Social Networks

The Twitter account of the popular security expert John McAfee was hacked

The official Twitter account of popular cyber security expert John McAfee was hacked today, hackers used it to promote alternative cryptocurrencies. The official…

7 years ago

Facebook’s photo tagging system now looks for users in photos they’re not tagged in

Facebook’s is rolling out a new feature for its photo tagging mechanism, it now looks for users in photos they’re…

7 years ago

Digmine Cryptocurrency Miner spreads via Facebook messenger

Researchers from security firm Trend Micro observed crooks spreading a new cryptocurrency mining bot dubbed Digmine via Facebook Messenger. Watch out for video…

7 years ago

Researcher found a vulnerability in Facebook polls that allowed removal of any photo

The Iran-based security researcher Pouya Darabi discovered a method to delete any photo from Facebook exploiting a flaw in the polling…

7 years ago

Terabytes of US military social media surveillance miserably left wide open in AWS S3 buckets

Three AWS S3 buckets containing dozen of terabytes resulting from surveillance on US social media were left wide open online. It…

7 years ago

German users exploit a Twitter bug to post 30,000-character tweet

Over the weekend, two German Twitter users successfully bypassed the existing character limit by exploiting a Twitter bug and sending a…

7 years ago

A new Facebook scam allows your friend contacts to hack your account

Researchers spotted a new Facebook scam that could deceive also tech-savvy people and trick them into giving the attacker access to…

7 years ago

H1 2017 – Twitter suspended a total of 935,897 accounts for the promotion of terrorism

Twitter published its Transparency Report related to H1 2017, the company suspended 935,897 accounts for the promotion of terrorism. Twitter…

7 years ago

Spain – Facebook slapped with €1.2M fine for violating data protection regulations

The Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has issued a €1.2 Million fine against Facebook for violating data protection regulations. Other privacy problems…

7 years ago

Taringa Data Breach, over 28 Million users affected

The data breach notification website LeakBase reported to the colleagues at THN the Taringa data breach, over 28 Million users' data exposed.…

7 years ago

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