PT-2014-2831

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions omniauth-facebook gem versions 1.4.1 through 1.4.1 Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site request forgery CSRF attacks via the state parameter, due to improper storage of the session parameter. Recommendations For...

Real Ghost Caught on Camera! New Facebook Scams Lure Users to Download Malware

If your Facebook wall offers you any horror videos that claim to be of a real ghost spotted, don’t dare to click on them, as it may be hoaxes, malwares or scams contained within which are the real horror for the online users. We have seen a lot of Facebook scams spreading through the Facebook...

Bitly Compromised, Users Urged to Change Passwords

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Popular URL Shortener 'Bitly' User Accounts Reportedly Compromised

The famous URL shortening service is facing a data breach. The very popular URL shortening service Bitly, has issued an urgent security warning saying that its users’ account credentials may have been compromised, according to a blog post published yesterday. "We have reason to believe that Bitly...

SCAMMYY! Mark Zuckerberg Can Deactivate Your Facebook Account Anytime

If you see any wall post or inbox message -- saying, “Warning!!! Facebook Security Warning!!! Do this before your account gets deactivated!," and urges you to follow some steps to reactivate your Facebook account, then just ignore it; It's a Facebook Scam! Facebook has become one of the most...

Nasty Covert Redirect Vulnerability found in OAuth and OpenID

After Heartbleed bug, a security flaw in widely used open-source software OpenSSL that puts countless websites at risk, another vulnerability has been found in popular authentication software OpenID and authorization software OAuth. Wang Jing, a Chinese mathematics Ph.D student at the Nanyang...

Facebook Enhances Privacy Settings with Anonymous Login

Anonymous is the new black for Facebook. The social network announced a number of changes to how users interact with third-party apps via Facebook logins, the most interesting being a service called Anonymous Login. Facebook chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg told developers at the company’s...

Facebook Introduces Anonymous Login to Limit Third-party App Permissions

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C2FO: All Active user sessions should be destroyed when user change his password!

Hello, There is an user sessions issue on your application that should be fixed. Proof of Concept ------------------------ Suppose, you have an account on C2FO app.c2fo.com. Somehow an attacker manage to get your password and logged in your account.. after knowing that your ID has been compromise...

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OkCupid: XSS Vulnerability Found!

Good Day okcupid Security Team! i just want to report that i found a bug on your website. what i've found out is a xss vulnerability with the use of third party app facebook. at first i upload an image in facebook and name it as " then go to okcupid.com then i click upload image and i click the...

Exploiting Facebook Notes to Launch DDoS

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New Facebook 'Nearby Friends' Can Track Your GPS Location Continuously

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Slack: Facebook Takeover using Slack using 302 from files.slack.com with access_token

Hi, I noticed that your Facebook application used in the "Import Photo" can be used to take over the Facebook account of the user being attacked. It's multiple issues in one: 1. You have a 302 redirect from a .slack.com domain. Hash-values will follow the redirect. 2. The Facebook application OAu...

Slack: Stored XSS in Slack.com

Steps: Go to your respective URL Mine is https://dezignburg.slack.com/account/photo now Change your photo using Facebook But before that create a Album in your Facebook naming it as " And you will get this error: http://prntscr.com/37eecd If you need a video just tell me...

Facebook added Free Voice Calling Feature to its Messenger App

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Facebook Bug Bounty Submissions Dramatically Increase

Facebook today reported a dramatic increase in 2013 submissions to its bug bounty program, and said that despite reports from researchers that it’s becoming difficult to find severe bugs on its various properties, the social network plans to increase rewards for critical bugs. “The volume of...