Security News

Shuttered Instagram holes opened 20 million accounts to hijack (The Register)
2016-05-23 04:39

Instagram Patches Brute-Force Authentication Flaws (Threatpost)
2016-05-20 19:15

Facebook paid researcher Arne Swinnen a $5,000 bounty for a pair of authentication vulnerabilities in Instagram that enabled brute-force attacks against usernames and passwords.

Flaws Allowed Hackers to Brute-Force Instagram Accounts (SecurityWeek)
2016-05-20 14:54

10-Year-Old Instagram Bug Hunter Earns $10,000 (Threatpost)
2016-05-04 16:15

Facebook says a 10-year-old is the youngest ever to earn a bug bounty for reporting Instagram API bug.

$10,000 bounty for 10-year-old who found Instagram vulnerability (ArsTechnica)
2016-05-04 13:33

10-year-old uncovers Instagram security flaw, earns top bug bounty reward (ZDNet)
2016-05-04 09:48

Facebook Rewarded 10-Year-Old With $10,000 For Hacking Instagram (Forbes)
2016-05-03 13:33

Facebook rapidly patches Instagram bug which left one million users open to exploit (ZDNet)
2016-03-29 10:45

Facebook Fixes Instagram Vulnerability That Opened 1M Accounts to Compromise (Threatpost)
2016-03-28 18:58

Facebook was quick to fix an issue earlier this month that could’ve let an attacker break into four percent of all active, locked accounts.

Instagram Gets Two-Factor Authentication (SecurityWeek)
2016-02-18 18:09