Tag: Facebook
WhatsApp Discloses Six Bugs in its First Security Advisory
Facebook-owned messaging service provider WhatsApp, in the past week, started a Security Advisories page. On this page, WhatsApp is disclosing all the bugs and...
Facebook’s VDP: A Step Towards Improved Vulnerability Tracking
Facebook has often been criticized for its non-disclosures across various verticals and policies. However, now it seems that Facebook is finally correcting itself by...
Facebook Sues App Developers for Harvesting Users’ Data Illegally
Facebook filed two separate lawsuits in the U.S. and the U.K. against app developers for exploiting its platform and harvesting users’ data illegally. According...
Flaw in Facebook Messenger App Allows Attackers to Run Persistent Malware
Security researchers from Reason Labs disclosed a critical vulnerability in the Facebook Messenger application for Windows that could allow attackers to hijack a call...
Facebook Sues Indian Firm for Registering Impostor Domains
Facebook filed a lawsuit in Virginia against 12 hoax domain names registered by Indian-based proxy service provider Compsys Domain Solutions Private Ltd. The malicious...
Unprotected Server Exposes Facebook Scraped Data of 12 Mn Users in Vietnam
Security researchers at Safety Detectives discovered an open Elasticsearch server containing scraped data related to 12 million Facebook users in Vietnam, which raised concerns...