Security News

Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years
2019-03-21 15:17

Hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees -- in some cases going back to 2012, KrebsOnSecurity has...

Man Pleads Guilty Over $100M BEC Scheme Targeting Google, Facebook
2019-03-20 18:01

A 50-year-old Lithuanian citizen has pleaded guilty over his role in a business email compromise (BEC) scheme in which Google and Facebook employees were tricked into wiring a total of more than...

How the Google and Facebook outages could impact application security
2019-03-20 07:00

With major outages impacting Gmail, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram recently, consumers are right to be concerned over the security of their private data. While details of these outages haven’t...

Court: Embarrassing leaks of internal Facebook emails are fishy
2019-03-19 11:50

The leaks point to a plot, a Calif. court said, ordering pikini app maker Six4Three to hand over its lawyers' chats with the ICO.

Facebook-Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal: Your data still isn't secure
2019-03-15 19:49

On the one-year anniversary of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data privacy scandal, Dan Patterson advises companies to stay vigilant and keep data locked down and secure.

Ep. 023 – Facebook promises and Google Chrome patches [PODCAST]
2019-03-15 12:41

Here's the latest Naked Security podcast - listen now, and tell your friends and colleagues about us, too!

Facebook outage coincides with (or causes?) 3m new Telegram users
2019-03-15 11:57

A worldwide, nearly day-long outage at Facebook led to Telegram having a busy, busy day.

Prosecutors Probe Facebook's Data Deals
2019-03-14 13:48

New York Grand Jury Subpoenas Records in Criminal Probe - ReportFacebook's data deals continue to be probed. A criminal investigation of Facebook by federal prosecutors in New York has resulted in...

Telegram Gained 3 Million New Users During WhatsApp, Facebook Outage
2019-03-14 10:48

WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram faced a widespread outage yesterday with users from around the world reporting issues with sending messages on WhatsApp and Messenger, posting feeds on Facebook...

Facebook Faces Criminal Probe of Data Deals: Report
2019-03-14 01:08

US prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into Facebook's practice of sharing users' data with companies without letting the social network's members know, The New York Times reported...