Security News > 2018 > September

Facebook Data Breach Impacts Almost 50 Million Accounts
2018-09-28 18:32

Hackers exploited a flaw in Facebook’s code impacting its “View As” feature.

Facebook discloses network breach affecting 50 million user accounts
2018-09-28 18:32

Facebook said attackers exploited a vulnerability in its code that let them steal access tokens when users switched over to a public profile view via the "View As" feature.

Major Tech Companies Finally Endorse Federal Privacy Regulation
2018-09-28 18:19

The major tech companies, scared that states like California might impose actual privacy regulations, have now decided that they can better lobby the federal government for much weaker national...

Another Linux Kernel Bug Surfaces, Allowing Root Access
2018-09-28 18:11

Android, Debian and Ubuntu users are still at risk.

Python is a hit with hackers, report finds
2018-09-28 18:11

Imperva: Up to 77 percent of the sites we monitor were attacked by a Python-based tool.

Vulnerabilities in PureVPN Client Leak User Credentials
2018-09-28 17:54

The PureVPN client for Windows is impacted by two vulnerabilities that result in user credential leak, a Trustwave security researcher has discovered. read more

Hackers Steal 50 Million Facebook Users’ Access Tokens Using Zero-Day Flaw
2018-09-28 17:48

2018 has been a terrible year for Facebook. Facebook just admitted that an unknown hacker or a group of hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in its social media platform that allowed them to...

Facebook Says 50M User Accounts Affected by Security Breach
2018-09-28 17:45

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts. The hack is the latest setback for Facebook during a year of tumult for the global...

Facebook: Up to 90 million addicts' accounts slurped by hackers, no thanks to crappy code
2018-09-28 17:39

Miscreants harvested info from tens of millions of profiles via 'View as...' feature, dodgy API Facebook confessed today that buggy code potentially exposed all of its users' accounts to hackers...

Facebook confesses crappy code has exposed up to 90 million users to hackers
2018-09-28 17:39

Ready access granted thanks to poor security Facebook has confessed that buggy code exposed all its users to hackers for the past 14 months. It has estimated that at least 50 million people may...