Facebook hacked, says no user data compromised

(CNN) -- Facebook says it was recently hacked, though it says no data about its more than a billion users was compromised.

The company described the "sophisticated attack" in a blog post on Friday, saying it took place in January when a small number of employees visited a compromised website that installed malware on their machines.

"As soon as we discovered the presence of the malware, we remediated all infected machines, informed law enforcement and began a significant investigation that continues to this day," Facebook Security said in the post.

Facebook, the largest social network in the world, is the latest high-profile site to be hacked this year. Twitter announced a similar intrusion earlier this month, and major news organizations including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post have also admitted to being hacked.

The news sites attributed the breaches to hackers working for the Chinese government, but neither Facebook nor Twitter mention China when describing their attacks.

"Facebook was not alone in this attack. It is clear that others were attacked and infiltrated recently as well," said the blog post. "As one of the first companies to discover this malware, we immediately took steps to start sharing details about the infiltration with the other companies and entities that were affected. "

Unlike Twitter, Facebook said it has found no evidence that any user information was compromised. Twitter said that user names, encrypted passwords and e-mail addresses for as many as 250,000 users were potentially grabbed by the hackers. It reset passwords for all affected accounts.

The string of hacks have primarily exploited vulnerabilities in the programming language Java, which is installed on most computers by default. Facebook said the site responsible for its attack took advantage of a previously unknown Java vulnerability, which Oracle patched on February 1.

In January, the Department of Homeland Security issued an alert about the security-challenged software and recommended people turn it off on their computers. Apple turned off Java by default for its OS X users as a precaution. Full instructions on how to disable Java on any computer can be found on Oracle's website. If you must use Java, make sure that you have downloaded the latest updates, which include key security patches.

Facebook said it will continue to work with law enforcement and others in the industry to prevent future attacks.

SOURCE: CNN

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Full list of 2013 Grammy Award Winners

 

The 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California Feb. 10, 2013.

The 2013 Grammy Awards may have come and gone but the memory lingers on, check out the full list of winners at the biggest music award event.

Record Of The Year
Lonely Boy – The Black Keys
We Are Young – Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye Featuring Kimbra - WINNER
Thinkin Bout You – Frank Ocean
We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together – Taylor Swift

Album Of The Year
El Camino – The Black Keys
Some Nights – Fun.
Babel – Mumford & Sons - WINNER
Channel Orange – Frank Ocean
Blunderbuss – Jack White

Song Of The Year
The A Team – Ed Sheeran, songwriter (Ed Sheeran)
Adorn – Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
Call Me Maybe – Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen & Josh Ramsay, songwriters (Carly Rae Jepsen)
Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin & Ali Tamposi, songwriters (Kelly Clarkson)
We Are Young – Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe) - WINNER

Best New Artist
Alabama Shakes
Fun. - WINNER
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean

Best Pop Instrumental Album
24/7 – Gerald Albright and Norman Brown
Impressions – Chris Botti - WINNER
Four Hands and a Heart Volume One – Larry Carlton
Live at the Blue Note Tokyo – Dave Koz
Rumbadoodle – Arun Shenoy

Best Pop Solo Performance
Set Fire To The Rain [live] – Adele - WINNER
Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
Wide Awake – Katy Perry
Where Have You Been – Rihanna

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
Shake It Out – Florence & the Machine
We Are Young – Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
Somebody That I Used To Know – Gotye Featuring Kimbra - WINNER
Sexy And I Know It – Lmfao
Payphone – Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa

Gotye poses with his Grammy awards for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance with Kimbra (R) and for Best Alternative Music Album, backstage at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California Feb. 10, 2013.
Best Pop Vocal Album
Stronger – Kelly Clarkson - WINNER
Ceremonials – Florence and the Machine
Some Nights – fun.
Overexposed – Maroon 5
The Truth About Love – Pink

Best Dance Recording
Levels – Avicii
Let’s Go – Calvin Harris f. Ne-Yo
Bangarang – Skillrex f. Sirah - WINNER
Don’t You Worry Child – Swedish House Mafia f. John Martin
I Can’t Live Without You – Al Walser

Best Dance/Electronica Album
Wonderland – Steve Aoki
Don’t Think – The Chemical Brothers
>Album Title Goes Here< – Deadmau5
Fire & Ice – Kaskade - WINNER
Bangarang – Skillrex

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Christmas – Michael Buble
A Holiday Carole – Carole King
Kisses on the Bottom – Paul McCartney - WINNER

Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance
I’m Alive – Anthrax
Love Bites (So Do I) – Halestorm - WINNER
Blood Brothers – Iron Maiden
Ghost Walking – Lamb of God
No Reflection – Marilyn Manson
Whose Life (Is it Anyways?) – Megadeth

