Social Networks

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2015
Facebook is testing Self-Destructing Messages for Messenger App

Facebook is testing a Self-Destructing Messages for its Messenger, at the moment the feature is available for some users in France. This is the silent war of the social media, now Facebook is planning to offer its users a Snapchat-like feature in its Messenger app, the company is implementing the Self-Destructing Messages. The new feature will allow Facebook […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 19, 2015
Facebook. Beware state-sponsored hackers are trying to hack you!

Good news, starting today, Facebook will notify you if they believe state-sponsored hackers are trying to compromise your account. Facebook announced a new initiative to protect its users from prying eyes, the popular social network will inform them on any suspected compromise from state-sponsored hackers. “Starting today, we will notify you if we believe your account […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2015
Iranian Cleaver hackers exploit LinkedIn for cyber espionage

The Cleaver group is once again in the headlines managing a well-developed network of fake LinkedIn profiles for cyber espionage purpose. Do you remember the Iran-based APT Cleaver? In December the security firm Cylance released a detailed report on the hacking Operation Cleaver that was run by state-sponsored hackers linked to the Iran. The Iranian hackers targeted critical infrastructure worldwide, ten of which […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2015
Discovered a Reflected Filename Download flaw in LinkedIn

The Security researcher David Sopas at WebSegura discovered a Reflected Filename Download vulnerability in the popular professional social network LinkedIn. He was analyzing another website when he discovered the following XHR request on Google Inspector on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/countserv/count/share?url=http://www.site_i_was_in.pt It seems a simple request to make by websites to count how many shares their site have on […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2015
Fake recruiters on LinkedIn spy on security experts

Security researchers have uncovered a group of fake recruiting accounts on LinkedIn used for intelligence gathering about security experts. A group of fake recruiter accounts is abusing the LinkedIn professional social network to send invitations to security professionals in various industries. The fake recruiters attempt to deceive targets usually by using a LinkedIn profile with […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2015
How Hackers Could takeover Facebook business pages

The Indian security expert Laxman Muthiyah discovered a way to hack any Facebook Business Page with a simple trick. Look the video … it is very easy! The security expert Laxman Muthiyah from India has discovered a new vulnerability in the popular social network Facebook. This is the third bug discovered by the expert in […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 12, 2015
Facebook API flaw Left 1.44 Billion Users’ Identities at risk

A security flaw in the Facebook API allows hackers to decrypt and scan user IDs, nearly 1.44 billion Facebook users are at risk of identity theft. The security researcher Reza Moaiandin, Technical Director at Salt Agency, discovered a flaw in Facebook’s API that can allow hackers to scan for user ID, and that leaves about […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 24, 2015
LinkedIn and the story how crooks can use it for spear phishing

Kaspersky’s researchers warned LinkedIn about a security flaw that could put at risk their 360 million users and exposing them to spear phishing attacks. In November 2014, Kaspersky’s researchers warned LinkedIn about a security flaw that could put at risk their 360 million users. This was a big concern at the time because LinkedIn has […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 22, 2015
Facebook query packs detects Hacking Team malware on Mac OS X

Facebook releases query packs for finding possible malware infection, including the malicious exploits used by the Hacking Team to hack Mac OS X. The Hacking Team hack revealed to the IT industry the “weapons” used by the Italian firm to compromise practically every system. Security experts who analyzed the material leaked online discovered the exploits […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 25, 2015
Facebook’s astonishing AI algorithm in Facial Recognition

Facebook developed an astonishing algorithm for facial recognition considered as the latest Artificial Intelligence step, it’s name is PIPER. Artificial Intelligence has been playing an important role to offer better and outstanding features in applications and a lot of computer giants and agencies have spent huge amount of money to acquire more and more. Facebook […]