A week in security (May 16 – 22)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Fake reCAPTCHA forms dupe users via compromised WordPress sites How COVID-19 fuelled a surge in malware Why MRG-Effitas matters to SMBs “Look what I found here” phish targets Facebook users AirTag stalking: What is it, and how can I avoid it? Long lost @ symbol get...

Fb_Friend_List_Scraper - OSINT Tool To Scrape Names And Usernames From Large Friend Lists On Facebook, Without Being Rate Limited

OSINT tool to scrape names and usernames from large friend lists on Facebook, without being rate limited. Getting started: Install using pip: python -m pip install fb-friend-list-scraper Script is now installed as fbfriendlistscraper Run with -h or --help to show usage information. Usage: usage:...

How to Limit Who Can Contact You on Facebook

You don't want just anyone in your inbox. Here's how to take control...

CVE-2020-1914

A logic vulnerability when handling the SaveGeneratorLong instruction in Facebook Hermes prior to commit b2021df620824627f5a8c96615edbd1eb7fdddfc allows attackers to potentially read out of bounds or theoretically execute arbitrary code via crafted JavaScript. Note that this is only exploitable i...

Gmail-linked Facebook accounts vulnerable to attack using a chain of bugs—now fixed

A security researcher has disclosed how he chained together multiple bugs in order to take over Facebook accounts that were linked to a Gmail account. Youssef Sammouda states it was possible to target all Facebook users but that it was more complicated to develop an exploit, and using Gmail was...

“Look what I found here” phish targets Facebook users

Facebook-themed messages are a frequent source of bogus links from both spam and compromised accounts. Whether you receive the messages via SMS, the Messenger app, or just inside regular web chat, it pays to be careful. A wide variety of attacks use bogus messages as their launchpad, and the risk...

Facebook to Terminate some Location Tracking Services and Features

By Deeba Ahmed The social network giant plans the years most extensive bulk data deletion, including wiping out users location histories.… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook to Terminate some Location Tracking Services and Features...

Over 200 Apps on Play Store Caught Spying on Android Users Using Facestealer

More than 200 Android apps masquerading as fitness, photo editing, and puzzle apps have been observed distributing spyware called Facestealer to siphon user credentials and other valuable information. "Similar to Joker, another piece of mobile malware, Facestealer changes its code frequently, thu...

GHSA-XCMJ-XJHG-WVHQ Fork CMS XSS Vulnerability

Fork CMS 5.0.6 allows stored XSS via the private/en/settings facebookadminids parameter aka "Admin ids" input in the Facebook section...

Fork CMS XSS Vulnerability

Fork CMS 5.0.6 allows stored XSS via the private/en/settings facebookadminids parameter aka "Admin ids" input in the Facebook section...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: gfbgraph security update

An update for gfbgraph is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from t...

gfbgraph security update

An update is available for gfbgraph. This update affects Rocky Linux 8. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list GLib/GObject wrapper for the Facebook Graph API that integrates with GNOME...

omniauth-facebook Improper Authentication vulnerability

RubyGem omniauth-facebook has an access token security vulnerability...

Craft fair vendors targeted by fake event scammers on Facebook

A real world scam which sucks the fun out of craft fairs has caused nothing but stress for victims. It may sound bizarre, but it’s actually a fairly popular attack focused on small/self-run business owners selling their own creations. Are you ready for a trip to the craft fair? You’re a small...

A week in security (April 25 – May 1)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Why MITRE matters to SMBs Apple’s child safety features are coming to a Messages app near you Why software has so many vulnerabilities, with Tanya Janca: Lock and Code S03E09 Watch out for this SMS phish promising a tax refund Rogue ads phishing for cryptocurrency:...

FBI Conducted 3.4 Million Warrantless Searches of Americans' Data

Plus: Trump backers breach election systems, Microsoft tracks Russia's war prep, a new Facebook leak reveals a mess, and Bored Ape Yacht Club gets hacked...

Facebook phishers threaten users with Page Recovery Help Support

We’ve seen multiple hijacked profiles on Facebook recently claiming to be account recovery services. These bogus account recovery services arent here to help. Theyre actually just trying to scare users into falling for phishing attempts. The people behind these scams target Facebook pages belongi...

A week in security (April 18 – 24)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Why you shouldn’t automate your VirusTotal uploads North Korean Lazarus APT group targets blockchain tech companies Watch out for Ukraine donation scammers in Twitter replies Beware tragic “my daughter died…” Facebook posts offering free PS5s US warns of APT groups...

Critical VMware Workspace ONE Access Flaw Under Active Exploitation in the Wild

A week after VMware released patches to remediate eight security vulnerabilities in VMware Workspace ONE Access, threat actors have begun to actively exploit one of the critical flaws in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2022-22954, the security shortcoming relates to a remote code execution vulnerability...

Credential-stealing malware disguises itself as Telegram, targets social media users

A credential-stealing Windows-based malware, Spyware.FFDroider, is after social media credentials and cookies, according to researchers at ThreatLabz. The version analyzed by the researchers was packed with Aspack. The spyware is offered on download sites pretending to be installers for freeware...