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Security implications of new Facebook email service

Posted on November 18, 2010 by in Tech

Facebook’s new messaging system has raised concerns regarding risks from cybercriminals and spam spreading, according to Sophos. They suggested Facebook users to take greater care of their account than ever before, just in case if this data misused and “fell into the wrong hands,” said Graham Cluley (@gcluley), senior technology consultant at Sophos.

…the new messaging system allows users to send not just links, photos, and videos to each other – but also external files such as documents and spreadsheets. These could be malware-infected or carry spam messages. It’s unclear at the moment whether Facebook will put any restrictions on the types of files that can be attached to messages.

18 interesting firsts on the Internet

Posted on March 9, 2010 by in Tech

Just discovered an interesting list, 18 first different things on the Internet [brief] history, thanks to the TechReaders site!

  1. The First Email: Ray Tomlinson sent first email and also made use of @ symbol in email addresses in 1971.
  2. The First Ever Domain Name: “symbolics.com” registered by computer manufacturer Symbolics (now obsolete) on 15th March 1985.
  3. The First SPAM Email Ever: Gary Thuerk sent spam email messages to 393 people on ARPANET on 3rd May 1978.
  4. The First Ever Mobile Phone with Internet Access Facility: Nokia 9000 Communicator (launched in 1996, Finland).
  5. The First Ever Website: Info.cern.ch which was launched in late 1990.
  6. The First Ever E-Commerce Website and Transaction: NetMarket that claims to process first ever secure transaction on the web on August 11, 1994.
  7. The First Ever Online Bank: Stanford Federal Credit Union that provides Online Internet Banking services to all of its customers in October, 1994.
  8. The First Ever Search Engine: WebCrawler.com which was launched in 1994.
  9. The First Ever Blog: Justin Halls is considered the first blogger who started a web diary in 1994. [The term webblog was introduced in 1997 which later led to “blog” in 1999].
  10. The First Ever Podcast: Dave Winer added audio content into the RSS feeds on January 11, 2001.
  11. The First Item Ever Sold on eBay: A broken laser pointer worth $14.83.
  12. The First Book Ever Sold on Amazon: Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought by Douglas Hofstadter [1995].
  13. The first edit on Wikipedia: Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder when doing a test edit with text “Hello, World!”
  14. The First Ever Video on YouTube: “Me at the Zoo” video put by the the cofounder of YouTube Jawed Karim on April 23, 2005.
  15. The First Ever Message on Twitter: It was a demonstration message with text “just setting up my twttr” by the creator of Twitter, Jack Dorsey on 21st March 2006.
  16. The First Ever Voice Chat Service: Rocket Messenger.
  17. The First Ever Website Hacked: Federal websites that included US Department of Justic, U.S. Air Force, CIA, and NASA in 1990.
  18. The First Ever Social Network Site: Friendster.com which was launched in 2002.