In an interesting development, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) helped bring down a botnet called Lecpetex. This story shows both the growing sophistication of hackers and the difficulty of getting people to follow straightforward security protocols. Facebook reported that People downloaded and ran .exe files from spam messages despite years of warnings. The Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) wrote a post about the Lecpetex Botnet, explaining all the technicalities. … Continue reading Active Stock : Facebook (NASDAQ FB) brings down Lecpetex Botnet

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) will continue in Afghanistan even though there were proposals to restrict the social networking site in the wake of ethnic hatred that sourced from it at the time of presidential elections. The war of words between the supporters on the website started after candidates Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah were accused of frauds in the June 14th election. Facebook has become the … Continue reading Top Stock : Facebook (NASDAQ FB) to continue in Afganistan

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ FB) recently released its diversity figures for the first time, showing that the world’s largest social network is run by mostly white and Asian men. Facebook released the data on the heels of similar reports from Google, Yahoo, and LinkedIn that came out in recent weeks. The latest figures should come as no surprise to anyone looking at the past reports, since … Continue reading Stock to Watch: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) suffers from a lack of Workforce Diversity

Facebook (NASDAQ FB) is in trouble for its privacy practices yet again. This time the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a privacy watchdog group, has filed an official complaint against Facebook for its 2012 emoticon study. The complaint states that Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) didn’t obtain the consent of users before conducting the study. Last weekend, details about Facebook’s psychological study started making rounds through social … Continue reading Active Stock: Facebook (NASDAQ FB) Faces Official Complaints over News Feed Experiment