A week in security (April 19 – 25)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we interviewed Youssef Sammouda, a 21-year-old bug bounty hunter who is focused on finding vulnerabilities on Facebook. We looked into the CodeCov supply-chain attack, the vulnerabilities in Pulse Secure VPN that are being actively exploited by attackers, and the...

Get paid up to $40,000 for finding ways to hack Facebook or Instagram accounts

Here we have great news for all bug bounty hunters. Now you can get paid up to $40,000 for finding and responsibly reporting critical vulnerabilities in the websites and mobile applications owned by Facebook that could allow cyber attackers to take over user accounts. In the latest post published...

Facebook bug changed 14 million users' default privacy settings to public

Facebook admits as many as 14 millions of its users who thought they're sharing content privately with only friends may have inadvertently shared their posts with everyone because of a software bug. Facebook said in front of Congress in March over the Cambridge Analytica scandal that "every piece...

Ever Wondered How Facebook Decides — How much Bounty Should be Paid?

Facebook pays Millions of dollars every year to researchers and white hat hackers from all around the world to stamp out security holes in its products and infrastructure under its Bug Bounty Program. Facebook recognizes and rewards bug hunters to encourage more people to help the company keep...

Facebook Pays $33,500 Bounty for Major Code Execution Flaw

Remote code execution bugs are the gold nuggets of security research. They’re the ones that researchers stay up all night looking for and they’re the kind of vulnerabilities that often are worth big money, whether it’s from a vulnerability broker, a government agency or a bug bounty program. For...

Facebook Bug Bounty - Filter Evasion via Linkshim Bypass

Document Title: =============== Facebook Bug Bounty - Filter Evasion via Linkshim Bypass References: =========== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=1179 View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdmQlckdUU Release Date: ============= 2014-01-15 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID:...

Facebook Bug Bounty - Redirect Web Vulnerabilities

Document Title: =============== Facebook Bug Bounty - Redirect Web Vulnerabilities References: =========== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=1180 View Video1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBQYb5MUkk View Video2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P10Kd8m9bY View Video3:...

Facebook Bug Bounty - Redirect Web Vulnerabilities

Document Title: =============== Facebook Bug Bounty - Redirect Web Vulnerabilities References: =========== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=1180 View Video1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBQYb5MUkk View Video2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P10Kd8m9bY View Video3:...