Security News

Hackers Steal 50 Million Facebook Users’ Access Tokens Using Zero-Day Flaw
2018-09-28 17:48

2018 has been a terrible year for Facebook. Facebook just admitted that an unknown hacker or a group of hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability in its social media platform that allowed them to...

Facebook Says 50M User Accounts Affected by Security Breach
2018-09-28 17:45

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it recently discovered a security breach affecting nearly 50 million user accounts. The hack is the latest setback for Facebook during a year of tumult for the global...

Facebook: Up to 90 million addicts' accounts slurped by hackers, no thanks to crappy code
2018-09-28 17:39

Miscreants harvested info from tens of millions of profiles via 'View as...' feature, dodgy API Facebook confessed today that buggy code potentially exposed all of its users' accounts to hackers...

Facebook confesses crappy code has exposed up to 90 million users to hackers
2018-09-28 17:39

Ready access granted thanks to poor security Facebook has confessed that buggy code exposed all its users to hackers for the past 14 months. It has estimated that at least 50 million people may...

EU Lawmakers Push for Cybersecurity, Data Audit of Facebook
2018-09-28 14:04

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers appear set this month to demand audits of Facebook by Europe's cybersecurity agency and data protection authority in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica...

Facebook Admits Phone Numbers May be Used to Target Ads
2018-09-28 12:25

Facebook on Thursday confirmed that advertisers were privy to phone numbers given by members of the social network for enhanced security. read more

Facebook scolds police for using fake accounts to snoop on citizens
2018-09-26 10:52

Put down that “Bob Smith” fake account and back off, Facebook told the Memphis Police Department, waving its real-names policy in the air.

Facebook faces sanctions if it drags its feet on data transparency
2018-09-24 11:08

The EU justice commissioner said she's out of patience. Also, she quit Facebook because it's a "channel of dirt."

Facebook Building a 'War Room' to Battle Election Meddling
2018-09-21 13:37

Facebook on Wednesday said it will have a "war room" up and running on its Silicon Valley campus to quickly repel efforts to use the social network to meddle in upcoming elections. read more

Man who shared Deadpool movie on Facebook faces 6 months in jail
2018-09-20 13:36

US government recommended six months behind bars. That’s one month for every million people that viewed a part of the pirated movie, apparently.