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Social networking sites in security struggles

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

A number of security holes have been identified in the social networking site MySpace it has been revealed.

In a CNet News article, it was reported that a data security breach could be possible as users of the website's mobile page can enter and view another person's emails via entering their username.

Furthermore, a computer network security problem has been highlighted whereby unauthorised users currently have the ability to delete bulletins from groups they do not control and can pin and unpin topics.

A spokesperson for the site has said: "Today, MySpace was alerted to an issue within the MySpace Mobile WAP site and is working to roll out an immediate fix."

It was also reported that there may be some IT security risks with fellow social networking website Facebook after it was revealed that the third-party application Advanced Wall may mean that people can view comments left on a member's profile even if they are not friends.

In other news, Windows machines are still vulnerable to a number of security issues even after the patching of a number of problems by the company last week.

ZDNet blogger Ryan Naraine noted that one of the main causes for concern is a security vulnerability within the Windows Media Player product.ADNFCR-1765-ID-18738883-ADNFCR

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