Facebook says Russia and Iran will Cyber Attack and influence US 2020 election Polls
Facebook, the world’s leading social media giant has confirmed that some hacking groups were trying to play spoilsport with the results of the US 2020 election polls by influencing them by various digital means. Graphika, the social network analysis company hired by Facebook says that Russia’s troll agency named ‘The Internet Research Agency’ in association […]
Facebook bug bounty now allows scrutiny of third-party apps
All these days, white hat hackers working for Facebook’s Bug Bounty Program were seen passively observing the vulnerabilities of third-party apps. But now, the social media giant has asked the researchers to be more proactive by testing apps for security flaws, rather than watching those from the sideline. Mark Zuckerberg’s company released a press […]
Facebook on a buying spree as it acquires AI-based ServiceFriend and CTRL-Labs
Facebook (FB), the world’s largest and number one social media network is nowadays on a buying spree of companies. The social media giant headquartered in Menlo Park, California has acquired a NY based startup named CTRL-labs for an undisclosed amount recently. CTRL-Labs is an AI-based startup which offers armbands which translate digital impulses of the […]
Instagram vulnerability exposes user account numbers and phone numbers
Facebook-owned Instagram is back in the news for all wrong reasons. This time, a security vulnerability exposed by a security researcher shows that sensitive user data of the photo and the video-sharing website is open to be exploited by hackers. Israeli Hacker with twitter name ZHacker13 is the person who discovered the details of the […]
Facebook tries to defend its location data gathering activity of its users
Facebook (FB) has issued a blog statement yesterday defending the collection of location data of its respective users. The social media giant says that the data is being gathered for the benefit of its users as it tries to figure out details such as Wi-Fi point one uses mostly, friends with whom an FB user […]
Facebook 400 million phone numbers leaked online
Mobile Phone numbers linked to more than 400 million Facebook accounts were leaked online which includes 133 million belonging to those using FB in the US, 50 Million from Vietnam, 18 million from Britain and others from rest of the world. According to a report published in TechCrunch, more than 1 million phone numbers belong […]
Payment through Facial Recognition and hands to revolutionize Biometric Authentication
All these days we have seen payments made through cash, cheque, smartphones, bitcoins, online and via e-wallets and cryptocurrency. But can you imagine a tech which helps make payments through a simple smile? Yes, what you’ve read it is right! China has soon started to embrace a new payment technology which allows shoppers to make […]
US Fed using 18k fake profiles to check Foreigners
To all those aspirants dreaming about US Visas, Green cards and permanent citizenship, here’s a news piece to share which might help make or break your dreams to become a true US citizen.US Citizenship and Immigration Service Officers (USCIS) have again started to snoop on to the social accounts of foreigners via fake social media […]
Cyber attack news trending on Google
1.) Hackers reportedly targeted the mobile phones used by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro early last week and the incident was confirmed by the Brazilian Justice Ministry through a press statement yesterday. The announcement comes just after a statement released by the Brazilian police on July 25th claiming a cyber attack probe launched on the mobile […]
Facebook Ad Data and FinSpy Malware Surveillance
Facebook which recently faced a $6 billion penalty from the US Government for showing laxity in dealing with user data is making all efforts to win back the trust of its patrons. As a part of this initiative, the social media giant has decided to let its users know from where the advertisement firms promoting […]
