All Channels
220°

Facebook Spends $40,000 to Tighten Security

Gadgehit writes: "Facebook, the popular social networking website, has spent $40,000 in an effort to increase security on the service. The company started a Google Chrome-like rewards service earlier this month, where people who pointed out security issues and bugs in the service."

Read Full Story >>
facebook.com
gaffyh4616d ago

I still don't think this will help against DDoS attacks, they need to probably hire that company that Sony hired to prevent them, and even then Sony had issues.

Speed-Racer4614d ago

Facebook has enough server power to last through most DDoS attacks. They spread out their bandwidth over CDNs, so the most they could do is take out a piece of the network. Akamai has hundreds of CDN locations.

KingPin4614d ago

i see facebook is taking anonymous threat to shut them down seriously. tightening up loop holes thats been there since the start. but nothing is gonna stop them. no system is 100% secure.

caseh4614d ago

Wooo big spend there boys, anyone would think that Facebook wasn't worth $50 Billion!!

TwistedMetal4614d ago

Hehe anonymous is attacking on novemeber 6th or was it 5th? I guess facebook just lube N up for the rape thats coming to them.

Captain Tuttle4614d ago

40 grand? That's their post-it-note budget.

Show all comments (9)
70°

Messenger will return the Facebook mobile app thanks to Meta

Messenger will return the Facebook mobile app thanks to Meta.

Read Full Story >>
cruzingspeed.com
60°

How to change your birthday on Facebook

Now you can get happy birthday messages on your actual birthday instead of some random day.

Read Full Story >>
knowtechie.com
757d ago
70°

Facebook says to follow its livestream rules or be banned, this is your only warning

Facebook has to implement new rules for Facebook Live because people are literally the worst. Now, if you break the rules you'll receive a ban.

Read Full Story >>
knowtechie.com