The social network’s new Security Checkup tool urges users to check connected apps and devices, beef up passwords and enable login alerts.
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60 Sec Security – Atari, Minitel, VAX, ZX Spectrum…and Jimmy Connors! [VIDEO]
The latest episode of our funny-but-serious 1-minute weekly video. Enjoy.
How one school district is monitoring social media of students and teachers
They’re trying to keep kids safe, but nobody’s talking about who can access the data or what standards are used to capture it. 
Facebook ordered to allow pseudonyms by privacy watchdog
Good news for every Little Miss Hot Mess and Jemmaroid von Laalaa out there: a German privacy watchdog has ordered Facebook to allow users to take out accounts under pseudonyms.
Police say sorry after Facebook tit-for-tat with “keyboard warrior”
How should you respond when you’re representing an organisation on social media?
How (not) to pay yourself a $14m bonus – 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Our weekly 1-minute security video…news with some fun in it!
SSCC 208 – (Cyber)crime and Punishment [PODCAST]
Join us for the weekly Chet Chat! In this episode: Cybercrime (and punishment), crimeware, the Angler exploit kit, and how the Fourth Amendment applies to social networks.
Privacy and targeting are among new video controls for Facebook Pages
Now, video uploaders can discriminate – or is it target-market? – based not only on language and location, but also on gender and age. 
Man becomes first to be convicted under UK’s new revenge porn law
The 21-year-old threatened to post sexually explicit images of a 20-year-old woman, then sent the photos to the woman’s family and shared them on Facebook.
Facebook can’t say ‘No’ to New York, says New York
Facebook can’t “plead the Fourth Amendment” on your behalf, says a New York appeals court – you have to do it yourself.