Security News

Tech news roundup: HPE Discover 2019, Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency, and Google Cloud's debacle
2019-06-19 14:59

This week's TechRepublic and ZDNet news stories include a look at the companies that hire the most data scientists, four significant impacts of a security breach, and a first-hand account of a...

Facebook's Currency Libra Faces Financial, Privacy Pushback
2019-06-19 12:40

Facebook is getting a taste of the regulatory pushback it will face as it creates a new digital currency with corporate partners. read more

Facebook Open Sources CTF 2019 Challenges
2019-06-18 11:00

Facebook’s first-ever global Capture the Flag (CTF) competition took place earlier this month and the company has now made the challenges available in open source.  read more

Irked Researcher Discloses Facebook WordPress Plugin Flaws
2019-06-17 22:07

Researchers at Plugin Vulnerabilities cite grudge and irresponsibly disclose bugs in two WordPress plugins from Facebook.

Facebook got 187,000 users’ data with snoopy VPN app
2019-06-14 10:41

According to a letter it sent to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, that's 31,000 US users, with the rest in India.

Amid Privacy Firestorm, Facebook Curbs Research Tool
2019-06-14 08:41

Facebook has curbed access to a controversial feature allowing searches of the vast content within the social network -- a tool which raised privacy concerns but was also used for research and...

Facebook keeps deepfake of Mark Zuckerberg
2019-06-13 14:35

"Whoever controls the data, controls the future," says the evil Zuck, who, according to the platform's current policy, won't be taken down.

Facebook Launching App That Pays Users for Data on App Usage
2019-06-12 05:19

Facebook on Tuesday launched an app that will pay users to share information with the social media giant about which apps they’re using. read more

Facebook to Cut off Huawei to Comply With U.S. Sanctions
2019-06-08 01:10

Facebook said Friday it would cut off Huawei from its popular social networking apps to comply with US sanctions, further isolating the Chinese tech giant considered a national security threat by...

Apple battles Facebook and Google with rival sign in service
2019-06-05 10:57

Apple's WWDC was full of surprises including a new feature designed to make signing up for websites more private: Sign In with Apple.