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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Facebook Graph Search Mines Potentially Rich Data
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Mon Jan 28 17:33:32 2013
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Facebook Graph Search Mines Potentially Rich Data for Phishers, Attackers
http://j.mp/Uyachi (Threatpost)
"Think about the implications if you're an attacker targeting a
Fortune 500 company," Hadnagy said. "You can take that list, refine it
and find out people who like to eat here, or have a particular hobby
and perform multiple attacks against a company by refining the victim
list and develop phishing, phone or other attacks based on the
interests of those people." Facebook representative Fred Wolens had
no comment when asked by Threatpost about the concerns of experts and
whether the implications on phishing and spam attacks were considered
during development of the feature. He did confirm that users will have
no way to opt out of search.
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