The huge trove of Facebook user data was amassed and stored online on unprotected cloud servers by third-party Facebook app developers. Definitively I can tell you that this is an awful period for Facebook and its users. We first read about an embarrassing...
Facebook introduced new settings designed to make it easier for cyber experts to test the security of its mobile applications. Facebook has announced the implementation of new settings to make it easier for white hat hackers to test the security of its mobile...
News problems for Facebook that admitted to have stored the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plain text. Facebook revealed to have stored the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plain text, including passwords of Facebook Lite,...
Facebook paid a $25,000 bounty for a critical cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that could have been exploited to hijack accounts simply by tricking users into clicki on a link. The white hat hacker who goes online with the moniker “Samm0uda”...
Facebook took down hundreds of fake accounts from Iran that were involved in a vast manipulation campaign active in more than 20 countries. Facebook took down 783 inauthentic accounts, pages and groups from Iran that were involved in a vast manipulation...
Facebook is paying teens $20 a month to use its VPN app, called Facebook Research, that monitors their activity via their mobile devices.Facebook is paying teens $20 a month to use its VPN app, called Facebook Research, that monitors their activity via the mobile...
A bug in the Twitter app for Android may have had exposed tweets, the social media platform revealed on Thursday. The bug in the Android Twitter app affects the “Protect my Tweets” option from the account’s “Privacy and safety” settings...
German watchdog is going to ask Facebook changes to protect privacy and personal information of its users. The news was first reported by the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, German regulators are going to request Facebook changes in its platforms...
Twitter discovered a possible nation-state attack while it was investigating an information disclosure flaw affecting its platform. Experts at Twitter discovered a possible state-sponsored attack while they were investigating an information disclosure...
Researcher Terence Eden discovered that the permissions dialog when authorizing certain apps to Twitter could expose direct messages to the third-party. The flaw is triggered when apps that require a PIN to complete the authorization process instead...