All posts tagged "facebook"

Signal, Google Duo, FB Messenger vulnerabilities allowed eavesdropping

Although patched now, if exploited, these vulnerabilities posed a major threat to user’s privacy and security. Google Project Zero researcher Natalie Silvanovich...

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Facebook sues developer of data scraping extensions for Chrome

The developer is a Portuguese company that Facebook claims developed malicious Chrome extensions allowing data scraping. Data scraping against Facebook and other...

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Surveillance

WhatsApp wants you to accept its new terms or call it quits

WhatsApp has updated its privacy policy – You must agree to WhatsApp’s new terms if you want to keep using it! Facebook-owned...

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Facebook bug exposed identity of page admin using group doc feature

The bug was reported to Facebook under its bug bounty program after which the researcher was awarded $5,000. Sometimes the greatest of...

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Hackers phish 615,000 login credentials by using Facebook ads

Once again, Facebook ads have been misused by cybercriminals in a large-scale phishing scam to steal victims’ login credentials. Facebook seems to...

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Facebook bug exposed email addresses of Instagram users

According to the researcher, the private information of Instagram users was just a DM away. A Nepal-based IT security researcher Saugat Pokharel...

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MoleRats using Facebook, Dropbox, Google Docs to spread malware

Cybereason researchers have identified an ongoing espionage campaign using three yet unidentified malware variants. Cybereason has discovered a new espionage campaign in...

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Facebook links activities of OceanLotus hackers to IT firm in Vietnam

The social network has barred Vietnamese APT32 (or OceanLotus) and a Bangladeshi group of hackers from using its platforms for their malicious...

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Vulnerability in Bumble dating app risked data of 100 million users

It took Bumble 255 days to respond and fix some of the vulnerabilities reported by the researcher. Dating sites and apps have...

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Facebook Messenger bug allowed callers to listen unattended calls

The bug existed in the Facebook Messenger app for Android. The bigger an application, the more potential for it to contain vulnerabilities....

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Vulnerabilities

Facebook Messenger Bug Let Android Users Spy On Each Other

Tamagotchi hacker, Natalie Silvanovich, who works as a Security Engineer on Prjoect Zero at Google recently received a bounty of $60,000 for...

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Ragnar Locker ransomware gang using Facebook ads to extort victims

Ragnar Locker ransomware gang has attacked multiple firms recently, but now it has taken extortion to the next level. The infamous Ragnar...

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Leaked database exposed login data of 100k hacked Facebook accounts

The database was owned by cybercriminals who hacked Facebook accounts and used them for credit card and Bitcoin scams. Facebook has been...

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SilentFade malware stole Facebook credentials, $4 million in ad fraud

Facebook claims that a Chinese company is responsible for operating SilentFade malware and the malicious ad-fraud campaign. Facebook’s security experts discovered a...

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News

Researcher hacked Facebook by exploiting flaws in MobileIron MDM

The researcher hacked Facebook after identifying and exploiting Unauthenticated RCE on MobileIron’s Mobile Device Management (MDM) used by the company’s employees. Not...

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Instagram iOS & Android app flaw allowed full account access to hackers

Instagram is one social media platform that is used predominantly by millennials today taking over Facebook as well. As such, its...

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No more targeted ads on iPhone after new iOS 14 update – Facebook

Apple’s new anti-tracking tools on iOS 14 will render Facebook’s Audience Network ineffective, causing a significant drop in publisher revenue. Facebook is...

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