Over the weekend, two German Twitter users successfully bypassed the existing character limit by exploiting a Twitter bug and sending a 30,396-character tweet. Two German Twitter users, Timrasett and HackneyYT, were able to bypass the 280-character...
Researchers spotted a new Facebook scam that could deceive also tech-savvy people and trick them into giving the attacker access to their Facebook accounts. Don't trust message apparently sent from any of your Facebook Friends asking for urgent help...
Twitter published its Transparency Report related to H1 2017, the company suspended 935,897 accounts for the promotion of terrorism. Twitter suspends 299,000 accounts linked to terrorism in the first six months of 2017, the company revealed that 75...
The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has issued a €1.2 Million fine against Facebook for violating data protection regulations. Other privacy problems for the tech giant Facebook, the company has been fined for a series of privacy violations...
The data breach notification website LeakBase reported to the colleagues at THN the Taringa data breach, over 28 Million users' data exposed. Taringa, also known as 'The Latin American Reddit', is a popular social network used by netizens in Latin...
Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have spotted an ongoing cross-platform malware campaign that leverages Facebook Messenger. Security experts from Kaspersky Lab have spotted an ongoing cross-platform malware campaign on Facebook Messenger, spammers...
South Korean investigators confirmed that National Intelligence Service attempted to influence 2012 presidential election. South Korean investigators confirmed that National Intelligence Service (NIS) attempted to manipulate voters to help conservative...
A bug in the software used by Facebook moderators to review inappropriate content resulted in the disclosure of identities of moderators to suspected terrorists. According to the Guardian, the social network giant Facebook put the safety of its content...
Qatar announced it had begun an inquiry into a security breach by hackers who published fake news that created tensions with the neighbor states. Qatar faced an unprecedented security breach, unknown attackers posted fake news stories attributed to its ruler...
Facebook disrupted an international spam campaign leveraging on bogus accounts used to create "likes" and bogus comments. The security team at Facebook has disrupted an international spam operation after a six months investigation. The company has neutralized a...