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Fake AI Tools Used to Spread Noodlophile Malware, Targeting 62,000+ via Facebook Lures
2025-05-12 07:26

Threat actors have been observed leveraging fake artificial intelligence (AI)-powered tools as a lure to entice users into downloading an information stealer malware dubbed Noodlophile. "Instead...

New Investment Scams Use Facebook Ads, RDGA Domains, and IP Checks to Filter Victims
2025-05-06 13:36

Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on two threat actors that orchestrate investment scams through spoofed celebrity endorsements and conceal their activity through traffic distribution...

Facebook discloses FreeType 2 flaw exploited in attacks
2025-03-12 21:04

Facebook is warning that a FreeType vulnerability in all versions up to 2.13 can lead to arbitrary code execution, with reports that the flaw has been exploited in attacks. [...]

Desert Dexter Targets 900 Victims Using Facebook Ads and Telegram Malware Links
2025-03-10 12:50

The Middle East and North Africa have become the target of a new campaign that delivers a modified version of a known malware called AsyncRAT since September 2024. "The campaign, which leverages...

Ireland fines Meta $264 million over 2018 Facebook data breach
2024-12-17 16:06

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta €251 million ($263.6M) over General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) violations arising from a 2018 personal data breach impacting 29 million...

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by massive worldwide outage
2024-12-11 18:52

Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp suffered a massive worldwide Wednesday afternoon, with services impacted in varying degrees based on user's region. [...]

NodeStealer Malware Targets Facebook Ad Accounts, Harvesting Credit Card Data
2024-11-21 06:34

Threat hunters are warning about an updated version of the Python-based NodeStealer that's now equipped to extract more information from victims' Facebook Ads Manager accounts and harvest credit...

Fake Bitwarden ads on Facebook push info-stealing Chrome extension
2024-11-18 17:05

Fake Bitwarden password manager advertisements on Facebook are pushing a malicious Google Chrome extension that collects and steals sensitive user data from the browser. [...]

Malvertising Campaign Hijacks Facebook Accounts to Spread SYS01stealer Malware
2024-10-30 13:00

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered an ongoing malvertising campaign that abuses Meta's advertising platform and hijacked Facebook accounts to distribute information known as SYS01stealer....

E.U. Court Limits Meta's Use of Personal Facebook Data for Targeted Ads
2024-10-07 06:32

Europe's top court has ruled that Meta Platforms must restrict the use of personal data harvested from Facebook for serving targeted ads even when users consent to their information being used for...