Social Networks

Pierluigi Paganini October 04, 2021
Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram are down worldwide, it’s panic online

Users worldwide are experiencing problems while accessing Facebook services, including Instagram and WhatsApp. Users worldwide are not able to access Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp services due to a BGP problems. Users attempting to visit the above services are displaying “DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN.” The mobile applications of the social network giant and its Tor hidden services are also […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2021
WhatsApp fined €225M over GDPR issues

The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined WhatsApp €225 million over data sharing transparency for European Union users’ data with Facebook. The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined WhatsApp €225 million for the lack of transparency on how it shares European Union users’ data with Facebook companies. The instant messaging company violated the actual General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 25, 2021
Threat actor offers Clubhouse secret database containing 3.8B phone numbers

A threat actor is offering for sale on hacking forums the secret database Clubhouse containing 3.8B phone numbers. Clubhouse is a social audio app for iOS and Android where users can communicate in voice chat rooms that accommodate groups of thousands of people. The audio-only app hosts live discussions, with opportunities to participate through speaking and listening. Conversations are prohibited by Clubhouse’s guidelines […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2021
Instagram implements ‘Security Checkup’ to help users recover compromised accounts

Instagram introduced a new security feature dubbed “Security Checkup” to help users to recover their accounts that have been compromised. Good news for the owners of Instagram accounts that may have been compromised, the company launched a new feature named ‘Security Checkup‘ feature that aims to keep accounts safe and help users to recover them. […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 13, 2021
Social media partially disrupted in Cuba amid anti-government protests

NetBlocks reported partial disruption to social media and messaging platforms in Cuba from 12 July 2021 shortly after Cubans went to the streets to protest the government. Security experts from NetBlocks are observing partial disruption to social media and messaging platforms in Cuba from 12 July 2021 shortly after Cubans went to the streets to […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 01, 2021
Freshly scraped LinkedIn data of 88,000 US business owners shared online

About a week after scraped data from more than 700 million LinkedIn profiles were put for sale online, it seems that threat actors have no intention of stopping their abuse of the social media platform’s scrape-friendly systems.  Hours ago, a 68MB JSON database containing LinkedIn data recently collected from 88,000 US business owners was shared on […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 29, 2021
New LinkedIn breach exposes data of 700 Million users

A new massive LinkedIn breach made the headlines, the leak reportedly exposes the data of 700M users, more than 92% of the total 756M users. A new massive LinkedIn breach made the headlines, a database containing data of 700M users, more than 92% of the total 756M users, is available for sale on forums on […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 10, 2021
WhatsApp will not deactivate accounts for not accepting new privacy terms

WhatsApp will not deactivate the accounts of users who don’t accept the new privacy policy update that requires sharing data with other companies owned by Facebook. WhatsApp on Friday announced that it will not deactivate accounts of users who don’t accept its new privacy policy that will be rolled out on May 15. The company will only […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 20, 2021
Critical update: Facebook Messenger users hit by scammers in over 80 states

Researchers from security firm Group-IB have detected a large-scale scam campaign targeting Facebook Messenger users all over the world. Group-IB has detected a large-scale scam campaign targeting Facebook Messenger users all over the world. Group-IB Digital Risk Protection (DRP) analysts have found evidence proving that users in over 80 countries in Europe, Asia, the MEA region, North […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 06, 2021
This service allows checking if your mobile is included in the Facebook leak

Security researcher implemented a service to verify if your mobile number is included in the recent Facebook data leak. Security researcher Yaser Alosefer developed a new tool to help users to determine if their mobile numbers are included within the recent Facebook data leak that impacted 553 million users of the social networking giant. The […]