Tens of Thousands of Malicious Apps Using Facebook APIs

At least 25,936 malicious apps are currently using one of Facebook’s APIs, such as a login API or messaging API. These allow apps to access a range of information from Facebook profiles, like name, location and email address. Trustlook discovered the malicious apps using a formula, which created ...

WordPress plugin "Open Graph for Facebook, Google+ and Twitter Card Tags" vulnerable to cross-site scripting

Overview The WordPress plugin "Open Graph for Facebook, Google+ and Twitter Card Tags" provided by Webdados contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability CWE-79. Chris Liu reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warni...

WordPress Open Graph for Facebook, Google+ and Twitter Card Tags Plugin Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

WordPress is a set of WordPress Software Foundation's blogging platform developed using the PHP language, which supports personal blog sites on servers with PHP and MySQL. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the WordPress Open Graph for Facebook, Google+ and Twitter Card Tags plugin,...

JVN#08386386: WordPress plugin "Open Graph for Facebook, Google+ and Twitter Card Tags" vulnerable to cross-site scripting

The WordPress plugin "Open Graph for Facebook, Google+ and Twitter Card Tags" provided by Webdados contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability CWE-79. Impact An arbitrary script may be executed on a logged in user's web browser. Solution Update the plugin Update the plugin according t...

Rockstar Games: Smuggle SocialClub's Facebook OAuth Code via Referer Leakage

In this report, the researcher provided a POC in which they were able to combine two issues to create a condition that potentially could have allowed an attacker to obtain OAuth tokens. One of the issues involved allowing external content to load in our Screenshot Viewer tool; we resolved this...

A week in security (April 16 – April 22)

Last week, we took a stroll down memory lane talking about Facebook and MySpace, noticed a change in the Magnitude exploit kit—wherein it started adopting the GandCrab ransomware, took a good look at a new form of adware that is based on Python, chatted a bit about Russian hacking with a...

Localblox exposes personal data of millions of Facebook & LinkedIn users

By Waqas Facebook has been at the receiving end of backlash and This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Localblox exposes personal data of millions of Facebook & LinkedIn users...

Is Facebook’s Anti-Abuse System Broken?

Facebook has built some of the most advanced algorithms for tracking users, but when it comes to acting on user abuse reports about Facebook groups and content that clearly violate the company's "community standards," the social media giant's technology appears to be woefully inadequate. Last wee...

A Facebook malware has compromised thousands of accounts

By Waqas The IT security researchers at Radware have discovered a sophisticated This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A Facebook malware has compromised thousands of accounts...

Chris Vickery Discusses Data Leak of 48 Million Users by Private Intelligence Firm

SAN FRANCISCO – Profile data of 48 million users that was scraped from social networks and websites ranging from Facebook, LinkedIn, Zillow and Twitter was leaked by a private intelligence agency. The data was left on an Amazon S3 storage bucket accessible without a password by Localblox, the...

Facebook Plans to Build Its Own Chips For Hardware Devices

A new job opening post on Facebook suggests that the social network is forming a team to build its own hardware chips, joining other tech titans like Google, Apple, and Amazon in becoming more self-reliant. According to the post, Facebook is looking for an expert in ASIC and FPGA—two custom silic...

Facebook Plans to Build Its Own Chips For Hardware Devices

A new job opening post on Facebook suggests that the social network is forming a team to build its own hardware chips, joining other tech titans like Google, Apple, and Amazon in becoming more self-reliant. According to the post, Facebook is looking for an expert in ASIC and FPGA—two custom silic...

Facebook Graph Groups Crosswalk User Metadata Mapping Weakness

!/usr/bin/perl Facebook facebug 'Graph' Groups crosswalk user's metadata mapping weakness Demo PoC 2018 Todor Donev https://ethical-hacker.org/ https://facebook.com/ethicalhackerorg Description: Criminal hacker CRACKER can take advantage of this weakness by creating a specialized database to...

Android malware on Play Store targeting Palestinians on Facebook

By Waqas We have reported time and again about the widespread malware This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android malware on Play Store targeting Palestinians on Facebook...

Facebook Graph Metadata Crosswalk Mapping Proof Of Concept

!/usr/bin/perl Facebook 'Graph' metadata crosswalk mapping PoC 2018 Todor Donev https://ethical-hacker.org/ https://facebook.com/ethicalhackerorg Description: Criminal hacker CRACKER can take advantage of this weakness by creating a specialized database to manipulate facebook users with fake news...

Facebook Graph Phone Number Metadata Crosswalk Mapping Proof Of Concept

!/usr/bin/perl Facebook 'Graph' Phone Number metadata crosswalk mapping PoC 2018 Todor Donev https://ethical-hacker.org/ https://facebook.com/ethicalhackerorg Description: Criminal hacker CRACKER can take advantage of this weakness by creating a specialized database to manipulate facebook users...

Deleted Facebook Cybercrime Groups Had 300,000 Members

Hours after being alerted by KrebsOnSecurity, Facebook last week deleted almost 120 private discussion groups totaling more than 300,000 members who flagrantly promoted a host of illicit activities on the social media network's platform. The scam groups facilitated a broad spectrum of shady...

Myspace vs. Facebook: the good old days?

Many people have fond memories of ye olde Myspace dotte comme, and those rose-splashed spectacles seem to have grown ever larger in light of the recent Facebook happenings. In recent days, I've seen many declaring their love for all things Tom, and how everything was just one huge barrel of laugh...

Google Play Boots Three Malicious Apps From Marketplace Tied to APTs

Two advanced persistent threat groups managed to sneak apps onto the Google Play marketplace earlier this year. Both were designed to conduct surveillance on targets located in the Middle East region, according to Lookout security researchers. One of the groups, identified as APT-C-23 also known ...

Facebook spammers making things worse

Facebook's having a bad couple of weeks. Between Congressional testimony and new information coming forward about Cambridge Analytica's use of user data, the tech giant is having problems keeping its users aboard. Unfortunately, misery loves company. We noticed a few Facebook spam campaigns this...