Security News

Facebook Is Making It Harder For Hackers To Hijack Your Accounts (Forbes)
2017-01-31 17:20

Facebook Proposes New Account Recovery Method (SecurityWeek)
2017-01-31 14:35

Forgotten passwords are bane of the Internet. Facebook wants to fix that (ArsTechnica)
2017-01-31 01:35

Forgot your GitHub password? Facebook cooks up spec to reset logins via social network (The Register)
2017-01-30 23:35

Facebook Tackles Account Recovery with Delegated Recovery Protocol (Threatpost)
2017-01-30 20:56

Facebook's Delegated Recovery delegates account-recovery permissions to third-party accounts controlled by the user. GitHub is the program's first partner.

Facebook gets physical for safer logins (Help Net Security)
2017-01-27 14:40

Facebook has been offering the two factor authentication login option for a while now, and is now trying to make its use easier than ever before. “Most people get their security code for login...

Facebook Touts ‘Safer’ Security Key Login (Threatpost)
2017-01-26 19:38

Facebook is letting users tie a physical security key to their account as an added layer of security.

Facebook, Researcher at Odds Over Messenger Issue (Threatpost)
2017-01-19 15:46

Facebook dismisses a researcher who says multimedia content sent via Facebook Messenger can be intercepted by a third party under certain conditions.

UK users bombarded with scammy offers via Facebook, WhatsApp (Help Net Security)
2017-01-18 14:42

Since the beginning of the year, survey scammers have mounted a veritable onslaught against Facebook and WhatsApp users from the UK. The lure comes in the form of a fake free gift card or voucher...

Clever Facebook Hack Reveals Private Email Address of Any User (Threatpost)
2016-12-23 22:19

A bug bounty hunter earned $5,000 for a Facebook hack that allowed him to bypass security protection and access any Facebook user's true email address.