Pierluigi Paganini
March 19, 2018
The commercial data analytics company Cambridge Analytica allegedly used data harvested by Facebook to target US voters in the 2016 Presidential election. A team of academics had collected a huge amount of user data and shared the information with Cambridge Analytica which is a commercial data analytics company that allegedly used it to target US […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 06, 2018
Facebook has implemented HSTS preloading that instructs a browser to always use SSL/TLS to communicate with eligible websites. Facebook has upgraded its link security infrastructure to include HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) preloading that instructs a browser to always use SSL/TLS to communicate with eligible websites. Facebook and Instagram links will automatically update from HTTP […]
Pierluigi Paganini
March 02, 2018
The UE issued new recommendations to tackle illegal content online, it asked internet companies to promptly remove terror content from their platforms within an hour from notification. On Thursday, the UE issued new recommendations to internet companies to promptly remove “harmful content,” including terror content, from their platforms. “As a follow-up, the Commission is today recommending a set […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 28, 2018
The security researcher Mohamed Baset discovered a vulnerability in Facebook that exposed email and other details of a page administrator. Facebook has recently addressed an information disclosure vulnerability discovered by the security researcher Mohamed Baset that exposed page administrator. According to Baset, the flaw is a “logical error” that he discovered after receiving an invitation […]
Pierluigi Paganini
February 17, 2018
The special prosecutor Robert Mueller has accused thirteen Russian nationals of tampering with the 2016 presidential election and charged them with conspiring against the United States. Thirteen Russian nationals and three Russian entities have been indicted for a massive operation aimed to influence the 2016 Presidential election. The special prosecutor Robert Mueller has accused the defendants of tampering with the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 17, 2018
Facebook has fixed a couple of vulnerabilities that could have been exploited by attackers to hijack accounts by abusing integration with the Oculus virtual reality headset. In March 2014, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the acquisition of Oculus VR and included the handsets produced by the company to its bug bounty program. White hat hackers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
January 12, 2018
The INSCOM (U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command) is working on a software that could be used to monitor social media and influence the sentiment on specific topics. We have a long discussed the possible use of social media for both intelligence gathering and PSYOPs operations. In 2013 I wrote an interesting post about Social Media use in the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 31, 2017
A new Facebook security feature protects users from identity theft, the tech giant is taking note of every email it has “recently” sent to its users. Facebook has rolled out a new security feature to protect users from identity theft, the tech giant is taking note of every email it has “recently” sent to its users. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 28, 2017
The official Twitter account of popular cyber security expert John McAfee was hacked today, hackers used it to promote alternative cryptocurrencies. The official Twitter account of legendary security expert John McAfee was hacked today, attackers used it to send several tweets promoting alternative cryptocurrencies like Siacoin, NXT, XRP, PTOY, and BAT. At the time of writing, there aren’t further info related to the attack, John McAfee explained […]
Pierluigi Paganini
December 24, 2017
Facebook’s is rolling out a new feature for its photo tagging mechanism, it now looks for users in photos they’re not tagged in. Facebook is rolling out a new feature for its photo tagging mechanism that will now scan newly uploaded photos and alert all the users it recognizes in that photo. The feature aims to […]
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