With three high profile hacks within one year, are dating sites worth the risk? Questions over the safety of online dating hacks may once have referred to not knowing the real identity of the person (or people) you are chatting to and personal safety, more recently attention has turned to…
Ads On Match.com Can Let Hackers Hold Computers For Ransom
WASHINGTON TIMES – Sep 4 – Members of UK Match.com were warned by security experts about a virus from an add on Match.com’s UK portal. The add contained code that can let hackers to take control of a victim’s computer and hold it for ransom. Match temporarily suspended advertising on…
Russian-speaking Hackers Breach 97 Websites
IDG NEWS – Aug 31 – Russian-speaking hackers have breached 97 sites, mostly dating-related, and stolen login credentials. They don’t appear to be selling the data just yet. Many of the sites appear to have database flaws known as SQL injection flaws. by Jeremy KirkSee full article at CIO
Newsy Hackers Stole Facebook Photos for Fake Dating Site – Lovely-Faces.com – Face to Facebook
Lovely-Faces.com – Face to Facebook http://www.face-to-facebook.net Stealing 1 million Facebook profiles, filtering them with face-recognition software, and … ___________________________ Read More….