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Thousands of legit websites’ security has been compromised to secretly redirect the visitors, coming through specific search terms, to prospective fraudulent websites offering hacking schemes and services. This was revealed in a recent investigation by one of the Malwarebytes researcher, Steven Burn, responsible for scrutinizing Facebook hacking frauds. Those readers who are not aware of […]
The social network’s face-recognition software has been sued again and to add salt to their wounds, privacy groups also have issued warnings. It does sound hilarious and somewhat exaggerated, but it is true that a class-action lawsuit has been filed by Illinois residents against Facebook Inc., for the fourth time this year. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/facebook-algorithm-user-pictures/”]Facebook Algorithm […]
Short Bytes: Facebook with its multi-billion user base, is the biggest social media giant today. But there are some things you might not know about Facebook. Check out our list of Facebook fun facts and know more about the company. Facebook recently hit the benchmark of 1 billion active users on a single day. The latest […]
Endangering Humanity: Spammers steep to the lowest level of cruelty — Exploiting the shocking pictures of drowned Syrian boy is plain Inhuman. This week has been extremely difficult, trying and emotionally stirring for The internet and social media users because this is the week when the photos of the lifeless body of a Syrian boy […]
This tool has been developed by the University of Cambridge and uses Facebook Likes data to estimate a person’s key psychological traits, and political/religious views. Have you ever thought about the massiveness of your Facebook data? It includes almost everything that you do on Facebook from the profiles you check, the amount of time spent […]
If you are using Facebook, there is certain information which should never be used whatsoever. The primary reason behind using Facebook is to share your life and views with friends and family but don’t ever share these five personal bits of information on the social network – ever because when it comes to Facebook, some details are […]
It’s the third bug of the year for Facebook bounty hunter Laxman Muthiyah. At the start of 2015 he noticed that if you could view a photo album on Facebook, you could probably delete it as well, with or without permission. Simply put, as long as you were authenticated by Facebook to delete somephotos, you […]
Florida man who is on the top of the wanted list was found making fun of the cops that also on their Facebook page. Logan Hale of Polk County Florida is wanted for his alleged involvement in an armed burglary, but the fugitive has been making fun of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office via their […]
We just got to know that a new phishing scam has started to make rounds on the popular social media network, Facebook. We expect it to spread rapidly on the Facebook and other social platforms because of its shocking headline. The phishing website looks identical to that of Facebook and features a link to some […]
On Monday, the facilitator of online hacks through Darkode pleaded guilty for compromising the security of at least 77,000 computers. The 39-year old Eric Crocker is one of the 12 individuals who were charged in July after the dismantling of the international hacking forum Darkode by US authorities and international law enforcement. [must url=”https://www.hackread.com/facebook-api-security-flaw-identities-risk/”]Facebook API […]
Spain offers a unique gagging law that is now being used in strange ways where people can be fined for posting images of security agencies on social media. In the US, people have started filming the police without permission and resultantly policemen have started wearing body cams to capture everything first hand. However, in Spain […]
You might wonder how to download your photos, videos and messages from Facebook, but you don’t need to. Facebook has introduced a feature where you can take a backup of your account with just one click. Step 1: Go to “Settings” option Step 2: One “General Account Settings” tab, at the bottom you can see […]
Aran Khanna, a Harvard student, was deprived of a chance to intern at Facebook after he exposed a critical privacy related flaw in the social network’s Messenger service in one of his creations. Khanna released a Chrome extension in May called Marauder’s Map, which showed the location of your friends using the location data. This […]
Short Bytes: Every popular online service exposes a status page to show the status of various service they offer to end user or customer. Status pages are primarily used for reporting active incidents on their system. Ever wondered why your Facebook page is not loading or you can’t follow someone on twitter? Primarily because some […]
A security flaw in the Facebook API allows hackers to decrypt and scan IDs, which left 1.44 billion Facebook users identities at risk of being stolen, web security expert has claimed. Hackers can use a security exploit in Facebook to “decrypt and sniff out” IDs of Facebook users by using one of the vulnerable Facebook […]
The extremist militant organization the so-called Islamic State (IS, previously ISIS/ISIL) often uses the recruitment tactic of catfishing, which means hiring Western females specifically those who feel isolated or are exploitable via promises of marriage/romance with a jihadi. Catfish is basically an online swindler who is fully trained in setting up fake social media IDs and fleecing […]
Facebook has officially launched the new Security Checkup feature that was being tested on a narrow user-base for a few months. Facebook has rolled out its new security tool today that is expected to show up at the top of news feeds on walls of all mobile and desktop-based users in the coming weeks. [must […]
Short Bytes: Social media sites such as Facebook and their immense user base are prone to scams most of the times. Here’s a list of Top 5 Facebook scams that you should be wary of. The bigger and popular sites with the huge number of visitors are like hackers’ wonderland for posting scams. Especially the users […]
The Malaysian Police Facebook and Twitter added to the list of targeted government social media accounts — Monday afternoon saw the pages of these accounts modified and pro-ISIS group Anon Ghost took liability. An Islamic State picture was the new profile picture that the Malaysian Royal department of Police Facebook page displayed. The cover photo was […]
Today, Facebook is one of the biggest company to work for. The name itself creates an aura around you (if you are an employee, not a Facebook addict). Plus, the salary packages, the company provides in campus placements in certain premier institutions such as MIT, Stanford, Harvard and IITs, is unbelievable. So, landing a job at […]
This is the first article of the series where we will be publishing about top open source projects made by big blue chips like Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, Google, Netflix etc. We want our readers to be aware of the technologies and projects that help these giants to make continuous improvement irrespective of scale, security and […]