Social Networks

Pierluigi Paganini September 28, 2016
Good news, the Facebook OSquery tool is now available also for Windows

Good news, the social network giant Facebook finally announced the availability of the open source OSquery developer kit for Windows. Facebook announced to have completed the porting of its detection open-source tool OSquery to Windows. The tool allows users to monitor networks and to detect potential malicious activities, such as the presence of malicious codes. The cross-platform tool, that […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2016
Hacking Facebook pages? Hackers demonstrated how to do it in 10 secs

Hacking Facebook – An Indian researcher discovered a critical vulnerability in the Facebook business manager that could be exploited to hack any Page. The Indian security researcher Arun Sureshkumar reported a critical vulnerability in the Facebook business manager that could be exploited by attackers to hack any Facebook page. The Business Manager is the component […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 26, 2016
WhatsApp will share your data with Facebook. How to say no?

WhatsApp has introduced significant changes to its Privacy Policy, such as the sharing of user data with Facebook. Is it possible to say no? How? If you are one of the WhatsApp users there is something that you need to know, the popular messaging app will begin sharing its users’ data with Facebook. Facebook, that […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 21, 2016
Twitter suspended 235,000 accounts belonging to the ISIS in 6 months

Twitter announced it has shut down 360,000 terrorist-related accounts since last year, Daesh traffic on its platform has plummeted by 45 percent in 2 years. Social media platforms are privileged instruments for the ISIS propaganda, members of the terror organization make a large use of social media like Twitter to share images and news about […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 09, 2016
Facebook Messenger implements End-to-End Encryption

Facebook Messenger Starts Testing End-to-End Encryption with Secret Conversations, it is already available for a limited number of users. Facebook is planning to use end-to-end encryption for its Messenger app and has begun rolling out the feature. Facebook has called the new feature ‘Secret Conversations’ and will allow Messenger users to exchange messages that no […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 02, 2016
Facebook malware infected more than 10,000 users in two days

Security experts from Kaspersky monitored a phishing campaign launched to spread a Facebook malware that infected more than 10,000 users in just two days. Security experts from Kaspersky monitored a phishing campaign that hit Israeli media since June 26th. Thousands of Facebook users reported that they had been infected by a malware spread through the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 15, 2016
Hacking Facebook Accounts with just a phone number through the SS7 protocol

Hacking Facebook Accounts with just a phone number is possible, experts from Positive Technologies demonstrated it exploiting flaws in the SS7 protocol. Hacking Facebook accounts by knowing phone numbers it is possible, a group of researchers from Positive Technologies demonstrated it. “Researchers have proven just that by taking control of a Facebook account with only a phone number […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 07, 2016
Facebook fixed a flaw in the Messenger App.Doubts on its severity

Security experts discovered a security vulnerability in the Facebook Messenger App that allows hackers to replace the content of the messages they send. Security experts from Check Point early this week reported a serious vulnerability in the Facebook Messanger App that could be exploited by attackers to replace the content of the messages they send […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 06, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg hacked by the hacking crew OurMine Team

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hacked, a group of young hackers known as OurMine Team took over its Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn accounts. No one is secure when dealing with cyber security, event the popular Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. His social media accounts Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn were hacked. On Sunday, A group of hackers using the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2016
Iran orders media companies to store data in the country

Iran orders foreign social media and instant messaging companies to use servers in the country to store all data related to the Iranian citizens. The Iranian Government spends a significant effort for the Internet monitoring and control, its activities often lead to a concrete censorship. Last year the Government of Teheran has blocked Telegram and many other social networking companies due to […]