Security News

Facebook Blocks 115 Accounts on Eve of US Election
2018-11-06 11:45

Facebook said Monday it blocked some 30 accounts on its platform and 85 more on Instagram after police warned they may be linked to "foreign entities" trying to interfere in the US midterm...

Private Facebook data from 81,000 accounts discovered on crime forum
2018-11-05 13:40

Stolen data from the 81,000 accounts that appeared to be genuine included intimate exchanges between Facebook users.

Facebook Blames Malicious Extensions in Breach of 81K Private Messages
2018-11-02 20:39

Investigators posed as buyers and were offered the messages at 10 cents per Facebook account.

Why the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal makes connecting with voters more difficult
2018-11-01 21:58

Chris Wilson of WPA Intelligence reflects on why he thinks the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica incident makes it more difficult to reach voters.

Facebook is still approving fake political ads
2018-11-01 11:56

Just a couple of weeks before the US midterm elections, journalists have revealed that Facebook is continuing to approve fake advertisements from fake sources.

How one man could have taken over any business on Facebook
2018-10-31 13:23

The recently patched flaw would have enabled anyone to make themselves an administrator for any Facebook business account.

Facebook fined £500K for Cambridge Analytica saga
2018-10-26 11:36

A £500k is the best the Information Commissioner's Office could do under the old Data Protection Act.

Former Facebook security chief calls out Apple for privacy hypocrisy
2018-10-26 11:15

Tim Cook's warnings about an "industrial data complex" have been met with accusations of hypocrisy from Facebook's former security supremo.

Facebook’s stopped 8.7m nude images of children in 3 months
2018-10-26 10:47

Facebook blocked 8.7m images of child nudity and exploitative content in 3 months.

UK Facebook Fine: Just the Beginning?
2018-10-26 09:18

This week's edition of the ISMG Security Report features an analysis of whether the U.K.'s fine of Facebook for the Cambridge Analytica scandal is just the beginning of regulatory enforcement...