Security News > 2019 > March > New Settings Let Hackers Easily Pentest Facebook, Instagram Mobile Apps
2019-03-26 14:18
Facebook has introduced a new feature in its platform that has been designed to make it easier for bug bounty hunters to find security flaws in Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram Android applications. Since almost all Facebook-owned apps by default use security mechanisms such as Certificate Pinning to ensure integrity and confidentiality of the traffic, it makes it harder for white hat
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