MySpace to adopt protection measures (Siskiyou Daily News)
Associated Press Writer NEW YORK - Under mounting pressure from law enforcement and parents, MySpace agreed Monday to take steps to protect youngsters from online sexual predators and bullies, including searching for ways to better verify users’ ages.
MySpace Quietly Fixes Bug That Gave Voyeurs Access to Teens' Private Photos (Wired News)
MySpace fixes a bug that allowed strangers to peer inside the photo galleries of some teens' private profiles. The bug, which has been around since at least October, is dealt with by MySpace barely 24 hours after Kevin Poulsen's story on the glitch appeared on the front door of Wired News.
MySpace Private Pictures Leak (Slashdot)
Martin writes "We all heard about the MySpace vulnerability that allowed everyone to access pictures that have been set to private at MySpace. That vulnerability got closed down pretty fast. Unfortunately though (for MySpace) someone did use an automated script to run over 44,000 profiles that downloaded all private pictures which resulted in a 17 Gigabyte zip file with more than 560,000 ...
Will MySpace deal make Internet safer? - Editorial (The Weber State University Signpost)
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Spamford Wallace's MySpace riches come under attack (The Register)
The FTC's quest for spam stopping balls Analysis Anybody who says crime doesn't pay obviously hasn't talked to Sanford Wallace. In just six months' time, the prolific purveyor of spam and spyware engineered a scam on MySpace that netted at least 5,850, according to court documents filed this week.…