IBM and Salesforce and technology pioneers like SpaceX founder Elon Musk investing in these hot technologies.
Since everyone seems to be talking about the hottest trend — artificial intelligence and machine learning — broadly, 62 percent of
As reported late October, the world’s largest online professional network LinkedIn is going to ban in Russia beginning Monday following a Moscow court decision this week that found Microsoft-owned LinkedIn to be in violation of the country’s data protection laws.
Here’s why LinkedIn is facing ban in Russia:
In July 2014, Russia approved amendments to the Russian Personal Data Law that came
The world’s largest online professional network LinkedIn could face a ban in Russia after the company has failed to comply with a Russian data localization law that compels companies to keep data on Russian users in their country.
If you are not aware, LinkedIn is the only major social network which is not banned in China, because the company agreed to cooperate with the Chinese government
The alleged Russian hacker arrested by the FBI in collaboration with the Czech police is none other than the hacker who was allegedly responsible for massive 2012 data breach at LinkedIn, which affected nearly 117 Million user accounts.
Yevgeniy N, 29-year-old Russian hacker was arrested in Prague on October 5 suspected of participating in conducting cyber-attacks against the United States,
Experts challenge Yahoo’s assertion that state-sponsored hackers were behind a 2014 breach that resulted in 500 million lost records.
When hackers infiltrated Dropbox in 2012 they made off with credentials for roughly 68 million users.
Online backup firm Carbonite is forcing all of its 1.5 million users to change their passwords after reporting it was targeted in a password reuse attack.
Breaking News for today:
Microsoft has announced that it is planning to acquire LinkedIn, the social network for professionals, for $26.2 Billion in cash.
Yes, Microsoft announced today that it would buy LinkedIn for $196 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at $26.2 BILLLLLLION.
It is so far the biggest acquisition made by Microsoft, which has made 8 takeovers, including Skype in
Mark Zuckerberg’s social media accounts on Pinterest and Twitter were hacked by an organization who call themselves OurMine. The hackers cheekily sent Mr. Zuckerberg a message from his account.
Mark Zuckerberg’s social media accounts on Pinterest and Twitter were hacked by an organization calling itself OurMine. The hackers cheekily sent Mr. Zuckerberg a message from his account, saying, “We are just testing your security”.
The hackers reportedly gained access through account details exposed by the LinkedIn data breach in 2012 when over 100 million accounts were compromised.
Two questions immediately spring to mind. Firstly – why hasn’t he activated stronger login protocol using 2 factor authentication through his mobile phone? And secondly – has Mr. Zuckerberg not changed his password since then?
In 2011, Facebook itself introduced ‘Login Approvals’, so that when you login in from an unknown device, it authenticates you through a text message sent to your mobile phone. The blog post on Facebook’s page that announces the feature states:
“As more individuals and businesses turn to Facebook to share and connect with others, people are looking to take more control over protecting their account from unauthorized access”
You would assume that Mr. Zuckerberg would understand the risks associated with his own social media accounts, having developed a solution for users of his own social media site.
We can all understand that we sometimes use the same password on several sites; we are all guilty of that. But to not have changed the password on those sites after such a big data breach, such as LinkedIn’s, could be described as naïve – maybe irresponsible.
Let’s not judge too quickly, though, because we have to remember that most celebrities and billionaires don’t Tweet and post content themselves (I do all my own!). It’s normal to have teams of marketing and public relations people controlling their online presence and identity as part of their overall brand. These teams likely have access to the same account, maybe using the same login credentials year after year. Securing an account that has shared access requires using Tweetdeck and then every user needs to setup their options authentication. Then each user signs in in with their own twitter account and has access to the shared account, they can manage their own settings and while they can setup 2 factor authentication they also might not and therefore your shared account is as strong as the weakest settings of the shared account users.
There are solutions out there that allow shared access, and Tweetdeck, for example, offers this for Twitter, but it was not released until 2015. The Twitter account of Mr. Zuckerberg has not shown a Tweet since 2012, until it was recently hacked. An account that is not used to post content is probably not thought to be a risk, which of course is wrong. And the account may not even be used to consume content.
The moral of the story is that we should:
Personally, I use the option to authenticate through my mobile phone. While this causes some inconvenience when logging in, it does provide me with the confidence that I have the best option to be secure turned on.
Mr. Zuckerberg got lucky this time around as the hackers just wanted the kudos of hacking his account. I can only imagine the chaos this caused his marketing and PR people, running around in panicked circles, vowing to never let this happen ever again.
I’ve got something in common with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg
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