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WhatsApp Controversy Highlights the Importance of Data Privacy
If you think customers aren't concerned about what you do with your data, the recent WhatsApp controversy should make you think again.
February 10, 2021
Signal, Google Duo, FB Messenger vulnerabilities allowed eavesdropping
Although patched now, if exploited, these vulnerabilities posed a major threat to user's privacy and security.
January 20, 2021
Facebook sues developer of data scraping extensions for Chrome
The developer is a Portuguese company that Facebook claims developed malicious Chrome extensions allowing data scraping.
January 15, 2021
Chinese firm leaked 200m Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn users’ data
The 400GB worth of data was exposed due to a misconfigured Elasticsearch database.
January 12, 2021
WhatsApp wants you to accept its new terms or call it quits
WhatsApp Updates its Privacy Policy - You must agree to WhatsApp's new terms if you want to keep using it!
January 6, 2021
Facebook bug exposed identity of page admin using group doc feature
The bug was reported to Facebook under its bug bounty program after which the researcher was awarded $5,000.
January 5, 2021
Hackers phish 615,000 login credentials by using Facebook ads
Once again, Facebook ads have been misused by cybercriminals in a large-scale phishing scam to steal victims' login credentials.
December 28, 2020
Facebook bug exposed email addresses of Instagram users
According to the researcher, the private information of Instagram users was just a DM away.
December 19, 2020
MoleRats using Facebook, Dropbox, Google Docs to spread malware
Cybereason researchers have identified an ongoing espionage campaign using three yet unidentified malware variants.
December 14, 2020
Facebook links activities of OceanLotus hackers to IT firm in Vietnam
The social network has barred Vietnamese APT32 and a Bangladeshi group of hackers from using its platforms for their malicious purposes.
December 12, 2020