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Pierluigi Paganini March 26, 2019
Whitehat settings allow white hat hackers to Test Facebook mobile apps

Facebook introduced new settings designed to make it easier for cyber experts to test the security of its mobile applications. Facebook has announced the implementation of new settings to make it easier for white hat hackers to test the security of its mobile applications. To protect Facebook users, the mobile apps of the company implement […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 21, 2019
Facebook passwords stored in plain text, hundreds of millions users affected

News problems for Facebook that admitted to have stored the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plain text. Facebook revealed to have stored the passwords of hundreds of millions of users in plain text, including passwords of Facebook Lite, Facebook, and Instagram users. “As part of a routine security review in January, we […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2019
Facebook login phishing campaign can deceive tech-savvy users

Security experts at Myki have recently discovered a new phishing campaign that could deceive even most tech-savvy users. The technique relies upon the concept of being able to reproduce a social login prompt in a very realistic format inside an HTML block. Crooks are distributing links to blogs and services that display users “login using […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 17, 2019
Facebook paid $25,000 for CSRF exploit that leads to Account Takeover

Facebook paid a $25,000 bounty for a critical cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability that could have been exploited to hijack accounts simply by tricking users into clicki on a link. The white hat hacker who goes online with the moniker “Samm0uda” discovered a critical CSRF vulnerability in Facebook and the social network giant paid a […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 01, 2019
Facebook dismantled a vast manipulation campaign tied to Iran

Facebook took down hundreds of fake accounts from Iran that were involved in a vast manipulation campaign active in more than 20 countries. Facebook took down 783 inauthentic accounts, pages and groups from Iran that were involved in a vast manipulation campaign active in more than 20 countries. “The world’s biggest social network said it […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2019
Facebook paid teens $20 to install a Research App that spies on them

Facebook is paying teens $20 a month to use its VPN app, called Facebook Research, that monitors their activity via their mobile devices.Facebook is paying teens $20 a month to use its VPN app, called Facebook Research, that monitors their activity via the mobile devices. 2018 was a terrible year for Facebook that was in […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2019
German Watchdog will request Facebook changes

German watchdog is going to ask Facebook changes to protect privacy and personal information of its users. The news was first reported by the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, German regulators are going to request Facebook changes in its platforms aimed at protecting privacy and personal data of its users. The German watchdog want to […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2018
Facebook tracks non-users via Android Apps

New thunderclouds on Facebook, the social network giant is accused of tracking non-users via Android apps. According to a report presented by Privacy International yesterday at 35C3 hacking conference held in Germany, the list of Android apps that send tracking and personal information back to Facebook includes dozens of apps including Kayak, Yelp, and Shazam, “Facebook routinely tracks users, non-users […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 14, 2018
A bug in Facebook Photo API exposed photos of 6.8 Million users

New problems for Facebook, the social network giant announced that a bug related to Photo API could have allowed third-party apps to access users’ photos. Facebook announced that photos of 6.8 Million users might have been exposed by a bug in the Photo API allowing third-party apps to access them.  The bug impacted up over 870 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 28, 2018
British MP: Facebook was aware about Russian activity at least since 2014

A British MP claims Facebook was ware about Russian political interference in 2014, long before the events become public. The British MP Damian Collins, head of a parliamentary inquiry into disinformation, revealed that one of the emails seized from US software company Six4Three as part of a US lawsuit, demonstrates that a Facebook engineer had notified the social network giant in October […]