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Moko, A Friendster-Like Site In Your Palm

Moko is a social networking service such as Friendster or Facebook. The difference is that Moko is designed to be enjoyed on the users palm, meaning from their cellphone. The site owned by Loop Mobile was launched on 21 July 2008. It is considered as the only social networking service that all its features can be accessed through cell phone and through the sites.

Moko has been integrated into 3 networks in Australia and England. This site basis is on its live chat features, then also on the profile pages like Facebook or Friendster and the ability to upload photos and videos. One of the Moko’s specialty is the same experience that the users will get when using this service through cell phone just like through computers. According to Martin Hoffman, CEO Loop Mobile, this thing has not been accomplished by any social networking sites. Read More …

Social Networking Sites, Time Bomb For Companies?

It is true that social networking sites are in the heart of many people. However, do you know that this site can be like a time bomb for companies’ network security?

As said by Trend Micro, a company that handles Internet security problem, social networking sites can be a threat to security not only for users but also for companies networking.

And what is the reason? Many employees access the social networking sites from their workplace, using PC and company internet connection. The bad thing is this site is usually used to spread evil programs.

Raimund Genes, Chief Technology Officer Trend Micro said, the social networking site popularity has made people easily targeted for intangible crimes. “The malicious programs are distributed through email attachment, the program is put in the link web2.0, that is why so many malicious programs that are spread in the social networking site,” he added as quoted in the softpedia. Read More …

Facebook Becoming A Junkyard

Junk mail aka spam flooding in our email perhaps is very common. But lately, spam also likes to visit social network sites such as Facebook or MySpace.

According to Sfgate, a lot of Facebook member reported that they have received a massive commercial message that ask them to do things such as download ringtone or buy male enhancement drugs. These sort of messages are coming from their friends who are also member of the site, but they also linked to lots of commercial sites.

The cases of someone’s profile in social network site been hijacked and used as spam farming are often happen. According to Derek Manky, a security researcher in Fortinet, spammers are paid by related companies.

Spam is really a pain in the neck at anytime. If we have our email flooded with spam for years, now in social network sites we have to deal with the same problem. Facebook has realize this and they have warned member for not to click any suspicious link. Since a couple years ago, Facebook has welcome software applications developed outside Facebook. According to data, there are more than 200,000 applications that can be inserted in Facebook, and this can be a way to spread spam too.