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...

A week in security (September 23 – September 29)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Millions of Kia vehicles were vulnerable to remote attacks with just a license plate number Privacy watchdog files complaint over Firefox quietly enabling its Privacy Preserving Attribution Telegram will hand over user details to law enforcement Don’t share the vir...

Meta Fined €91 Million for Storing Millions of Facebook and Instagram Passwords in Plaintext

The Irish Data Protection Commission DPC has fined Meta €91 million $101.56 million as part of a probe into a security lapse in March 2019, when the company disclosed that it had mistakenly stored users' passwords in plaintext in its systems. The investigation, launched by the DPC the next month,...

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...

WordPress WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block plugin <= 2.1.13 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Instagram Image Deletion vulnerability

Missing Authorization to Authenticated Subscriber+ Instagram Image Deletion vulnerability discovered by Thura Moe Myint mgthuramoemyint in WordPress Plugin WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block versions = 2.1.13...

CVE-2024-3662

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 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...

PT-2024-27098 · Wpzoom · Wpzoom Social Feed Widget & Block

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.1.13 Description: The issue is related to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpzoom instagram clear data function. This allows...

CVE-2024-3662: Missing Authorization

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...

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...

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...