Patched Facebook Vulnerability Could Have Exposed Private Information About You and Your Friends

In a previous blog we highlighted a vulnerability in Chrome that allowed bad actors to steal Facebook users’ personal information; and, while digging around for bugs, thought it prudent to see if there were any more loopholes that bad actors might be able to exploit. What popped up was a bug that...

The US Didn’t Sign the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace

Corporations have taken the lead over nations on governing the internet: The initiative might not have counted the US as a signatory, but did include Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and others...

You are not alone; social media giant Facebook is down

By Carolina You are not alone; the social media giant Facebook is down in many countries around the world for almost a half an hour starting from 6 pm UK time. In some cases, Facebook's site and application both are suffering an outage. The reason for this outage is currently unknown and there ha...

A DJI Bug Exposed Drone Photos and User Data

Researchers found that they could compromise DJI's single sign-on tokens, similar to the issue behind Facebook's massive breach this September...

U.S. Elections True Test for Facebook’s Disinformation Crackdown

As the U.S. midterm elections commence on Tuesday, all eyes are on Facebook and other social-media companies to see how they continue to crack down on misinformation and other political meddling efforts on their platforms. Facebook for its part on Monday evening said it has barred an additional 1...

Trump’s ‘Racist’ Midterms Ad Backs Facebook Into a Corner

Facebook took down Donald Trump’s ad for violating its policies, but you can still watch the video on his profile...

Hackers found selling private messages of 81k hacked Facebook accounts

By Waqas Unsurprisingly, the price of each account is just 10 cents 8p. Last September, the social media giant Facebook revealed that it suffered a data breach in which hackers managed to steal access tokens of over 50 million accounts after exploiting a vulnerability in its View As feature. A...

Facebook Blames Malicious Extensions in Breach of 81K Private Messages

Hackers have published what they claim are private messages from at least 81,000 Facebook accounts – and they say the trove contains a fraction of the details they have from a larger cadre of 120 million accounts. In an English-language Dark Web advertisement now taken down, the perpetrators...

Hack Brief: Someone Posted Private Facebook Messages From 81,000 Accounts

The data appears to have been stolen with malicious browser extensions, and not by exploiting an issue with Facebook’s platform...

Iran's New Facebook Trolls Are Using Russia's Playbook

Facebook took down another Iranian-based network of phony accounts Friday. This new campaign focused on American politics—and it was successful...

UK Slaps Facebook with $645K Fine Over Cambridge Analytica Scandal

The UK has fined Facebook $645,000 over Cambridge Analytica’s data harvesting practices, which exploited the data of 87 million users of the social network. That represents a gnat bite for the tech giant, which generated $5.1 billion in net profit in the second quarter of the year. However, the...

Facebook Fined £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal

Facebook has finally been slapped with its first fine of £500,000 for allowing political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica to improperly gather and misuse data of 87 million users. The fine has been imposed by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office ICO and was calculated using the UK's old...

Facebook Fined £500,000 for Cambridge Analytica Data Scandal

Facebook has finally been slapped with its first fine of £500,000 for allowing political consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica to improperly gather and misuse data of 87 million users. The fine has been imposed by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office ICO and was calculated using the UK's old...

A week in security (October 15 – 21)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we went over how to build your own motion-activated security camera, wondered whether FIDO is the future instrument to replace passwords and usernames, informed you about information operations on Twitter, and released our Q3 Malwarebytes Labs Cybercrime Tactics an...

A Trove of Facebook Data Is a Spammer's Dream and Your Nightmare

A new report suggests that spammers, not nation states, may have been behind the Facebook hack. That could be even worse news...

This Week in Security News: Apex One™ Release and Java Usage Tracker Flaws

Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. This week, Apex One enters as the evolution of Trend Micro’s endpoint security solution for enterprise. Also, learn about Java Usage Tracker’s new...

Tumblr Privacy Bug Could Have Exposed Sensitive Account Data

Tumblr on Wednesday disclosed it had fixed a vulnerability that could have exposed sensitive account information including usernames/passwords and individual IP addresses. However, the company stressed there’s no evidence that any data was exposed. The bug existed in the “Recommended Blogs” featu...

Facebook Expands Efforts to Squash Voter Suppression

Facebook plans to expand its content-policing on its site, aiming to crack down on profiles and pages that it deems are aimed at voter suppression ahead of the 2018 U.S. midterm elections. Specifically, social-media giant will penalize those that spread disinformation about voting requirements wi...

A week in security (October 8 – 14)

Last week, we warned you away from some dubious Doctor Who streams, explained how Endpoint Detection and Response may not be enough, and explored what happens during a confusing supply chain story. We also showed you how to keep up with security, explained the risks of fake browser updates, and...

Facebook Offers Details on ‘View As’ Breach, Revises Numbers

The data breach first disclosed by Facebook in September has directly impacted the access tokens of 30 million accounts, the social media giant confirmed Friday. Facebook recently admitted that hackers exploited a flaw in its “View As” feature, which lets users see what their profiles look like...