Best Rock Song
Freedom at 21 – Jack White, songwriter (Jack White)
I Will Wait – Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall, Marcus Mumford, songwriters (Mumford and Sons)
Lonely Boy – Dan Auerback, Brian Burton, Patrick Carney, songwriters (The Black Keys) - WINNER
Madness – Matthew Bellamy, songwriter (Muse)
We Take Care of Our Own – Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)

Best Rock Album
El Camino – The Black Keys - WINNER
Mylo Xyloto – Coldplay
The 2nd Law – Muse
Wrecking Ball – Bruce Springsteen
Blunderbuss – Jack White

Best Alternative Music Album
The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do – Fiona Apple
Biophilia – Bjork
Making Mirrors – Gotye - WINNER
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming – M83
Bad As Me – Tom Waits

Best Traditional R&B Performance
Lately – Anita Baker
Love On Top – Beyonce - WINNER
Wrong Side of a Love Song – Melanie Fiona
Real Good Hands – Gregory Porter
If Only You Knew – SWV

Best R&B Song
Adorn – Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel) - WINNER
Beautiful Surprise – Tamia Hill, Claude Kelly, Salaam Remi, songwriters (Tamia)
Heart Attack – Benjamin Levin, Rico Love, Tremaine Neverson, songwriters (Trey Songz)
Pray For Me – Antonio Dixon, Kenny Edmonds, Anthony Hamilton, Patrick “JQue” Smith, songwriters (Anthony Hamilton)
Refill – Arhyl “DJ” Camper, Elle Varner, Andrew “Pop” Wansel, songwriters (Elle Varner)

Best Urban Contemporary Album
Fortune – Chris Brown
Kaleidoscope Dream – Miguel
Channel Orange – Frank Ocean - WINNER

Best R&B Album
Black Radio – Robert Glasper Experiment - WINNER
Back to Love – Anthony Hamilton
Write Me Back – R. Kelly
Beautiful Surpise – Tamia
Open Invitation – Tyrese

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Wild Ones – Flo Rida Featuring Sia
No Church In The Wild – Jay-Z, Kanye West f. Frank Ocean, The-Dream - WINNER
Tonight (Best You Ever Had) – John Legend f. Ludacris; Cherry Wine – Nas f. Amy Winehouse
Talk That Talk – Rihanna f. Jay-Z

Best Rap Song
Daughters – Nasir Jones & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Patrick Adams, Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer & Paul Leka, songwriters) (Nas)
Lotus Flower Bomb – Olubowale Akintimehin, S. Joseph Dew, Jerrin Howard, Walker Johnson & Miguel Jontel Pimentel, songwriters (Wale Featuring Miguel)
Mercy – Sean Anderson, Mike Dean, Tauheed Epps, Willie Hansbro, Malik Yusef Jones, Anthony Khan, Stephen Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton, Herbert Turner & Kanye West, songwriters (Denzie Beagle, Winston Riley, Reggie Stepper & Reggie Williams, songwriters)
The Motto – Dwayne Carter, Aubrey Graham, Noah “40″ Shebib & Tyler Williams, songwriters (Drake Featuring Lil’ Wayne)
“..” in Paris – Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West, songwriters (W.A. Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Kanye West) - WINNER
Young, Wild and Free – Calvin Broadus, Chris Brody Brown, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Peter Hernandez & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (T. Bluechel, M. Borrow, T. Griffin, K. Jackson, N. Lee & M. Newman, songwriters) (Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars)

Best Rap Album
Take Care – Drake - WINNER
Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1 – Lupe Fiasco
Life is Good – Nas; Undun – The Roots
God Forgives, I Don’t – Rick Ross
Based on a T.R.U. Story – 2 Chainz

Best Country Song
Blown Away – Josh Kear & Chris Tompkins, songwriters (Carrie Underwood) - WINNER
Cost of Livin’ – Phillip Coleman & Ronnie Dunn, songwriters (Ronnie Dunn)
Even if it Breaks Your Heart – Will Hoge & Eric Paslay, songwriters (Eli Young Band)
So You Don’t Have to Love Me Anymore – Jay Knowles & Adam Wright, songwriters (Alan Jackson)
Springsteen – Eric Church, Jeff Hyde & Ryan Tyndell, songwriters (Eric Church)
Best Country Album
Uncaged – Zac Brown Band - WINNER
Hunter Hayes – Hunter Hayes
Living for a Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran – Jamey Johnson
Four the Record – Miranda Lambert
The Time Jumpers – The Time Jumpers

Best Long-form Music Video
Big Easy Express – Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Old Crow Medicine Show - WINNER
Bring Me Home Live 2011 – Sade
Radio Music Society – Esperanza Spalding
Get Along – Tegan and Sara
From the Sky Down – U2

Source: trends

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