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Checking the security and privacy of social networking applications, white hat style…
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Social Hacking is the official weblog of a particular amateur white-hat hacker, known as “theharmonyguy,” who writes primarily about security and privacy issues in social networking applications.

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  • First OpenSocial Application Hacked Within 45 Minutes (TechCrunch)
  • Google’s OpenSocial Could Invite Trouble (Forbes.com)
  • The ugly truth: Satan, social networks and security (ZDNet)
  • Many Facebook apps lack simple security checks (Inside Facebook)
  • Social Me is Back, Privacy Still Vulnerable (AllFacebook)
  • Facebook Hacked Again (ReadWriteWeb)
  • Does That Facebook App Have a Privacy Policy? Probably Not. (NYTimes.com)
  • Researcher Launches Facebook Bug Project For September (DarkReading)
  • Month of Facebook flaws gets underway (The Register)
  • How Safe Are Facebook Applications? (NYTimes.com)
  • Best of Application Security (Friday, Oct. 30) (Jeremiah Grossman)
  • Fifteen significant social media & security events of 2009 (ZDNet)
  • Facebook changes to its application platform could lead to security nightmare as users’ email addresses will be collected and stored (SC Magazine UK)
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    • RT @nathanhamiel: If anyone cares, my slides from Shmoocon 2010 are now posted. Attacking the Extended Web http://is.gd/7WVD3 about 2 hours ago from web
    • RT @agent0x0 Social Zombies II demo video's: Facebook App Autopwn w/BeEF http://bit.ly/bNqEM5 KrieosC2 v3 w/LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/aVsnFd about 2 hours ago from web
    • RT @agent0x0 Social Zombies II: Your Friends Need More Brains slide deck is up: http://bit.ly/ajd6dN #shmoocon about 2 hours ago from web
    • To clarify my last tweet: Due to privacy settings, some Facebook profiles will redirect to the home page if you try to load profile.php?id= about 3 hours ago from web
    • Found a way to go from Facebook ID (in the filename of all your FB photos) to full name, regardless of profile privacy. about 20 hours ago from web
    • RT @mckt_ Something to keep in mind: Even with HTTPS on gmail, you can still leak .google.com session cookies off the other apps. about 22 hours ago from web
    • I think you can summarize the majority of this year's Super Bowl ads in one word: disturbing. about 23 hours ago from web
    • So people analyze and criticize the iPad before Apple even confirms it exists, now they're saying buyers don't want it before it's on sale? 03:57:33 AM February 08, 2010 from web
    • RT @SocialMediaSec RT @CSOonline: Latest from #ShmooCon, via @BillBrenner70: Inside FarmVille's Sinister Underbelly http://bit.ly/9VmEpG 03:50:31 AM February 08, 2010 from web
    • RT @FSecure Please answer these 5 quick questions about how you use Facebook because it will help us protect you. Thanks http://su.pr/1IPyx8 03:48:26 AM February 08, 2010 from web
  • Recent Posts

    • Cross-Site Scripting Pop Quiz
    • Why I Think the iPad Will Succeed
    • In Defense of Walled Gardens
    • Facebook Applications are Now Even More Valuable Hacking Targets
    • Backup or Export Your Facebook Account
    • 10 Basic Concepts of Facebook Privacy
    • Easily View Hidden Facebook Friend Lists
    • Months Later, Old Facebook Privacy Problems Remain
    • Facebook Knows What You Did Last Summer
    • Easily View Hidden Facebook Photo Albums
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    • Social Media Security
    • Spylogic.net
    • TechCrunch
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    • Facebook (66)
    • FAXX Hacks (37)
    • General (30)
    • Google Wave (6)
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