Security News

Facebook Anticipates an FTC Privacy Fine of up to $5 Billion
2019-04-25 04:41

Facebook said it expects a fine of up to $5 billion from the Federal Trade Commission, which is investigating whether the social network violated its users’ privacy. The company set aside $3...

Facebook May Face $5 Billion FTC Fine for Data Misuse
2019-04-24 20:57

Facebook may be fined as much as $5 million by the FTC for data issues related to the Cambridge Analytica incident.

Facebook Marketplace Flaw Revealed Seller's Exact Location
2019-04-23 12:18

Privacy Peril: Thieves Use Location Data to 'Shop' for High-Value ItemsFacebook has fixed a security vulnerability in its digital marketplace that could have been abused to identify the precise...

Regulator to Facebook: Move Fast But Stop Breaking Things
2019-04-22 13:18

FTC Reportedly Eyes Holding Mark Zuckberberg Personally Accountable for Privacy"Move fast and break things," Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg once said of his company's internal motto. But regulators...

Three-Fourths of Consumers Don’t Trust Facebook, Threatpost Poll Finds
2019-04-19 19:45

On the heels of several Facebook data privacy snafus this week - and over the past year - users no longer trust the platform.

Facebook: we logged 100x more Instagram plaintext passwords than we thought
2019-04-19 14:58

Facebook has updated 'tens of thousands of plaintext Instagram passwords ended up in logfile' to say it was more like a million.

Facebook Collected Email Contacts of 1.5 Million Users Without Consent
2019-04-19 12:54

Facebook has admitted to uploading the email contacts of up to 1.5 million users over a period of three years without gaining either the user or the contacts' prior consent. read more

Facebook Password, Email Contact Mishandling Worsens
2019-04-19 12:03

Millions of Instagram Users Affected by Plain-Text Password StorageTwo security issues disclosed by Facebook over the past month are worse than first thought, adding to a harrowing series of...

Facebook Password, Email Contact Mishandling Deepens
2019-04-19 08:03

Millions of Instagram Users Affected by Plain-Text Password StorageTwo security issues disclosed by Facebook over the past month are worse than first thought, adding to a harrowing series of...

Facebook Stored Millions of Instagram Users' Passwords in Plaintext
2019-04-18 19:33

Facebook late last month revealed that the social media company mistakenly stored passwords for "hundreds of millions" of Facebook users in plaintext, including "tens of thousands" passwords of...