Security News

Judging Facebook's Privacy Shift
2019-03-13 11:51

Facebook is making a new and stronger commitment to privacy. Last month, the company hired three of its most vociferous critics and installed them in senior technical positions. And on Wednesday,...

Facebook sues developers over data-scraping quizzes
2019-03-12 13:20

Downloaded by 63K users, the quizzes promised answers to questions such as "What kind of dog are you according to your zodiac sign?"

GIF Attack on Facebook Messenger Earned Hacker $10,000
2019-03-11 16:21

A white hat hacker earned $10,000 from Facebook last year for finding a Messenger vulnerability that apparently could have been exploited to randomly obtain other users’ images. read more

Mark Zuckerberg Describes a New Privacy-Centric Facebook
2019-03-11 15:29

2001 was not a good year for Microsoft. Its servers were ravaged by the Code Red and Nimda worms. In 2002, Bill Gates responded with his seminal 'security memo' to staff. He talked about security...

Facebook Alleges Two Ukrainians Scraped Data From 63K Profiles
2019-03-11 14:51

Facebook is suing two Ukrainian men who were able to scrape data from 63,000 users' profiles by enticing users to download a malicious browser extension.

Zuck says Facebook is becoming more “privacy focused”
2019-03-08 11:58

Facebook's planning a new, highly integrated platform and talking a lot about encrypted messaging.

Facebook criticised for misuse of phone numbers provided for security
2019-03-05 22:23

Facebook admits it's using numbers supplied for 2FA for more than security, and you can't turn it off.

When 2FA means sweet FA privacy: Facebook admits it slurps mobe numbers for more than just profile security
2019-03-04 22:39

'This isn’t a mistake now, this is clearly an intentional product choice' says ex-CSO Stamos Another week, another Facebook privacy storm.…

Facebook's Cryptocoin: A Disguised PayPal on a Blockchain?
2019-03-01 13:33

Critics Question Whether Move Is Just 'Marketing Fluff'Facebook is edging closer to launching its own cryptocurrency, with a rollout expected this year, The New York Times reports. But some...

15 GDPR Probes in Ireland Target Facebook, Twitter, Others
2019-02-28 17:33

Facebook Alone the Focus of 10 Separate Regulatory Investigations by Privacy WatchdogIreland's privacy watchdog has its eye on Facebook. Ten of the 15 major investigations that the Data Protection...