Tuesday night a history graduate student at at George Mason University in Virginia stumbled across a threat made by a student against a St. Louis school on the Wikipedia page for Langston Hughes. He alerted history professors and other followers on Twitter. One of the history professors, Marjorie McLellan (@margiemcl on Twitter), grabbed a screen shot of the threat before Wikipedia removed it — without, apparently, notifying police or officials at Lift For Life Academy charter school, south of downtown St. Louis. -Socialmedia.biz

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We made our first official sales on the Quit Stalking Me T-shirt yesterday thanks to you. Please keep supporting this website and help spread the word about preventing cyber stalking to your friends and family. Cyber stalking is a serious crime and cyber stalkers need to know that they can’t cowardly hide behind a computer forever!

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Did you know that 42% of kids have been bullied while online?  Did you know that 35% of kids have been threatened online?  Did you know that Palo Alto is home to the most popular Social Networking site in the world, Facebook?  Did you know that the Palo Alto School District DOES NOT have a cyber-bullying policy?  Surprised?  Me too. - Tangerine Times.

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“Bad guys can see all the things you post. You may be revealing personal information that is extremely valuable.”

Even seemingly innocent information posted on profile pages can sometimes provide opportunities for criminals.

For example, names of grandparents or pets in posted pictures can tip hackers off to answers for typical challenge questions asked before providing information about “forgotten passwords” to online accounts. - newsday.com

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Facebook has been the victim of five different security problems in the past week, says Trend Micro.

According to the security firm, four hoax applications have become available on the social network along with a new variation of the Koobface virus, which was first detected at the end of last year, and directs users to a fake YouTube page where they are encouraged to install malware. - PC World

Facebook applications were never meant to be installed. If you are not sure what the application does exactly and receive an invite from an unknown person, don’t install the application to your profile! Most applications are useless, and keep in mind that anyone can create an application. That includes criminals and stalkers who have a lot more time on their hands to do terrible things like this.

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Tweet about your own experiences with cyber stalking. Spread the news as it happens!

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Individuals can be subject to cyberstalking… but so can small business and corporations. A new report from the Federation of Small Businesses released recently that over 50% of small business were victims of cyber crimes or fraud.

The Federation of Small Businesses released a report that shows over 50% of small businesses fell prey to fraud or cyber crime within the last 12 months. The report also revealed that 37% encountered phishing emails, 15% were victims to card-not-present fraud and 15% were attacked by viruses and hackers’ break-in.

But what is notable with the report is that 1/3 of businesses do not report fraud or online crime to the police or banks on the grounds that they ‘believe that it would not achieve anything’. Over half of the polled said they would like to know more about how and where to report these types of crime with 44% stated they want a specifically named contact in their local police force responsible for tackling fraud and online crime.

85% expressed their interest in creating a special reporting center in England and Scotland so that they would be able to report incidents to this body. The report shows that fraud with a financial impact cost small businesses between £500 and £5,000, while the average cost across the sector is £768 a year. - Ecommerce Journal

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A new state law in Maryland could pass to expand cyber harassment to social networks, currently it is limited to email only. It is important to know that, cyber harassment already exists in social networks and acoss all different types of media outlets including cell phones. This law ought to pass and other states should follow suit in order to prevent cyberstalkers from doing more harm.

The current law says you can be charged with a misdemeanor and sentenced to up to one year in prison or fined $500.

Last summer, a 13-year-old Maryland girl became the target of former friends who put up a fake MySpace page depicting her as a crazy, drunken, promiscuous girl.

Kids can be cruel, and some parents say it’s time for Maryland law to address cyber bullying.

Police protection from cyber harassment in Maryland is limited to e-mail.

Under House bill 580, that protection would expand to any electronic communication, including social networking sites and online postings. - wtop.com

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Even though you may be the victim of a cyberstalking crime, you may not want to believe it. Sometimes you might even think this person who is harassing you will stop. But they won’t, and if they do, most likely they will have found a new victim to harass. It is important to recognize what cyberstalking is, and to prevent it from happening to you. Here is another great resource to learn more about cyberstalkers and what they are capable of.

Cyberharassment is harassment over the Internet. This crime can take many forms, ranging from persistent instant messages and emails to outright Internet attacks or defamations. This type of crime is often driven by the perpetrators desire to teach the victim a lesson or embarrass him or her. The perpetrator may post threatening or harmful messages on forums, send threatening emails, or put up Internet pages with false information about the victim. They may sign the victim up for pornography sites, use their email information to post incriminating or embarrassing information, and other such behavior. - Internet Safety for Kids

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