Facebook users hit with phishing and malware combo attack
An interesting phishing / malware delivery campaign has been spotted targeting Facebook users. It all starts with a message from a Facebook friend, claiming that the user or …
Tech giants call for government surveillance reform
Eight Internet giants have formally urged the US president and Congress to reform and limit government surveillance, and have offered several suggestions on how to do it. AOL, …
Facebook “flaw” discloses users’ private friends list
A recently unearthed potential Facebook security vulnerability can turn out to be a boon for stalkers or social engineers trying to get their friendship request accepted by a …
Facebook scammers impersonate missing persons org to harvest “likes”
Creating a Facebook page, making it popular and followed by many by using a number of approaches, then finally selling it to the highest bidder that’s interested in …
Fake Facebook password request email carries malware
Not ones to miss an opportunity, malware peddlers are piggybacking on the fact that Facebook is blocking the accounts of certain users and demanding they change their …
Adobe’s poor password security forces Facebook to block accounts
The recent Guinness-world-record-sized breach at Adobe is poised to cause many problems for the users whose login information was compromised. It wouldn’t be that great …
Microsoft and Facebook start Internet-wide bug bounty program
Dubbed The Internet Bug Bounty, it is sponsored by the two Internet giants and is aimed at anyone who discovers vulnerabilities in a series of open source programming …
Facebook data mining tool uncovers your life
You know you shouldn’t post potentially damaging data on Facebook, but more often that not, your friends don’t think twice about it, and this can impact you even …
Facebook makes every user discoverable by name
Once again, Facebook is doing away with a feature that many users didn’t even know they could use, but a small, privacy-conscious minority is glad to have (had). Almost …
Bogus Facebook login page steals credentials, pushes malware
Symantec researchers have recently stumbled upon a phishing site that packs a double whammy: the site asks the user either to log into Facebook or to download an app in order …
Facebook extends Graph Search to include posts, updates, comments
Since its launch earlier this year, Facebook Graph has slowly been filled with information about users. First came the interests they had, the locations they visited, the …
Microsoft, Facebook and Mozilla hunt for developers at HackWEEKDAY
This October, developers from around the globe have an opportunity to showcase their coding skills to an international audience at the HackWEEKDAY hackathon in Kuala Lumpur. …
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