Countermeasures for Social Networking

social networking has exploded in popularity so quickly, companies and individuals have not had much time to deal with the problems the technology has brought to bear. Surveys taken in recent years have found that many companies either do not have a policy in place regarding social networking or are unaware of the risks. Recently, … Read more

Mistakes in Social Media and Social Networking

Social media can be made safer if you take simple steps to strengthen your accounts. In fact, it has been found in many cases that with a little care and effort, you can lessen or avoid many common security issues and risks. You can reuse some of the guidance from earlier chapters and apply it … Read more

What Is Social Networking?

Over the last decade, some of the biggest security threats have come from the use of social networking. The rapid growth of these technologies lets millions of users each day post on Facebook, Twitter, and many other networks. What type of information are they posting? ■ Personal information ■ Photos ■ Location information ■ Friend … Read more

US-China tensions overshadow closing of Oracle-ByteDance deal

Demands from President Donald Trump that TikTok must be quickly sold to a US company or face a nationwide ban sparked frantic talks between TikTok parent company ByteDance and US companies, including Microsoft, Twitter, Walmart and Oracle. These talks have been disrupted by complications, including Trump’s insistence that the US government should receive a financial “cut” of … Read more

The Evolution of Web Applications

In the early days of the Internet, the World Wide Web consisted only of web sites. These were essentially information repositories containing static documents, and web browsers were invented as a means of retrieving and displaying those documents, as shown in Figure. The flow of interesting information was one-way, from server to browser. Most sites … Read more