Facebook, MySpace backdoor exposed user accounts

11/5/2009

All your auto logins are belonged to us

Facebook and MySpace have closed gaping security holes in their sites that gave attackers full access to accounts that had automatic-login features enabled.…

Offloading malware protection to the cloud

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