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by Randy Abrams
February 18, 2010 at 11:37 am

Yesterday I recorded a podcast for The Malware Report with guest Ira Victor of Data Clone Labs Inc. Ira also co-hosts the radio show “The Cyber Jungle” which you can find at www.thecyberjungle.com. The podcast should be up in the next week or so.
During the show Ira mentioned the website http://www.PleaseRobMe.com. This site takes the … Read More…

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by David Harley Senior Research Fellow
February 18, 2010 at 8:53 am

We seem to have pointed out rather often recently that giving away lots of information on Facebook, Twitter and other social network sites isn't a good idea.
PleaseRobMe claims, somewhat amusingly, to be a resource for burglars, saving them the trouble of searching through Twitter and Foursquare for information on whose house is currently unoccupied. In fact, … Read More…

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