Social Issues

Magazine articles on the internet's impact on society, privacy, spam, hacking, scams, regulation.

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The Motley Fool August 26, 2009 Tim Beyers	This IPO Won't Happen Soon A major security flaw still plagues Twitter.
Wired August 24, 2009 Brendan I. Koerner	Mr. Know-It-All on Spam Among Friends, Blog Contests, Naked Babies Sending mass e-mails is the equivalent of sending spam... The legalities of holding contests on your blog... Posting pictures of your child's bath time on Facebook...
InternetNews August 20, 2009	Facebook Hit by Cross-Site Request Forgery Attack As Facebook's popularity continues to rise, it is becoming an increasingly attractive target for security researchers and vulnerability disclosures.
Information Today July 30, 2009	Information Overload Awareness Day Coming on Aug. 12 The featured keynote speaker is John Seely Brown, co-chairman, the Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation and former chief scientist, Xerox.
Bank Systems & Technology August 18, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz	Long Arm of the Law IDs Heartland Hackers An American and two Russians are charged with one of the largest cyber crimes ever.
InternetNews August 18, 2009	Smartphone Users Surf Sans Security Despite being aware of the potential risks of mobile Internet use, smartphone owners don't take security seriously.
HBS Working Knowledge August 17, 2009 John Quelch	Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet How can we quantify the economic impact of the Internet? A recent study we prepared with Hamilton Consultants for the Interactive Advertising Bureau uses three methods to value the contribution of the advertising-supported Internet to the U.S. economy.
InternetNews August 14, 2009	Twitter Used as Botnet Control As bot herders learn to exploit legitimate sites, researchers warn that IT managers will need to monitor social media closely.
National Defense September 2009 Grace V. Jean	In The Fight Against Cybercrime, Weapons Have Short Shelf Lives Even the latest innovations to protect U.S. networks are not enough to counter cybercrimes.
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009 Joel Schectman	Computer Hacking Made Easy Botnet attacks like the one that took down Twitter are becoming so easy and cheap, almost anyone can do it.
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