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Facebook-owned photo-sharing app Instagram has aptly become the go-to social media app and is a convenient way of sharing our lives on social media. For us, it’s the gram time every time; be it about the girl’s night out or new ice cream to try out, we always tap on the camera icon app on […]
Web application security testing specialists reported the finding of a massive database exposed online containing contact data of millions of Instagram influencers, celebrities, and business accounts. Experts mention that the database was hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and was exposed without any authentication measures, so any user could access the leaked information. When detected, […]
The leaked database was discovered on Shodan on May 14th. A huge online database containing private contact information including phone numbers and email IDs of roughly 50 million Instagram profiles including those of influencers and brands has reportedly been discovered by security researcher Anurag Sen. The affected individuals include famous food bloggers and celebrities too […]
A new massive database uncovered that contains nearly 49 million of Instagram Influencer’s, celebrities and brand account contact information leaked online. Security researcher Anurag Sen discovered this unprotected database and reported to Tech Crunch, in result, owners have been notified and secured the database. Further investigation reveals that the database owned by Mumbai-based social media […]
A massive trove of data containing contact information of more than 49 million Instagram influencers and celebrities has surfaced online. As reported by TechCrunch, the database existed on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and was not encrypted or protected by password, making the details visible to anyone. The database that was discovered by security analyst Anurag […]
During the F8 developer conference, Mark Zuckerberg declared that he plans to make the Facebook experience more private and give people more space to express themselves more freely. He tried to paint a picture of change due to the ever-increasing, 360-degree pressure on the social network. In such conversations regarding Facebook’s critique, Instagram often ends […]
According to cyber forensics course experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS), a security error in Facebook affected more users of Instagram than the social network had mentioned in the beginning. The social network updated a post on its blog (originally published last March 21) mentioning that, by mistake, it had been stored […]
Just a month ago, Facebook admitted it had mistakenly exposed hundreds of millions of passwords by storing them in plaintext where employees could access them. Facebook had announced back then that thousands of Instagram passwords were also leaked in the unencrypted storage blunder. Now, the company has quietly added a major update to that news: not […]
Facebook stored millions of Instagram passwords in a readable format and asked users for their email’s passwords for “verification.” On 21st March, 2018, the social media giant Facebook admitted that it stored passwords of 600 million users including “tens of thousands” of passwords belonging to Instagram users in plain-text which were accessible to over 20,000 […]
To help the whitehat hackers easily test the security of its homegrown mobile apps, Facebook has launched a new feature called Whitehat Settings. This setting is applicable for Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger apps for Android; it’s currently unavailable for iOS platform. The company expects that whitehat hackers will use this feature on their accounts to hunt bug bounties. […]
Facebook says it’s aware of the situation and trying to fix the issue. 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 DownDetecter, the scale of […]
An airline launched a challenge inviting participants to delete all their social network posts in exchange for the opportunity to win a year of free flights The JetBlue airline has launched an unusual challenge. According to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, the company offers a year of […]
Multiple victims, mostly young people between the ages of 18 and 25, are invited to invest through an ad in the app; then the scammers disappear British authorities report an increase in the activity of some online criminal groups, especially those that claim to increase investments in a short time. In this case, according to […]
In a matter of minutes users lose hundreds of followers and followed accounts According to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, Instagram has confirmed that some users are losing a considerable number of followers due to a platform error. In addition to the loss of followers, the error […]
Following a ruckus on Twitter, Instagram acknowledged that a bug is causing a massive drop in the number of followers in many Instagram accounts, particularly the accounts of prominent figures. Earlier, it was speculated that this is an outcome of the company culling inactive and fake accounts. Now, it looks more like a glitch that Instagram […]
Facebook-owned Instagram has all (well, mostly) the features enough to entice users. Continuing to add more, the photo-sharing app is expected to take its Direct messaging to the web soon. According to a report by TechCrunch, a web version of Instagram Direct Messages is being tested by the company, which will allow users to take up […]
Back in June last year, the photo-sharing app Instagram introduced its IGTV video platform to compete with YouTube and Snapchat’s Discover feature. Even though it exists in the form of a standalone app, Instagram will now start showing the IGTV preview on users’ feed. Users will be able to spot a preview of the IGTV […]
Popular photo-sharing app Instagram seems to be planning a new feature that could help you manage multiple Instagram accounts with ease. According to a tip-off by leakster Ishan Agarwal via TechCrunch, the alpha code of Instagram suggests that the Main Account feature is likely to be introduced, allowing you to log in just once for […]
A report by The New York Times has indicated that Mark Zuckerberg is planning to integrate Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The integration of all the Facebook-owned services will lead to the creation of a large ecosystem where users can interact with each other through any of the services. The report says that each app will continue to operate individually but […]
Cupertino tech company Apple is hosting a new photography competition — the Shot On iPhone Challenge, which invites users globally to share photos taken from an iPhone. The competition has kicked off and will go on until February 7, 2019. For this, Apple has set a panel of 10 judges (including the former White House photographer Pete […]
If you like sharing stuff on your Instagram Stories each time you plan to binge-watch on Netflix, here is some good news for you! Netflix now allows you to share the movies or TV series you watch on Instagram Stories with great ease. You will be able to share Netflix’s own posters of the particular […]