Scammers love Meta, according to Lloyds Bank

Scammers go phishing wherever the victims are. In the UK, that means Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, according to Lloyds Bank. It just revealed that Meta platforms account for over two thirds of fraud reports made by its customers. Writing in The Sunday Times, Lloyds Bank's fraud prevention...

Meta to Shut Down Instagram End-to-End Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026

Meta has announced plans to discontinue support for end-to-end encryption E2EE for chats on Instagram after May 8, 2026. "If you have chats that are impacted by this change, you will see instructions on how you can download any media or messages you may want to keep," the social media giant said ...

Malicious code in ighack (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: kam193 889207a729f6b97c385d6c0afe217776d10331cdf7e5dd511f80e0d01e899842 Instagram hacking tool that besides abusing the Instagram API, also automatically uses user's credentials to follow hardcoded accounts. --- Category: MALICIOUS...

Received an Instagram password reset email? Here’s what you need to know

Last week, many Instagram users began receiving unsolicited emails from the platform that warned about a password reset request. The message said: “Hi username, We got a request to reset your Instagram password. If you ignore this message, your password will not be changed. If you didn’t request ...

How to set up two factor authentication (2FA) on your Instagram account

Two-factor authentication 2FA isn't foolproof, but it is one of the best ways to protect your accounts from hackers. It adds a small extra step when logging in, but that extra effort pays off. Instagram’s 2FA requires an additional code whenever you try to log in from an unrecognized device or...

Google misled users about their privacy and now owes them $425m, says court

A court has ordered Google to pay $425m in a class action lawsuit after it was found to have misled users about their online privacy. In July 2020, Google user Anibal Rodriguez filed a lawsuit against the search giant, arguing that it misled users with its "Web & App Activity" setting. The settin...

Facebook and Instagram passwords were stored in plaintext, Meta fined

Ireland’s privacy watchdog Data Protection Commission DPC has fined Meta €91M $101M after the discovery in 2019 that Meta had stored 600 million Facebook and Instagram passwords in plaintext. The DPC ruled that Meta was in violation of GDPR on several occasions related to this breach. It determin...

Don’t share the viral Instagram Meta AI “legal” post

A new variation of a hoax that has been doing the rounds on Facebook for years has crossed over to Instagram. We’re seeing this post on Instagram Stories a lot suddenly over the last few days. The post is usually posted as a shareable screenshot on Instagram Stories, but it’s also been spotted on...

A week in security (July 22 – July 28)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Meta takes down 63,000 sextortion-related accounts on Instagram Windows update may present users with a BitLocker recovery screen TracFone will pay $16 million to settle FCC data breach investigation Google admits it can’t quite quit third-party cookies Heritage...

Meta takes down 63,000 sextortion-related accounts on Instagram

Meta announced the take-down of 63,000 sextortion-related Instagram accounts in Nigeria alone. The action was directed against a group known as Yahoo Boys, a loosely organized set of cybercriminals that largely operate out of Nigeria and specialize in different types of scams. Meta took down a ho...

Meta Removes 63,000 Instagram Accounts Linked to Nigerian Sextortion Scams

Meta Platforms on Wednesday said it took steps to remove around 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that were found to target people with financial sextortion scams. "These included a smaller coordinated network of around 2,500 accounts that we were able to link to a group of around 20...

Meta Pauses AI Training on EU User Data Amid Privacy Concerns

Meta on Friday said it's delaying its efforts to train the company's large language models LLMs using public content shared by adult users on Facebook and Instagram in the European Union following a request from the Irish Data Protection Commission DPC. The company expressed disappointment at...

Exploit for Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in Checkpoint Quantum_Spark_Firmware

CVE-2024-24919 Name: CVE-2024-24919 Scanner Author: 0x...

Android Malware Poses as WhatsApp, Instagram, Snapchat to Steal Data

By Deeba Ahmed Android Security Alert- Hackers are disguising malware as popular apps like Instagram and Snapchat to steal your login details. Learn how to identify fake apps and protect yourself from this sneaky cyberattack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Android Malwar...

CVE-2024-3662 WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block <= 2.1.13 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Instagram Image Deletion

The WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpzoominstagramcleardata function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.13. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access...

CVE-2024-3662 WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block <= 2.1.13 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Instagram Image Deletion

The WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpzoominstagramcleardata function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.13. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access...

CVE-2024-3662

CVE-2024-3662 affects the WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block plugin for WordPress. The vulnerability is due to a missing capability check in the function wpzoom_instagram_clear_data(), present in all versions up to and including 2.1.13. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level acc...

WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block < 2.1.14 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Instagram Image Deletion

Description The WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpzoominstagramcleardata function in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.13. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with...

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...

Ukraine Arrests Hackers for Selling 100 Million Email, Instagram Accounts

By Waqas Ukrainian police seized a massive trove of 100 million stolen email and Instagram accounts - Three individuals were… This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Ukraine Arrests Hackers for Selling 100 Million Email, Instagram Accounts...