Social Networks

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2018
Twitter removed more than 143,000 apps from the messaging service

On Tuesday, Twitter announced it had removed more than 143,000 apps from the messaging service since April in a new crackdown initiative. Last week, Twitter announced it had removed more than 143,000 apps from the messaging service since April in a new crackdown initiative aimed at “malicious” activity from automated accounts. We’re committing Twitter to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2018
Facebook faces £500,000 fine in the U.K. over Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($664,000) in the U.K. for its conduct in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Facebook has been fined £500,000 in the U.K., the maximum fine allowed by the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998, for failing to protect users’ personal information. Political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica improperly collected data of 87 million Facebook users […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2018
Facebook is notifying 800,000 users affected by a blocking bug

Yesterday the social network giant Facebook started notifying 800,000 users affected by a blocking bug. The company has already fixed it. When a Facebook user blocks someone, the blocked user will be not able to interact with him, this means that he will not see his posts, it will not able to start conversations on Messenger or […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 03, 2018
The Social network giant Facebook confirms it shared data with 61 tech firms after 2015

On Friday, Facebook provided a 748-page long report to Congress that confirms the social network shared data with at least 61 tech firms after 2015. This is the worst period in the history of the social network, now Facebook admitted to having shared users’ data with 61 tech firms. The problem is that Facebook allowed tech companies […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 30, 2018
Facebook Quiz app NameTests left 120 Million users’ data exposed online

Experts discovered a third-party quiz app, called NameTests, that was found exposing data of up to 120 million Facebook users. A bug on the Nametests.com exposed data of over 120 million users who took personality quizzes on Facebook, the good news is that the flaw was addressed as part of the Facebook’s Data Abuse Bounty Program launched […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2018
Twitter shared details about its strategy for fighting spam and bots

Twitter provided some details on new security processes aimed at preventing malicious automation and spam. The tech giant also shared data on the success obtained with the introduction of the new security measures. Social media platform are a privileged tool for psyops and malicious campaign, for this reason, Twitter rolled out new features to detect and […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 08, 2018
Facebook confirms privacy settings glitch in a new feature exposed private posts of 14 Million users

Facebook admitted that a bug affecting its platform caused the change of the settings of some 14 million users, potentially exposing their private posts to the public. This is the worst period in the history of the social network giant that was involved in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal that affected at least 87 Million users. “We […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 04, 2018
NYT: Facebook APIs gave device makers deep access to user data. FB disagrees

  Facebook APIs granted access to the data belonging to FB users to more than 60 device makers, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, and Samsung so that they could implement Facebook messaging functions. After the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, Facebook is now facing new problems because it is accused of sharing user data with over 60 […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 08, 2018
Secret Conversation – Twitter is testing End-to-End Encryption for direct messages

A security researcher found evidence that Twitter is testing a new feature, dubbed ‘Secret Conversation,’ to enable end-to-end encryption for its Direct Messages, Twitter plans to adopt end-to-end encryption for its Direct Messages, the company is currently testing its new service dubbed ‘Secret Conversation’. The discovery was made by the computer science student at the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2018
Twitter urges its 330 million users to change passwords after bug exposed them in plain text

Twitter is urging all of its more than 330 million users to change their passwords after a bug exposed them in plain text on internal systems. Twitter is urging its users to immediately change their passwords after a glitch caused some of them to be stored in plain text. We are sharing this information to […]