Security News

Facebook Flaw Allowed Remote Commands
2018-08-28 19:27

Facebook failed to fully sanitize error data returned by a public facing web app.

Facebook helps woman track down her brother’s killer after 37 years
2018-08-28 10:07

The murder took place long before the World Wide Web, but Facebook turned up both the killer and his sons, who had witnessed the crime.

Facebook Pulls Security App From Apple Store Over Privacy
2018-08-27 16:28

Facebook has pulled one of its own products from Apple's app store because it didn't want to stop tracking what people were doing on their iPhones. Facebook also banned a quiz app from its social...

Now that's a fortune cookie! Facebook splats $5k command-injection bug in one of its servers
2018-08-24 21:51

Find flaw, report flaw, fix flaw, get paid. Bish, bash, bosh Facebook has patched a remote-code execution flaw discovered in one of its servers.…

Following Facebook and Twitter, Google Targets Iranian Influence Operation
2018-08-24 21:06

The news comes as President Trump tweets opposition to take-down efforts by the tech giants.

Facebook pulls its privacy-violating Onavo VPN from Apple’s App Store
2018-08-24 11:58

Apple last week suggested that Facebook remove its Onavo security app from the App store due to privacy rule violations. On Wednesday, Facebook complied.

Chap asks Facebook for data on his web activity, Facebook says no, now watchdog's on the case
2018-08-24 10:20

Info collected on folk outside the social network 'not readily accessible' Facebook's refusal to hand over the data it holds on users' web activity is to be probed by the Irish Data Protection...

Recent App Issues Reveal Facebook’s Struggles to Temper Data Privacy Woes
2018-08-23 15:57

Facebook has been struggling to keep its data privacy woes at bay this week, between banning apps on its social media platform - and pulling its own app from Apple's store.

Facebook pulls 'snoopy' Onavo VPN from Apple's App Store after falling foul of rules
2018-08-23 15:15

Cupertino banned software that slurps data for marketing Facebook has pulled its data-snaffling Onavo VPN from Apple's App Store after the iGiant said the tech violated recently tightened rules.…

Apple Forces Facebook VPN App Out of iOS Store for Stealing Users' Data
2018-08-23 12:48

Facebook yesterday removed its mobile VPN app called Onavo Protect from the iOS App Store after Apple declared the app violated the iPhone maker's App Store guidelines on data collection. For...