Social Networks

Pierluigi Paganini October 23, 2018
For the first time Japanese commission ordered Facebook to improve security

The Japanese government ordered Facebook to improve the protection of users’ personal information following the recent data breaches that exposed data from millions of people. At the end of September, Facebook admitted that attackers exploited a vulnerability in the “View As” feature that allowed them to steal Facebook access tokens of 50 Million Users. A couple of weeks […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2018
Facebook Data Breach Update: attackers accessed data of 29 Million users

Facebook data breach – The company provided an updated for the data breach it disclosed at the end of September, hackers accessed personal data of 29 million users. Facebook announced that hackers accessed data of 29 Million users, a number that is less than initially thought of 50 million. The hackers did not affect Facebook-owned Messenger, Messenger Kids, Instagram, WhatsApp, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2018
Attackers chained three bugs to breach into the Facebook platform

Facebook has revealed additional details about the cyber attack that exposed personal information of 50 million accounts. Last week, Facebook announced that attackers exploited a vulnerability in the “View As” feature that allowed them to steal Facebook access tokens of 50 Million Users. The “View As” feature allows users to see how others see their profile, it was implemented […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2018
Facebook: User shadow data, including phone numbers may be used by advertisers

The worst suspect is a disconcerting reality, Facebook admitted that advertisers were able to access phone numbers of its users for enhanced security. Researchers from two American universities discovered that that phone numbers given to Facebook for two-factor authentication were also used for advertising purposes. “These findings hold despite all the relevant privacy controls on our […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2018
Facebook hacked – 50 Million Users’ Data exposed in the security breach

Facebook hacked – Attackers exploited a vulnerability in the “View As” feature that allowed them to steal Facebook access tokens of 50 Million Users. Facebook hacked, this is news that is rapidly spreading across the Internet. A few hours ago, Facebook announced that an attack on its computer network exposed the personal information of roughly 50 million users. […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2018
A bug in Twitter Account Activity API exposed users messages to wrong developers

An issue in Twitter Account Activity API has exposed some users’ direct messages (DMs) and protected tweets to wrong developers. A bug in Twitter Account Activity API has exposed some users’ direct messages (DMs) and protected tweets to unauthorized third-party app developers. “We recently published a notice about a bug related to our Account Activity API that could have […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2018
Social Mapper – Correlate social media profiles with facial recognition

Trustwave developed Social Mapper an Open Source Tool that uses facial recognition to correlate social media profiles across different social networks. Security experts at Trustwave have released Social Mapper, a new open-source tool that allows finding a person of interest across social media platform using facial recognition technology. The tool was developed to gather intelligence from […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 07, 2018
Duo Security created open tools and techniques to identify large Twitter botnet

Researchers at security firm Duo Security have created a set of open source tools and disclosed techniques that could be used to identify large Twitter botnet. Security experts from Duo Security have developed a collection of open source tools and disclosed techniques that can be useful in identifying large Twitter botnet. The experts developed the tools […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 04, 2018
Russian troll factory suspected to be behind the attack against Italian President Mattarella

The Russian shadow behind the attack on Italian President Mattarella, a coordinated attack via Twitter involved hundreds of profiles inviting him to resign. Cybersecurity experts and Italian media believe that the Italian President Sergio Mattarella is the last victim of the Russian troll farm. On May 27 the late afternoon, thousands of Twitter profiles suddenly started spreading […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2018
Facebook reported and blocked attempts to influence campaign ahead of midterms US elections

Facebook removed 32 Facebook and Instagram accounts and pages that were involved in a coordinated operation aimed at influencing the midterm US elections Facebook has removed 32 Facebook and Instagram accounts and pages that were involved in a coordinated operation aimed at influencing the forthcoming midterm US elections. Facebook is shutting down content and accounts “engaged in coordinated […]