Security News

Facebook facial recognition: class action suit gets court’s go ahead
2019-08-12 11:34

The court said facial recognition could well harm privacy rights, given its “detailed, encyclopedic, and effortlessly compiled” biometrics collection.

Facebook Sues Two Android App Developers for Click Injection Fraud
2019-08-08 10:33

Facebook has filed a lawsuit against two shady Android app developers accused of making illegal money by hijacking users' smartphones to fraudulently click on Facebook ads. According to Facebook,...

Add passwords to list of stuff CafePress made hash of storing, says infoseccer. 11m+ who used Facebook 'n' pals to sign in were lucky
2019-08-06 17:09

11m other leaked users' p-words hashed with SHA-1 Passwords were among the 23 million customer records siphoned from CafePress by hackers – and the site was using the less secure SHA-1 hashing...

Privacy Watchdogs Warn Facebook Over Libra Currency
2019-08-06 08:32

Global privacy regulators joined forces Tuesday to demand guarantees from Facebook on how it will protect users' financial data when it launches its planned cryptocurrency, Libra. read more

Facebook is working on mind-reading
2019-08-02 11:39

The completely non-evil-genius goal: a wearable, noninvasive device that could translate thoughts into text, for the speech impaired or VR.

Faked Facebook Accounts Linked to Saudi Arabia, Mideast Region
2019-08-01 18:29

Facebook on Thursday said it derailed a pair of shady online influence campaigns in the Arabic-speaking world including one linked to the Saudi Arabian government. read more

Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp
2019-08-01 11:51

This article points out that Facebook's planned content moderation scheme will result in an encryption backdoor into WhatsApp: In Facebook's vision, the actual end-to-end encryption client itself...

Authenticated XSS Found in WordPress Plugin Facebook Widget
2019-07-29 13:54

The WordPress plugin Facebook Widget (Widget for Facebook Page Feeds), which was recently closed on the WordPress plugin directory, is affected by an authenticated persistent Cross-Site Scripting...

Viral FaceApp Unnecessarily Requests Access to Users' Facebook Friends List
2019-07-29 08:18

FaceApp—the AI-powered photo-morphing app that recently gone viral for its age filter but hit the headlines for its controversial privacy policy—has been found collecting the list of your Facebook...

Lawmakers, Privacy Advocates Slam FTC's Facebook Settlement
2019-07-25 18:48

Critics Say the Deal Doesn't Do Enough to Protect Users' PrivacyFacebook's $5 billion privacy settlement with the FTC this week did little to satisfy critics who argue that the social media giant...