All posts tagged "facebook"
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2.9KMalwareVietnamese Hackers Using New Delphi-Powered Malware to Target Indian Marketers
The Vietnamese threat actors behind the Ducktail stealer malware have been linked to a new campaign that ran between March and early...
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2.0KMalwareNodeStealer Malware Hijacking Facebook Business Accounts for Malicious Ads
Compromised Facebook business accounts are being used to run bogus ads that employ “revealing photos of young women” as lures to trick...
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1.9KMalwareNodeStealer Malware Now Targets Facebook Business Accounts on Multiple Browsers
An ongoing campaign is targeting Facebook Business accounts with bogus messages to harvest victims’ credentials using a variant of the Python-based NodeStealer...
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1.6KMalwareVietnamese Cybercriminals Targeting Facebook Business Accounts with Malvertising
Malicious actors associated with the Vietnamese cybercrime ecosystem are leveraging advertising-as-a-vector on social media platforms such as Meta-owned Facebook to distribute malware....
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1.5KVulnerabilitiesPhishers Exploit Salesforce’s Email Services Zero-Day in Targeted Facebook Campaign
A sophisticated Facebook phishing campaign has been observed exploiting a zero-day flaw in Salesforce’s email services, allowing threat actors to craft targeted...
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2.7KMalwareMeta Uncovers Massive Social Media Cyber Espionage Operations Across South Asia
Three different threat actors leveraged hundreds of elaborate fictitious personas on Facebook and Instagram to target individuals located in South Asia as...
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4.8KMalwareMeta Takes Down Malware Campaign That Used ChatGPT as a Lure to Steal Accounts
Meta said it took steps to take down more than 1,000 malicious URLs from being shared across its services that were found...
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1.1KMalwareFake ChatGPT Chrome Extension Hijacking Facebook Accounts for Malicious Advertising
A fake ChatGPT-branded Chrome browser extension has been found to come with capabilities to hijack Facebook accounts and create rogue admin accounts,...
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712Cyber AttackFacebook Cracks Down on Spyware Vendors from U.S., China, Russia, Israel, and India
Meta Platforms disclosed that it took down no less than 200 covert influence operations since 2017 spanning roughly 70 countries across 42...
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3.1KData BreachIrish Regulator Fines Facebook $277 Million for Leak of Half a Billion Users’ Data
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has levied fines of €265 million ($277 million) against Meta Platforms for failing to safeguard the personal...
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1.1KMalwareDucktail Malware Operation Evolves with New Malicious Capabilities
The operators of the Ducktail information stealer have demonstrated a “relentless willingness to persist” and continued to update their malware as part...
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4.6KCyber AttackMeta Cracks Down on Cyber Espionage Operations in South Asia Abusing Facebook
Facebook parent company Meta disclosed that it took action against two espionage operations in South Asia that leveraged its social media platforms...
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1.8KMalwareNew Ducktail Infostealer Malware Targeting Facebook Business and Ad Accounts
Facebook business and advertising accounts are at the receiving end of an ongoing campaign dubbed Ducktail designed to seize control as part...
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4.8KMalwareCytrox’s Predator Spyware Targeted Android Users with Zero-Day Exploits
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Thursday pointed fingers at a North Macedonian spyware developer named Cytrox for developing exploits against five...
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4.5KData BreachFacebook Hit With $18.6 Million GDPR Fine Over 12 Data Breaches in 2018
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Tuesday slapped Facebook and WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms a fine of €17 million (~$18.6 million)...
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2.6KMalwareFacebook Bans Pakistani and Syrian Hacker Groups for Abusing its Platform
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, announced Tuesday that it took action against four separate malicious cyber groups from Pakistan and...
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4.8KSurveillanceFacebook to end facial recognition and delete billions of records
Facebook has announced that it will shut down its Facial Recognition System and delete the templates of over 1 billion people stored...
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353GeekFacebook sues Ukrainian man for scraping and selling 178m users’ data
Facebook tracked down the programmer after he mistakenly used his contact information on email and job portals. On October 21, 2021, Facebook...
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1.3KGeekFacebook down with Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp service disruption
Facebook down? Yes, Facebook is down along with Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus VR due to DNS-related issues. You are not alone;...
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5.1KData SecurityHackers posed as aerobics instructors in malware attack on defense contractors
Iranian hackers used social media platforms especially Facebook to target employees of an aerospace defense contractor to steal their login credentials. Proofpoint...
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2.4KGeekWhatsApp Introduces View Once Feature for Videos and Photos
View Once feature will keep the images accessible for a maximum of 14 days and expire afterward. It’s quite amusing that Facebook...
