social networks

Twitter inadvertently collected and shared iOS location dataTwitter inadvertently collected and shared iOS location data

Twitter inadvertently collected and shared iOS location data

Twitter confirmed revealed that a bug in its iOS app it the root cause for an inadvertent collection of location…

6 years ago
Facebook sues data analytics firm Rankwave over alleged data misuseFacebook sues data analytics firm Rankwave over alleged data misuse

Facebook sues data analytics firm Rankwave over alleged data misuse

Facebook sues South Korean data analytics firm Rankwave over alleged data misuse and violation of social network's rules. Facebook filed…

6 years ago
Experts found 540 Million Facebook user records on unprotected Amazon S3 bucketsExperts found 540 Million Facebook user records on unprotected Amazon S3 buckets

Experts found 540 Million Facebook user records on unprotected Amazon S3 buckets

The huge trove of Facebook user data was amassed and stored online on unprotected cloud servers by third-party Facebook app…

6 years ago
Social Mapper – Correlate social media profiles with facial recognitionSocial Mapper – Correlate social media profiles with facial recognition

Social Mapper – Correlate social media profiles with facial recognition

Trustwave developed Social Mapper an Open Source Tool that uses facial recognition to correlate social media profiles across different social…

7 years ago
After Cambridge Analytica Facebook COO Sandberg admits other possible misusesAfter Cambridge Analytica Facebook COO Sandberg admits other possible misuses

After Cambridge Analytica Facebook COO Sandberg admits other possible misuses

After the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg admitted that the company cannot rule out other…

7 years ago
Facebook: Cambridge Analytica scandal affected 87 Million usersFacebook: Cambridge Analytica scandal affected 87 Million users

Facebook: Cambridge Analytica scandal affected 87 Million users

Facebook revealed on Wednesday that 87 million users have been affected by the Cambridge Analytica case, much more than 50 million users initially…

7 years ago
After Cambridge Analytica scandal Facebook announces Election security ImprovementsAfter Cambridge Analytica scandal Facebook announces Election security Improvements

After Cambridge Analytica scandal Facebook announces Election security Improvements

After Cambridge Analytica case, Facebook announced security improvements to prevent future interference with elections. Facebook is under the fire after the…

7 years ago
Facebook collected call and SMS data from Android users if not explicitly forbiddenFacebook collected call and SMS data from Android users if not explicitly forbidden

Facebook collected call and SMS data from Android users if not explicitly forbidden

After the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook made the headlines again, the company collected users' Android call and SMS metadata for…

7 years ago
Facebook confirms Cambridge Analytica stole its data and used it to influence US votersFacebook confirms Cambridge Analytica stole its data and used it to influence US voters

Facebook confirms Cambridge Analytica stole its data and used it to influence US voters

The commercial data analytics company Cambridge Analytica allegedly used data harvested by Facebook to target US voters in the 2016…

7 years ago
Taringa Data Breach, over 28 Million users affectedTaringa Data Breach, over 28 Million users affected

Taringa Data Breach, over 28 Million users affected

The data breach notification website LeakBase reported to the colleagues at THN the Taringa data breach, over 28 Million users' data exposed.…

8 years ago