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New Social Networking Search to be the Security Curse of 2010?
There is an ongoing battle between Microsoft Bing, Yahoo and Google to up the ante between the search giants. With the social networking craze, search giants are attempting to seamlessly integrate searches with sites such as Twitter. According to some, by doing this, hackers will be able to spam much more effectively than they can currently.
With Google’s recent announcement that the search engine will now seamlessly integrate Twitter entries into the results, there is a new growing concern over security. According to USA Today, security experts have indicated that by making search engines capable of querying social networking sites near real-time, hackers will be able to easily hone in on potential victims.
The three search engine giants have started looking into incorporating Facebook postings near real-time as well. Apparently, spam mail accounts for a large chunk of the emails sent across the Internet. Also, Symantec blocks up to 2,465 malicious spam messages per day.
However, all is not gloom as search engines such as Google uses an “automated and manual” process to find malicious links and warns others about the corrupted site. According to Microsoft and Yahoo, both search engines also value security above everything else. Both search engines incorporate another level of security like Google, to ensure the exposure is minimal to users - but just how minimal is the risk?
One of the most common and dangerous attacks is spamming links to a corrupted Web site that could infect your computer. Implementing feature rich search capabilities to social networking sites could be beneficial to the end users, but it could also be equally useful for hackers as well - do the benefits really outweigh the risks?
In the past, some hackers have even tricked the search engines into ranking corrupted sites higher than it should be. With new advancements in technology, society must find ways to make it safer for everyone. At times it seems like the technology gets here before we are truly ready for it - and with search engines being the first port of call for most users, does this new feature pose too much of a security threat or not?
Via TechRadar
With Google’s recent announcement that the search engine will now seamlessly integrate Twitter entries into the results, there is a new growing concern over security. According to USA Today, security experts have indicated that by making search engines capable of querying social networking sites near real-time, hackers will be able to easily hone in on potential victims.
The three search engine giants have started looking into incorporating Facebook postings near real-time as well. Apparently, spam mail accounts for a large chunk of the emails sent across the Internet. Also, Symantec blocks up to 2,465 malicious spam messages per day.
However, all is not gloom as search engines such as Google uses an “automated and manual” process to find malicious links and warns others about the corrupted site. According to Microsoft and Yahoo, both search engines also value security above everything else. Both search engines incorporate another level of security like Google, to ensure the exposure is minimal to users - but just how minimal is the risk?
One of the most common and dangerous attacks is spamming links to a corrupted Web site that could infect your computer. Implementing feature rich search capabilities to social networking sites could be beneficial to the end users, but it could also be equally useful for hackers as well - do the benefits really outweigh the risks?
In the past, some hackers have even tricked the search engines into ranking corrupted sites higher than it should be. With new advancements in technology, society must find ways to make it safer for everyone. At times it seems like the technology gets here before we are truly ready for it - and with search engines being the first port of call for most users, does this new feature pose too much of a security threat or not?
Via TechRadar
Tags: advanced, networking, real-time, search, social
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Permalink Reply by Gary Bing on -
The New York Times has virtually boycotted Bing and asks others to do the same. I do not provide links and wish people to find out on their own. I provided one once that mistakenly turned out to be merely a bogus phishing site. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy, so I respectfully decline on doing so.
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