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Three different threat actors leveraged hundreds of elaborate fictitious personas on Facebook and Instagram to target individuals located in South Asia as part of disparate attacks. “Each of these APTs relied heavily on social engineering to trick people into clicking on malicious links, downloading malware or sharing personal information across the internet,” Guy Rosen, chief […]
The attacks started in July 2021 in which threat actors exploited Microsoft MSHTML vulnerability to target overseas Iranians. SafeBreach Labs researchers discovered a new Iranian threat actor trying to steal Instagram and Google (Gmail) login credentials of Farsi-speakers globally. The threat actor is using a new PowerShell-based stealer dubbed PowerShortShell by SafeBreach Labs. The attacks […]
The victims of this “data leak” also include celebrities like Alicia Keys, Loren Gray, Kylie Jenner, Ariana Grande, and Kim Kardashian. The cybersecurity team at Safety Detectives, led by Anurag Sen, discovered an unsecured ElasticSearch server belonging to IGBlade.com, a social media analytics site. The server stored scraped data of millions of social media users. […]
Facebook down? Yes, Facebook is down along with Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus VR due to DNS-related issues. You are not alone; the social media giant Facebook along with its subsidiaries including Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus VR are down and suffering ongoing service disruption. The outage seems to have begun at around 5:30 pm […]
Instagram has patched a new flaw that allowed anyone to view archived posts and stories posted by private accounts without having to follow them. “This bug could have allowed a malicious user to view targeted media on Instagram,” Mayur Fartade said in a Medium post today. “An attacker could have been able to see details […]
User privacy and social media have always had a complex relationship, spawning endless debates on regulation, tracking online user behavior, and data collection. It’s why some companies including Apple, have increasingly started to push privacy as a core feature of their products. However, on Facebook, things are going backward. On numerous occasions, Hackread.com reported how […]
More and more people are becoming interested in photographs and their editing due to the popularity of social networks such as Instagram. To attract new followers with quality content, you must not only be able to take pictures or pose but also be creative. You should know how to embody your idea in the photo […]
A new hacking incident against famous actresses has been revealed. Cybersecurity experts report that singer and actress Demi Lovato has become the victim of a threat actor, an incident that led to the mass posting of some intimate photos. Hackers exposed online some screenshots of the actress’ Instagram and Snapchat accounts; although his face is […]
The damage to users’ privacy that Facebook has caused may be irreparable; however, the company will implement some measures to try to launder its tons of sins. Information security experts report that, through Instagram, the company invites users to report malicious developers that they take advantage of users’ data. The app has just disclosed that […]
Why is Instagram not working for me? If that’s the question you have been asking the internet all day long, our Instagram troubleshooting guide for 2019 might be to help you out in some way. Facebook-owned Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms out there. It got to taste more success when […]
Although Instagram is an app that we love to open at any time of the day to either post pictures or see other posts, too much of social media can even make us hate it to finally delete Instagram. Privacy concerns over the data-slurping nature of Instagram could be a trigger. While the urge to […]
The researcher has found a way to hack Instagram accounts in minutes. As it turns out, a new Instagram login vulnerability that could allow potential hackers to bypass two-factor authentication. Instagram Login vulnerability detected As reported in a recent blog post, researcher Laxman Moutia noticed an error that threatened Instagram users. He discovered an Instagram […]
The flaw allowed anyone with knowledge of brute force attack to hack Instagram accounts without raising any suspicion. How to hack Instagram account? This is something that every Tom, Dick, and Harry wants to know since with over a billion users, Instagram is the world’s largest photo and video-sharing social networking service. While people are […]
Watch out! Facebook-owned photo-sharing service has recently patched a critical vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to compromise any Instagram account without requiring any interaction from the targeted users. Instagram is growing quickly—and with the most popular social media network in the world after Facebook, the photo-sharing network absolutely dominates when it comes to user […]
Instagram has become a much-needed element in our lives, but we tend to forget that it’s inanimate — it’s just another app on our smartphone. When Instagram came into existence, no one really thought it could become a workplace for many and Influencer Marketing could ever be a profession. To put things in perspective, when […]
Aiming to control the bullying practices people often entrap themselves into, Facebook-owned Instagram has introduced two new features to solve the issue in a subtle way. The photo-sharing app has introduced a new feature that is based on AI and politely asks you to rethink your choice of words. This feature works in a really […]
You are not alone; Facebook and Instagram are down for almost everyone in Europe and America. Another day, another service outage at social media giant Facebook and its subsidiary company Instagram. Yes, Facebook and Instagram have been hit by a worldwide service outage forcing both platforms to go offline. According to the Facebook’s outage map displayed on […]
Google has countless numbers of messaging apps and those apps have a plethora of features, both existing and new ones. Trying to add more features to its Android Messages app, Google could soon be adding geofilters to it, much like Snapchat and Instagram. As per a report by XDA Developers, Google is likely to follow […]
We have for sure experienced the various social media apps showing us ads about things we were looking for at least once. What’s creepier is when we are just talking about that thing one moment and the other minute an ad about it pops up. However, Instagram claims that it doesn’t follow the drill as […]
In January, it was reported that hackers were taking control of Instagram influencers’ accounts and other accounts with valuable handle names. Some owners of the hacked accounts even contacted white hat hackers to regain control of their accounts. Seeing the emerging trend of holding Instagram users on ransom for their accounts, the Facebook-owned social media […]
Instagram down? You are not alone; Instagram is down for everyone. Another day, another service outage at social media giant Facebook. Yes, the photo and video-sharing social networking service Instagram has been hit by a worldwide service outage forcing its website and applications to go offline. According to the Instagram’s outage map displayed on DownDetecter, […]