Facebook doubles bounties for bugs in ads code
Facebook has announced that all vulnerabilities affecting the company’s ads code will now be worth twice as much to the bug hunters who find and responsibly disclose …
Emma Watson leaked Facebook video delivers Trojans
A new scam is taking advantage of Emma Watson’s growing popularity and using the Harry Potter star as bait to spread malware on Facebook, warns antivirus solutions …
Internet giants band together to improve open source programs
A group of companies that includes Facebook, Google, Dropbox, GitHub and Khan Academy has announced a new collaboration that will focus on making open source “easier for …
“Win Free iPhone 6” scams hit Facebook
As the day of the release of Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus draws near, scammers have expectedly begun using the new devices as a lure in Facebook scams. As usual, …
Review your Facebook privacy settings with Privacy Checkup
Facebook’s Privacy Checkup tool – informally dubbed “Privacy Dinosaur” – has been made available for use to all users of the popular social …
Facebook to fix flaw that can force iPhones to make calls
Facebook will soon be pushing out an update to its iOS Messenger app meant to patch a vulnerability that could allow attackers to place pricy calls from users’ phones by …
Most Facebook email notifications are now encrypted
95% of Facebook’s notification emails are now encrypted with both Perfect Forward Secrecy and strict certificate validation, Michael Adkins, a Messaging Integrity …
“Facebook color changer” app leads to malware, account hijacking
The change-your-Facebook-color scam is once again targeting inexperienced users of the social network, and they are once again falling for it. According to researchers from …
Top 10 Facebook scams
American singer and actress Taylor Swift has lost her scam mojo, as her fake sex tape spreading on Facebook was excluded from the top ten most successful scams, according to …
Facebook scams now lead to exploit kits
The Facebook scam is a familiar phenomenon to every user of the popular social network, and most of them have fallen for it at one time or another as it only takes a moment of …
Facebook SDK flaw allows unauthorized access to Facebook accounts
MetaIntell has uncovered a significant security vulnerability in the Facebook SDK (V3.15.0) for both iOS and Android. Dubbed Social Login Session Hijacking, when exploited …
Bitcoin miner lurking on Facebook
Facebook users, beware: a new viral campaign aimed at saddling you with a Bitcoin mining Trojan has been spotted. “The virus spreads through private Facebook messages, …
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