A week in security (July 18 – July 24)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Extortionists target restaurants, demand money to take down bad reviews The FTC will go after companies misusing location, health, and other sensitive data Roblox breached: Internal documents posted online by unknown attackers Warning for WordPress admins: Uninstal...

A week in security (March 1 – 7)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, our podcast featured Eva Galperin who talked to us about defending online anonymity and speech. We wrote about how Ryuk ransomware has developed a worm-like capability, how Exchange servers are attacked by Hafnium zero-days, 21 million free VPN users’ data was...

This Week in Security News: Spam Campaigns and Mobile Malware

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, learn about a mobile malware that infects Android devices by exploiting the vulnerabilities found within the operating system. Also, read...

New York, Canada, Ireland Launch New Investigations Into Facebook Privacy Breaches

Facebook has a lot of problems, then there are a lot of problems for Facebook—and both are not going to end anytime sooner. Though Facebook has already set aside $5 billion from its revenue to cover a possible fine the company is expecting as a result of an FTC investigation over privacy...

New York, Canada, Ireland Launch New Investigations Into Facebook Privacy Breaches

Facebook has a lot of problems, then there are a lot of problems for Facebook—and both are not going to end anytime sooner. Though Facebook has already set aside $5 billion from its revenue to cover a possible fine the company is expecting as a result of an FTC investigation over privacy...

Facebook Caught Asking Some Users Passwords for Their Email Accounts

Facebook has been caught practicing the worst ever user-verification mechanism that could put the security of its users at risk. Generally, social media or any other online service asks users to confirm a secret code or a unique URL sent to the email address they provided for the account...

How to Delete Accidentally Sent Messages, Photos on Facebook Messenger

Ever sent a message on Facebook Messenger then immediately regretted it, or an embarrassing text to your boss in the heat of the moment at late night, or maybe accidentally sent messages or photos to a wrong group chat? Of course, you have. We have all been through drunk texts and embarrassing...

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...

A week in security (July 9 – July 15)

Last week, we talked about domestic abuse fuelled by IoT, doing threat intel programs right, blocking ICO fraud, and man-in-the-middle attacks. We also explained why we block shady ad blockers and provided tips to online shoppers for Prime Day. Other news: Reports revealed that low-end Android...

Consumer Reports: 13 Million Facebook Users Ignore Privacy Settings

A Consumer Reports investigation indicates 13 million U.S. Facebook users are oversharing — and likely don’t know it. That figure represents 8 percent of Facebook’s 150 million U.S. users, but it is part of an upward trend in users failing to protect themselves while on the social network — putti...

Facebook privacy flaw exposes Mark Zuckerberg private photos

Facebook privacy flaw exposes Mark Zuckerberg private photos A flaw in Facebook has granted prying users access to supposedly private photographs, including those of the website's chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg. In total 14 pictures of Mr Zuckerberg were posted to image site Imgur under the...

You got owned, Exposure about privacy on facebook !

You got owned, Exposure about privacy on facebook ! If you had any doubts regarding privacy on facebook, here is a list containing hundreds of user and password, how can this be ? Easy, any application that asks for permission can get your credentials! And then do not say that we had not warned :...

The unofficial guide to Facebook privacy !

To fully understand the privacy of Facebook and how it's likely to evolve, you need to understand one thing - Facebook executives want everyone to be public. As the service evolves, executives tend to favor our open access to information, meaning information you think is private will slowly becom...

Location-Based Services Raise Privacy, Security Risks

The growing popularity of location-based services in the social networking world is a serious security and privacy risk that must be taken seriously. These services, which allow users to share their whereabouts with other people by disclosing their own location, is a very popular trend on social...

Public search engines mine private Facebook details

From DarkReading Kelly Jackson Higgins Another reason to be careful what you post on Facebook: All it takes is a simple Google search, and phishers and marketers can glean a treasure trove of private information darkreading.com based on relationships among Facebook “friends,” according to new...