Researcher Hijacks Facebook Accounts Via Mobile

A vulnerability existed in Facebook that an attacker could have exploited via SMS in order to take complete control of any mobile-linked account on the world’s largest social network. A United Kingdom-based researcher operating under the handle ‘fin1te’ reported the bug to Facebook on May 23...

Hacking Facebook Account with just a text message

Can you ever imagine that a single text message is enough to hack any Facebook account without user interaction or without using any other malicious stuff like Trojans, phishing, keylogger etc. ? Today we are going to explain you that how a UK based Security Researcher, "fin1te" is able to hack a...

Hacking Facebook Account with just a text message

Can you ever imagine that a single text message is enough to hack any Facebook account without user interaction or without using any other malicious stuff like Trojans, phishing, keylogger etc. ? Today we are going to explain you that how a UK based Security Researcher, "fin1te" is able to hack a...

Facebook Underplays Data Exposed by DYI Bug

It would seem that a bug in Facebook’s Download Your Information tool that exposed personal information for six million users of the social network also extends to non-users who happen to be in a contact list uploaded to the site. Facebook said it has repaired the bug and began informing users th...

Bug Exposes Facebook Data Correlation, Privacy Practices

An information disclosure bug has drawn back the curtain on some of the data correlation Facebook does with users’ contact details and opened the social network’s policies up to criticism. Facebook said the bug in its Download Your Information DYI tool has been repaired but not before six million...

Facebook hack exposes contact Information of 6 Million Users

Facebook is alerting its users about a security breach due to a technical glitch, that may have inadvertently exposed the email addresses and telephone numbers of roughly 6 million users. "We recently received a report to our White Hat program regarding a bug that may have allowed some of a...

Facebook hack exposes contact Information of 6 Million Users

Facebook is alerting its users about a security breach due to a technical glitch, that may have inadvertently exposed the email addresses and telephone numbers of roughly 6 million users. "We recently received a report to our White Hat program regarding a bug that may have allowed some of a...

Packet Storm Advisory 2013-0621 - Facebook Information Disclosure

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Packet Storm Advisory 2013-0621 | | http://packetstormsecurity.com/ | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Title: Facebook...

Facebook No Longer Blocking Tor Visitors

UPDATE – Facebook’s automated malware detection system temporarily blocked visitors who use the Tor anonymity service to access the social network after it found someone trying to mass scrape publicly viewable information from Facebook. “A high volume of malicious activity across Tor exit nodes...

Facebook temporarily blocked access from TOR, but not Intentionally

Tor has become a tool of free expression in parts of the world where citizens can not speak freely against their government. On Tuesday, a number of users have noticed that Facebook is blocking connections from the Tor network. Tor is a free tool that keeps Web browsing sessions private and...

Facebook Comment's Picture Hijacking

Today Facebook rollouts for FB users to comment with picture on any status. But the feature has a bug which allows malicious user to hijack the picture from any comments if the picture is share by uploading for comment. After Malicious user hijack the picture, malicious person can change picture...

[EMET v4.0] Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit

The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit EMET is designed to help prevent hackers from gaining access to your system. Software vulnerabilities and exploits have become an everyday part of life. Virtually every product has to deal with them and consequently, users are faced with a stream of...

Digital privacy, Internet Surveillance and The PRISM - Enemies of the Internet

If you have followed the startling revelations about the scope of the US government's surveillance efforts, you may have thought you were reading about the end of privacy, and about the Enemies of the Internet. "My computer was arrested before I was." a perceptive comment by an internet activist...

Digital privacy, Internet Surveillance and The PRISM - Enemies of the Internet

If you have followed the startling revelations about the scope of the US government's surveillance efforts, you may have thought you were reading about the end of privacy, and about the Enemies of the Internet. “My computer was arrested before I was.” a perceptive comment by an internet activist...

Facebook Open Redirect

Description: Title : Facebook Open URL Redirection Vulnerability 2013 Status : Unfixed Severity : High Works on : Any browser with any version Homepage : www.facebook.com Author : Arul Kumar.V Email : [email protected] I have found Open URL Redirection Vulnerabilities in facebook's dialogs...

President's personal mobile numbers published online by Anonymous Philippines Hackers

A Philippine Anonymous hacker "pR.is0n3r" has posted the President Benigno Aquino's three personal mobile telephone numbers online on facebook. Officials would not confirm if the numbers were really the President's. Aquino spokesman Ricky Carandang, "It's cyber vandalism plain and simple,"...

President's personal mobile numbers published online by Anonymous Philippines Hackers

A Philippine Anonymous hacker "pR.is0n3r" has posted the President Benigno Aquino’s three personal mobile telephone numbers online on facebook. Officials would not confirm if the numbers were really the President’s. Aquino spokesman Ricky Carandang, “It’s cyber vandalism plain and simple,”...

Facebook Mobile Open Redirect

Title: ====== Facebook Mobile Bug Bounty 7 - Open Redirect Web Vulnerability Date: ===== 2013-06-15 References: =========== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=975 Facebook Security ID: 159243257 VL-ID: ===== 975 Common Vulnerability Scoring System:...

Facebook Mobile Bug Bounty #7 - Redirect Vulnerability

Document Title: =============== Facebook Mobile Bug Bounty 7 - Redirect Vulnerability References Source: ==================== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=975 Facebook Security ID: 159243257 Release Date: ============= 2013-06-14 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID:...

Facebook Mobile Bug Bounty #7 - Redirect Vulnerability

Document Title: =============== Facebook Mobile Bug Bounty 7 - Redirect Vulnerability References Source: ==================== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=975 Facebook Security ID: 159243257 Release Date: ============= 2013-06-14 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID:...