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Pierluigi Paganini February 04, 2020
Facebook fixed a WhatsApp bug that allowed hackers to access local file system

Facebook addressed a critical issue in WhatsApp that would have allowed attackers to read files from a user’s local file system, on macOS and Windows. Facebook has addressed a critical vulnerability in WhatsApp, tracked as CVE-2019-18426, that would have allowed hackers to read files from a user’s local file system, on macOS and Windows systems. […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2020
Russia’s watchdog Roskomnadzor threatens to fine Twitter and Facebook

Russia’s Roskomnadzor watchdog wants to fine Facebook and Twitter after they refused to store data of Russian users on servers located in the country. Russia’s telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has instituted administrative proceedings against Facebook and Twitter after they refused to store data of Russian users on servers located in the country. “On January 31, 2020, Roskomnadzor instituted administrative […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2020
Facebook quickly fixed a bug exploited in attacks that exposed Page Admins info

Facebook addressed last week a security flaw that exposed page admin accounts, the bug was exploited against several high-profile pages. Last week Facebook has addressed a security issue that exposed page admin accounts, the bug was exploited in attacks in the wild against several high-profile pages. The page admin accounts are anonymous unless the Page […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2020
Facebook declares war to Deepfake videos

Monika Bickert, Facebook for global policy management, announced that Facebook will ban deepfake videos and manipulated content. Facebook has announced it will ban deepfake videos, which are media that take a person in an existing image or video and replace them with someone else’s likeness using artificial neural networks. Monika Bickert, Facebook vice-president for global policy […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 04, 2020
Facebook fined $1.65 by Brazil Governenment over Cambridge Analytica

Early this week, Brazil fined Facebook $1.65 million for improperly sharing users’ data in a case linked to the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Brazil fined Facebook $1.65 million for improperly sharing users’ data in a case linked to the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. According to the Brazilian prosecutors, Facebook is responsible for an “abusive practice” […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2019
More than 267 millions of Facebook user phone numbers exposed online

Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered more than 267 million Facebook user IDs, phone numbers and names in an unsecured database. Security expert Bob Diachenko, along with Comparitech, has discovered more than 267 million Facebook user IDs, phone numbers and names in an unsecured database. The huge trove of data is likely the result of an […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 16, 2019
A thief stole hard drives containing Facebook payroll data from a car

Facebook informed its employees that hard drives containing information about its workers’ payroll were stolen from a car last month. On Friday, Facebook announced that hard drives containing information about its workers’ payroll were stolen from a car last month. According to the company, a thief stole unencrypted hard drives containing banking data belonging to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2019
Facebook and Twitter warn of malicious SDK harvesting personal data from its accounts

Some third-party apps quietly scraped personal information from people’s accounts from Twitter and Facebook, the social media companies claim. Facebook and Twitter revealed that some third-party apps quietly scraped personal information from people’s accounts without their consent. According to the company, the cause of behavior that violates their policies is a couple of “malicious” software […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2019
Facebook discloses a new leak that exposes group members’ data

Facebook disclosed a new security incident, the social network giant admitted that app developers may have accessed its group users’ data. Facebook disclosed another security incident, the company revealed that roughly 100 app developers may have improperly accessed users’ data in certain Facebook groups. Let’s understand how it is possible. The company explained that before […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 01, 2019
Facebook agrees to pay a fine of $643,000 in Cambridge Analytica scandal

Facebook has agreed to pay a fine of $643,000 (500,000 pounds) in the privacy case stemming from the Cambridge Analytica scandal. In July 2018, Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($664,000) in the U.K. for its conduct in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. Facebook has been fined £500,000 in the U.K., the maximum fine allowed by the UK’s Data […]