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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 […]
The vulnerability existed in the Facebook Messenger Rooms video chat feature and exposed Android smartphone users to intrusion. Nepalese security researcher Samip Aryal has identified a security vulnerability in the Facebook Messenger Rooms video chat feature that lets attackers access any user’s private Facebook photos and videos or submit posts on their behalf. Astonishingly, this feat can […]
Mark Zuckerberg-owned Facebook is the newest addition to the list of tech companies who try to invade our privacy and listen to the private conversations. The company hired external contractors to listen to our conversations. Facebook Has Access to Voice Chats According to a report by Bloomberg, Facebook paid contractors to transcribe users’ voice chats […]
A recent report by the researcher Jane Manchun Wong reveals that Facebook is thinking of integrating the Messenger app back into the Facebook mobile app. Earlier, the messaging option was available inside the Facebook app along with the Messenger app. Facebook is bringing the Chats back to the app for preparing integrated messaging Tip @Techmeme pic.twitter.com/LABK7qrk0e […]
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. […]
A malware strain dubbed as Rietspoof has been under the radar of researchers at Avast since last August. Reportedly, researchers suspect that the malware is on the rise and it is being distributed via Skype, Facebook Messenger, and other messaging apps. Researchers maintain that the malware actually is a dropper designed to allow dangerous ransomware to […]
The vulnerability affected Telegram’s desktop app for Windows, Mac, and Linux OS. Telegram, a popular privacy-focused instant messaging application, reportedly contained a bug that can leak the IP addresses of users. Known for providing end-to-end encryption, Telegram’s desktop app has been discovered to be leaking not just public but private IP addresses of its users […]
Update: May 24, 2018 Facebook’s controversial program to fight revenge porn has now expanded beyond Austrailian borders. The company is expanding the pilot program to three more countries – US, UK, and Canada to prevent harassment and humiliation of users over the platform. However, the program still requires users to share nudes with a group of reviewers […]
Earlier this week, in an interview with Vox, Mark Zuckerberg tried to answer some hard questions put in front of him. In the same process, he ended telling about the ethnic cleansing issue in Myanmar and how Facebook detected people’s sensational messages sent via Messenger. This sparked some obvious questions regarding Facebook’s Messenger-related data policies. […]
It was recently revealed by information security training researchers that an analytics firm, Cambridge Analytica, wrongfully gained access to the data of 50 million people swept up from Facebook via a ‘personality test app’, and used the data for targeted political campaigning. This damning revelation is the latest in a series of data misappropriation allegations plaguing Mark […]
Short Bytes: The researchers at Kaspersky Labs have uncovered a new Facebook Messenger malware. The malware fools people into clicking on malicious links and attempts to download adware. This campaign is targeting Windows, macOS, and Linux users–so, don’t click on any suspicious links sent by your friends. The researchers are still studying the attack and […]
Short Bytes: Caprine is a cross-operating system Facebook Messenger desktop app with added privacy features like Block ‘Seen’ Indicator, Block ‘Typing’ Indicator with a ‘Dark Mode’ User Interface Switch, in case you prefer light colors over dark background. Let’s tell you more about the same. Caprine is a Cross Operating System Facebook Messenger Desktop App with WhatsApp […]
Do you know How to turn on encryption on Facebook messenger? Well, look no further and follow the steps mentioned in this article. Back in July, Facebook promised us all that the social network will soon be offering end-to-end message encryption. Now, the organization has lived up to our expectations and is now offering end-to-end […]
All-in-one Messenger, a simple Google Chrome add-ons which combines chat and messaging services into one simple application. In this Chrome app we are able to use Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Skype, Google Hangouts and many more. WhatsApp Skype Google Hangouts Facebook Messenger Steam GroupMe Yahoo Messenger Flowdock Telegram WeChat Discord Tencent QQ XMPP HipChat Wire Mattermost […]
The most common problem you may face on social media platforms like Facebook is receiving unwanted messages from strangers. But, Facebook’s new feature will help you overcome this problem and will make it easier for you to identify the strangers and the people you already know. The new feature that Facebook will be rolling out over […]