Post-Backlash, WhatsApp Spells Out Privacy Policy Updates

WhatsApp is making explicit clarifications around its updated privacy policy, after reports ran amok about the messaging app mandating all-encompassing data-sharing with parent company Facebook. The app’s new privacy policy and terms of service, which will go into effect Feb. 8, says that WhatsAp...

Changes in WhatsApp’s Privacy Policy

If youre a WhatsApp user, pay attention to the changes in the privacy policy that youre being forced to agree with. In 2016, WhatsApp gave users a one-time ability to opt out of having account data turned over to Facebook. Now, an updated privacy policy is changing that. Come next month, users wi...

WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data With Facebook for Years

A pop-up notification has alerted the messaging app's users to a practice that's been in place since 2016...

Facebook’s Mandatory Data-Sharing Rules for WhatsApp Spark Ire

WhatsApp is asking users to accept a new privacy policy that will share all of their data with Facebook beginning Feb. 8, a move that has users sounding an alarm once again about the privacy of their information in the hands of the social media giant. The Facebook-owned messaging service already...

WhatsApp Will Disable Your Account If You Don't Agree Sharing Data With Facebook

"Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA," opens WhatsApp's privacy policy. "Since we started WhatsApp, we've aspired to build our Services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind." But come February 8, 2021, this opening statement will no longer find a place in the policy. The...

WhatsApp Will Disable Your Account If You Don't Agree Sharing Data With Facebook

"Respect for your privacy is coded into our DNA," opens WhatsApp's privacy policy. "Since we started WhatsApp, we've aspired to build our Services with a set of strong privacy principles in mind." But come February 8, 2021, this opening statement will no longer find a place in the policy. The...

Facebook bug exposed identity of page admin using group doc feature

By Sudais Asif The bug was reported to Facebook under its bug bounty program after which the researcher was awarded $5,000. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook bug exposed identity of page admin using group doc feature...

Hackers phish 615,000 login credentials by using Facebook ads

By Sudais Asif Once again, Facebook ads have been misused by cybercriminals in a large-scale phishing scam to steal victims' login credentials. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers phish 615,000 login credentials by using Facebook ads...

A week in security (December 14 – December 20)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs we kept you updated on the SolarWinds attack, we warned about the special dangers that come with the Christmas season, published a threat profile for the Egregor ransomware, warned how a lead generation scam was targeting potential Malwarebytes MSP partners, and...

Facebook bug exposed email addresses of Instagram users

By Deeba Ahmed According to the researcher, the private information of Instagram users was just a DM away. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook bug exposed email addresses of Instagram users...

The many ways you can be scammed on Facebook, part II

In part 1 of this article series, we looked at data mining schemes, scam ad campaigns, concert tickets scams, and PayPal fund transfer scams. Today, we continue to list down the other scams you might encounter on Facebook. Bitcoin trading scam Who would have thought that a "simple" phishing schem...

Simple Social Buttons < 3.2.1 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

The version 3.2.0 attempted to fix a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue, by adding a CSRF check, which does not fully remediate it as unauthenticated users will all have the same nonce generated and valid for 12h to 24h, or 2 WP ticks. Only unauthenticated users can be attacked with this issue...

Simple Social Buttons < 3.2.1 - Unauthenticated Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

The version 3.2.0 attempted to fix a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue, by adding a CSRF check, which does not fully remediate it as unauthenticated users will all have the same nonce generated and valid for 12h to 24h, or 2 WP ticks. Only unauthenticated users can be attacked with this issue...

MoleRats using Facebook, Dropbox, Google Docs to spread malware

By Deeba Ahmed Cybereason researchers have identified an ongoing espionage campaign using three yet unidentified malware variants. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: MoleRats using Facebook, Dropbox, Google Docs to spread malware...

A week in security (December 7 – December 13)

Last week on Malwarebytes podcast we talked to Doug Levin, founder of the K12 cybersecurity resource center and advisor to the K12 Security Information Exchange, about how schools can plan for a cybersecure 2021. We also released a Malwarebytes Labs report revealing that 50 percent of schools did...

Facebook links activities of OceanLotus hackers to IT firm in Vietnam

By Deeba Ahmed The social network has barred Vietnamese APT32 and a Bangladeshi group of hackers from using its platforms for their malicious purposes. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Facebook links activities of OceanLotus hackers to IT firm in Vietnam...

Facebook Shutters Accounts Used in APT32 Cyberattacks

Facebook has shut down several accounts and Pages on its platform, which were used to launch phishing and malware attacks by two cybercriminal groups: APT32 in Vietnam and an unnamed threat group based in Bangladesh. Click to register. The social-media giant said it has removed both groups’ abili...

Facebook Tracks APT32 OceanLotus Hackers to IT Company in Vietnam

Cybersecurity researchers from Facebook today formally linked the activities of a Vietnamese threat actor to an IT company in the country after the group was caught abusing its platform to hack into people's accounts and distribute malware. Tracked as APT32 or Bismuth, OceanLotus, and Cobalt Kitt...

Facebook Tracks APT32 OceanLotus Hackers to IT Company in Vietnam

Cybersecurity researchers from Facebook today formally linked the activities of a Vietnamese threat actor to an IT company in the country after the group was caught abusing its platform to hack into people's accounts and distribute malware. Tracked as APT32 or Bismuth, OceanLotus, and Cobalt Kitt...

MoleRats APT Returns with Espionage Play Using Facebook, Dropbox

The MoleRats advanced persistent threat APT has developed two new backdoors, both of which allow the attackers to execute arbitrary code and exfiltrate sensitive data, researchers said. They were discovered as part of a recent campaign that uses Dropbox, Facebook, Google Docs and Simplenote for...