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Today, Websense® is helping organizations and individuals protect their blogs, Facebook pages and other Web 2.0 sites through the delivery of Defensio™ 2.0, a threat detection system for the social Web that analyzes and classifies user-generated content in real-time as it is posted to blogs and Facebook pages, to protect visitors from being exposed to malicious links and spam.
Individuals and organizations with Facebook pages can visit www.defensio.com to download the free Defensio security application for Facebook. It runs on the Facebook page in real-time, scanning and analyzing content posted to the page – including wall posts, comments, third-party applications and links – to look for security threats and spam. If a threat is identified, the Defensio application alerts the Facebook page owner so they may remove it and prevent their online friends and fans from being exposed to the risk.
We’ve blogged before about the potential dangers that can lurk behind shortened URLs. Because shortened URLs are commonly shared among friends on social networking sites, users often don’t think twice about clicking on them despite the fact that they don’t know where they are being directed. Hackers and spammers have taken advantage of this trust by using shortened URLs to spread their wares to unsuspecting victims.
But that is about to change. Today, bit.ly – the leading URL shortening service – took a major step forward in preventing malware, spam and phishing through its shortened links by announcing that they will use Websense ThreatSeeker Cloud to analyze and categorize the Web sites and content behind millions of shortened bit.ly URLS created daily. Read more>
