CVE-2023-5357

The Instagram for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via shortcodes in versions up to, and including, 2.1.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with...

CVE-2023-1713

Insecure temporary file creation in bitrix/modules/crm/lib/order/import/instagram.php in Bitrix24 22.0.300 hosted on Apache HTTP Server allows remote authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted ".htaccess" file...

CVE-2020-1895

A large heap overflow could occur in Instagram for Android when attempting to upload an image with specially crafted dimensions. This affects versions prior to 128.0.0.26.128...

CVE-2020-20094

Instagram iOS 106.0 and prior and Android 107.0.0.11 and prior user interface does not properly represent URI messages to the user, which results in URI spoofing via specially crafted messages...

Attackers Abuse TikTok and Instagram APIs

It must be the season for API security incidents. Hot on the heels of a developer leaking an API key for private Tesla and SpaceX LLMs, researchers have now discovered a set of tools for validating account information via API abuse, leveraging undocumented TikTok and Instagram APIs. The tools, an...

CVE-2019-14470

cosenary Instagram-PHP-API aka Instagram PHP API V2, as used in the UserPro plugin through 4.9.32 for WordPress, has XSS via the example/success.php errordescription parameter...

Malicious PyPI Packages Exploit Instagram and TikTok APIs to Validate User Accounts

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered malicious packages uploaded to the Python Package Index PyPI repository that act as checker tools to validate stolen email addresses against TikTok and Instagram APIs. All three packages are no longer available on PyPI. The names of the Python packages are...

Coinbase Will Reimburse Customers Up to $400 Million After Data Breach

Plus: 12 more people are indicted over a $263 million crypto heist, and a former FBI director is accused of threatening Donald Trump thanks to an Instagram post of seashells...

Instagram-Brute-Force-2024 - Instagram Brute Force 2024 Compatible With Python 3.13 / X64 Bit / Only Chrome Browser

Instagram Brute Force CPU/GPU Supported 2024 Use option 2 while running the script. Option 1 is on development Chrome should be downloaded in device. Compatible and Tested GUI Supported Operating Systems Only Python 3.13 x64 bit Unix / Linux / Mac / Windows 8.1 and higher Install Requirements pip...

CVE-2025-1456

The Royal Elementor Addons and Templates plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the widgetGrid, widgetCountDown, and widgetInstagramFeed methods in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1012 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it...

New Phishing Scam Uses Fake Instagram Chatbot to Hijack Accounts

New phishing scam targets Instagram business accounts using fake chatbots and support emails, tricking users into handing over login credentials...

CVE-2024-13400

The Kona Gallery Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the "Kona: Instagram for Gutenberg" Block, specifically in the "align" attribute, in all versions up to, and including, 1.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possib...

Malicious code in prem-instagram (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: ghsa-malware 7546364925ac5bc237fd230e46a4710450fb09b9c34f98c5d8fe0f969dd358c6 Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be...

Facebook and Instagram Ads Push Gun Silencers Disguised as Car Parts

A network of Facebook pages has been advertising “fuel filters” that are actually meant to be used as silencers, which are heavily regulated by US law. Even US military officials are concerned...

Facebook and Instagram passwords were stored in plaintext, Meta fined

Ireland’s privacy watchdog Data Protection Commission DPC has fined Meta €91M $101M after the discovery in 2019 that Meta had stored 600 million Facebook and Instagram passwords in plaintext. The DPC ruled that Meta was in violation of GDPR on several occasions related to this breach. It determin...

A week in security (September 23 – September 29)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Millions of Kia vehicles were vulnerable to remote attacks with just a license plate number Privacy watchdog files complaint over Firefox quietly enabling its Privacy Preserving Attribution Telegram will hand over user details to law enforcement Don’t share the vir...

Meta Fined €91 Million for Storing Millions of Facebook and Instagram Passwords in Plaintext

The Irish Data Protection Commission DPC has fined Meta €91 million $101.56 million as part of a probe into a security lapse in March 2019, when the company disclosed that it had mistakenly stored users' passwords in plaintext in its systems. The investigation, launched by the DPC the next month,...

Don’t share the viral Instagram Meta AI “legal” post

A new variation of a hoax that has been doing the rounds on Facebook for years has crossed over to Instagram. We’re seeing this post on Instagram Stories a lot suddenly over the last few days. The post is usually posted as a shareable screenshot on Instagram Stories, but it’s also been spotted on...

A week in security (July 22 – July 28)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Meta takes down 63,000 sextortion-related accounts on Instagram Windows update may present users with a BitLocker recovery screen TracFone will pay $16 million to settle FCC data breach investigation Google admits it can’t quite quit third-party cookies Heritage...

Meta takes down 63,000 sextortion-related accounts on Instagram

Meta announced the take-down of 63,000 sextortion-related Instagram accounts in Nigeria alone. The action was directed against a group known as Yahoo Boys, a loosely organized set of cybercriminals that largely operate out of Nigeria and specialize in different types of scams. Meta took down a ho...