Android apps fraudulently access Facebook and Twitter user data
Facebook and Twitter have made an official announcement yesterday that few android apps were accessing the login info and other details of its users when the users used the same credentials into certain apps that were being downloaded via the Google Play Store. According to a source from CNBC, the damage was being done by […]
Twitter utilizes its users’ email addresses and phone numbers for advertising
Twitter issued an apology yesterday for ‘unintentionally’ using its user’s email addresses and phone numbers for advertising purposes. The social media giant said that the issue was caused accidentally due to a technical error and was never pre-determined. Cybersecurity Insiders has learned that the error occurred on Sept 17th, 2019 when twitter’s user database […]
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 […]
Twitter Mobile Security flaw allows hackers to post Racist comments
Everyone who uses Twitter via their smartphone is hereby informed that hackers might hack into your account to post racist comments on your home page and those of your followers. Yes, this is what exactly happened in the case of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last week where the vulnerability in service allowed the threat actors […]
Twitter Bug exposes iOS users location details to its business partner
All those using the Twitter mobile app on their Apple iOS phones and who had 2-3 accounts on the said social media platform were at the risk of their location data being shared with a business partner of the world’s second social media platform- all without the consent of users. Actually, it was a bug […]
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google face ban in the UK
Online services which fail to curb the circulation of harmful content on their respective platforms could soon face a ban in the UK. This includes the blockage of website services like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Google. The proposal is designed in lines with the web reforms being practiced in China and so could soon face a […]
Irish data watchdog starts an investigation on Twitter’s data breach concerns
In August last year, Michael Veale, a researcher at the University College London discovered that social media giant Twitter was collecting metadata from the links shortener it uses when Twitter users include certain URLs in their respective tweets. Mr. Veale, who is on the advisory council of the Open Rights Group and a freelance consultant […]
Cyber Attack news on Katie Price and Data Privacy triggering Mercy Killing
A hacker with the Twitter account ‘Thedarkoverlord’ has threatened model turned businesswoman ‘Katie Price’ to share her surgery related photos and videos with the world. A spokesperson of the 40-year-old singer turned designer has confirmed the news early today and said that the internationally reputed star is being constantly harassed online by the said hacker. […]
Cyber Attack news for the last day of this year 2018
1.) France based security engineers have found a software tool to navigate and monitor the dark web. But they also argue that the tool could spell deep trouble to the web users if it falls into wrong hands. Nicolas Hernandez, the Co-founder, and CEO of Aleph Networks, a company based in Lyon- France said that […]
Malware attack Via Twitter
Cyber Security researchers from Trend Micro have recently found a new variant of malware which takes instructions from memes posted to Twitter. Experts have found that the malware infection has the ability to take down vulnerable computers, pulls stored data on the PC and then transmits it back to the malware’s command and control servers. […]
