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Facebook trims response to data requests

After the possibility to request data from Facebook under European data privacy laws became common knowledge, Europeans began inundating the social networks with requests. …

Bogus chat spying Facebook app targets users

No matter how often fake “See who viewed your profile” apps are touted on Facebook, there are always users that fall for the trick and follow the steps required by …

New Facebook security features

Facebook will be adding two new security features that will allow users to regain control of their account if it gets hijacked and to use a unique password for different third …

Facebook spammers trick users into sharing anti-CSRF tokens

Facebook spammers have already used a number of different approaches to make users inadvertently propagate their scams, and most of them fall into the social engineering …

Facebook Lottery scam emails making rounds

Offline crooks have had a lot of success with the bogus lottery winning letter scam, so it should come as no surprise it is often “translated” into an email and …

“Facebook lost your messages” spam returns

Facebook users are constantly targeted by emails posing as legitimate notifications from the popular social network, and the latest ones are an upgraded version of an old fake …

Facebook scammers exploit death of Steve Jobs

PandaLabs detected a malicious link on Facebook that was being used to exploit the news of the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Just a few hours after Steve Jobs’ …

The state of hacked accounts

Most users get hacked at high rates even when they do not think they are engaging in risky behavior, with 62% unaware of how their accounts had been compromised, according to …

Facebook now protects users from malicious links

Facebook and Websense announced a technology integration partnership that helps to protect Facebook users from links that lead to malware and malicious sites. Starting today, …

Facebook allegedly promises to fix logout cookies issue

The Facebook tracking cookies issue revealed yesterday has, expectedly, created quite a stir in the security community. The company went into damage control mode and repeated …

Facebook changes raise serious security concerns

Facebook’s planned changes, while increasing interaction between users, could also flood the site with Twitter-style spambots and increase targeted attacks, according to …

Free tool to combat Facebook security issues

Zscaler released a free security tool that protects against malicious threats, scams and spam propagated on Facebook through a technique called “Likejacking.” …

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