Security News

Facebook Covertly Launches A Photo-Sharing App In China (The Hackers News)
2017-08-14 06:42

The Chinese market is no doubt a pot of gold for big technology giants with over 700 million internet users, but the Chinese government heavily controls the Internet within its borders through its...

Obscuring malicious Facebook links using the Open Graph Protocol (Help Net Security)
2017-08-07 19:00

Most users click on links popping up in their Facebook News Feed without thinking twice about it, but it’s good to keep in mind that they can lead to malicious sites. Here’s an example of one...

Facebook Security Boss: Empathy, Inclusion Must Come to Security (Threatpost)
2017-07-26 18:33

At Black Hat, Facebook CSO Alex Stamos' keynote message was one of bringing empathy and inclusion to security, and that it's time to stop being insular.

Week in review: NotPetya, Facebook to inspect private messages, new issue of (IN)SECURE (Help Net Security)
2017-07-03 01:55

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: With ransomware, pay up if you want to keep paying So there you are, staring at a locked computer screen demanding a...

Facebook moderators can inspect private messages of users suspected of terror links (Help Net Security)
2017-06-30 18:11

Pressured by European governments, Facebook, Twitter and Google are trying to tackle the extremist propaganda and recruitment on their social networks and sites. It’s an endeavour for which the...

Google Steps Up Efforts to Block Extremism, Following Facebook (Security Week)
2017-06-19 16:22

Google is stepping up its efforts to block "extremist and terrorism-related videos" over its platforms, using a combination of technology and human monitors. read more

Facebook Redesigns Security Settings Page (Security Week)
2017-06-02 10:47

Facebook this week announced the roll-out of a redesigned security settings page, meant to make it easier for users to understand the options provided to them. read more