Desperate Taylor Swift fans defrauded by ticket scams

Ticket scams are very common and apparently hard to stop. When there are not nearly enough tickets for some concerts to accommodate all the fans that desperately want to be there, it makes for ideal hunting grounds for scammers. With a ticket scam, you pay for a ticket and you either don’t receiv...

Google ad for Facebook redirects to scam

Today, we are looking at a malicious ad campaign targeting Facebook users via Google search. It is well-known that tech support scammers attract new victims by buying ads for certain keywords related to their audience. What is perhaps less known is how it is even possible to impersonate top brand...

Smash Balloon Social Post Feed < 4.2.2 - Facebook Token Reset/Update via CSRF

Description The plugin is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the maybesourceconnectiondata function, allowing attacker to reset and set an arbitrary Facebook Token via a CSRF attack...

Sneaky Credit Card Skimmer Disguised as Harmless Facebook Tracker

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a credit card skimmer that's concealed within a fake Meta Pixel tracker script in an attempt to evade detection. Sucuri said that the malware is injected into websites through tools that allow for custom code, such as WordPress plugins like Simple Custom...

Facebook spied on Snapchat users to get analytics about the competition

Social media giant Facebook snooped on Snapchat users network traffic, engaged in anticompetitive behavior and exploited user data through deceptive practices. Thats according to a court document filed March 23, 2024. The document mentions Facebook’s so-called In-App Action Panel IAAP program,...

CVE-2024-1213

The Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery – Post Feed – Like Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the esfinstasaveaccesstoken and efblsavefacebookaccesstoken...

CVE-2024-1214

The Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery – Post Feed – Like Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the savegroupslist function. This makes it possible for...

CVE-2024-1214

The Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery – Post Feed – Like Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the savegroupslist function. This makes it possible for...

New Facebook photo rule hoax spreads

Some hoaxes on Facebook are years old, but like a cat with nine lives they keep coming back again and again. This is certainly the case with this most recent hoax. Fact-checking site Snopes is reporting on a hoax that concerns Metas use of our photos, messages and other posts on Facebook. Users a...

CVE-2024-1214 Easy Social Feed <= 6.5.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

The Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery – Post Feed – Like Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the savegroupslist function. This makes it possible for...

CVE-2024-1213 Easy Social Feed <= 6.5.4 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

The Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery – Post Feed – Like Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the esfinstasaveaccesstoken and efblsavefacebookaccesstoken...

CVE-2024-1213

The Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery – Post Feed – Like Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the esfinstasaveaccesstoken and efblsavefacebookaccesstoken...

CVE-2024-1213

The Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery – Post Feed – Like Box WordPress plugin is affected by a CSRF vulnerability (CVE-2024-1213) affecting all versions up to 6.5.4, caused by missing or incorrect nonce validation in esf_insta_save_access_token and efbl_save_facebook_access_token. This ena...

PT-2024-17452 · WordPress · The Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery – Post Feed – Like Box

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: The Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery – Post Feed – Like Box plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 6.5.4 Description: The issue is related to Cross-Site Request Forgery due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the...

Easy Social Feed < 6.5.5 - Cross-Site Request Forgery

Description The Easy Social Feed – Social Photos Gallery – Post Feed – Like Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 6.5.4. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the esfinstasaveaccesstoken and...

New Python-Based Snake Info Stealer Spreading Through Facebook Messages

Facebook messages are being used by threat actors to distribute a Python-based information stealer dubbed Snake that's designed to capture credentials and other sensitive data. "The credentials harvested from unsuspecting users are transmitted to different platforms such as Discord, GitHub, and...

How to Turn Off Facebook’s Two-Factor Authentication Change

With Meta’s updated 2FA process, the company now automatically trusts devices you often use...

Meta Platforms Face Outage: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Threads Down

By Waqas Logged out of your Meta Platform services? This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Meta Platforms Face Outage: Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Threads Down...

Nepali Hacker Tops Hall of Fame by Exposing Facebook’s Zero-Click Flaw

By Deeba Ahmed It is unclear how much the hacker received as part of the Facebook bug bounty program. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Nepali Hacker Tops Hall of Fame by Exposing Facebooks Zero-Click Flaw...

A week in security (February 26 &#8211; March 3)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: PikaBot malware on the rise: What organizations need to know Malicious meeting invite fix targets Mac users Pig butchering scams, how they work and how to avoid them Airbnb scam sends you to a fake Tripadvisor site, takes your money Facebook bug could have allowed...