Facebook Inc. housed dozens of cybercriminal groups that set up shop on the platform as online marketplaces to sell a variety of illegal services, such as stolen credit card information, account theft and spamming tools, a team of researchers found. Cisco Systems Inc.’s Talos security unit uncovered 74 groups with names like "Spam Professional" and "Facebook hack (Phishing)," it said in a blog post published Friday. Those online marketplaces, which counted about 385,000 members, were quite easy to locate for anyone with a Facebook account, the group said. Once a person joined one such group, Facebook’s own algorithms would often suggest similar groups, making criminal hangouts easy to find, according to Talos. Facebook confirmed that the groups, some of which Talos said had been on the platform for as long as eight years, have been removed. "These groups violated our policies against spam and financial fraud and we removed them. We know we need to be more vigilant and we’re investing heavily to fight this type of activity," Facebook said in a statement. The revelation of cybercriminal activity adds to the mounting security and privacy concerns surrounding Facebook. Earlier this week, researchers at cybersecurity firm UpGuard found troves of user information inadvertently posted publicly on Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud computing servers. — Bloomberg News Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
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Shares in News Corporation rise 2.4% in Australia following reports that it may split its entertainment businesses from its publishing interests. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin, Macmillan and Apple must wait just under a year for the ruling on the ebook price... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A US judge on Friday set a 2013 trial date for a lawsuit from the US government accusing Apple and book publishers of conspiring to fix the prices of electronic books. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Justice Department meant business when it accused Apple and five other publishers of price-rigging ebooks, and are officially taking Cupertino and two publishers to court. In a hearing on Friday, Judge Denise Cote set a bench trial for June 3, 2012, putting Apple, Macmillan and Penguin Group... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has set up a global publishing programme, HarperCollins 360, which aims to make... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lonely Planet is to launch its first European own-branded store in Manchester Airport as the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Authors Guild is encouraging its 8,500 members to submit comments against the proposed settlement between the Department of Justice and three large publishers. The settlement, the guild argues, will only benefit Amazon. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House's Square Peg is lining up two in-house projects for the second half of 2012,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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He's rumoured to be worth £10 million ($20 million), insured for £1 million, with a book deal in the works and an offer to be the face of an advertising campaign. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers including Foyles, Newham Books, Pages of Hackney and The Book Box will be among those... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Inc. urged a judge Thursday to toss The Authors Guild and an organization representing photographers out of 6-year-old litigation over the future of the world's largest digital library, a move that would force authors and photographers to individually fight the online search-engine... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing entrepreneur Frances Pinter is planning a 2013 pilot for the project she bills as a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Leaders from the world of magazine publishing are set to tackle the industry's multiplatform future on Wednesday (9 May) at Publishing+, the PPA's conference at the Hilton Metropole. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nature Publishing Group is trying to break into the future of scientific publishing with its new linked data platform—launched earlier this month; the new platform is designed to enrich search functions. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown has acquired a novel set in 1850 aboard a ship bound for the Arctic, written by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book price fixing will cost consumers more than US$200 million this year, and U.S. antitrust authorities should take action against Apple and a group of... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books by Michael Palin, Zadie Smith, Andrew Marr, and Ann Widdecombe have been added to the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Book Group has appointed Evan Schnittman to the role of executive vice president,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four in ten shops will shut and property portfolios will reduce by 30-40% in the next five years... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Eugenie Furniss, one of the UK’s most high-profile literary agents, is leaving William... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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