100K or so creators in the YouTube car community were targeted by a phishing campaign that captured 2FA codes.
Tag Archives: Social networks
Facebook has booted tens of thousands of data-grabbing apps
400 developers have been naughty with user data, noncompliant with policy, and/or have ignored Facebook’s audit, it says.
Facebook Libra rejected by France as “dangerous”
France finance minister: Libra won’t be allowed onto European soil.
LinkedIn can’t block public profile data scraping, court rules
The long-awaited decision found that automated scraping of publicly accessible data likely doesn’t violate the CFAA.
Facebook launches $10m deepfake detection project
If you’re worried about the evil potential of deepfake video, you’re not alone; so is Facebook.
Facebook expands use of face recognition
Facebook’s replaced “tag suggestions” with “face recognition” – a setting Facebook says may help to save us from identity thieves.
Twitter slaps back SMS texting after @Jack hijacking
Two problems, Twitter says: vulnerabilities that mobile carriers need to fix & its reliance on linked numbers for 2FA.
EFF and Mozilla scold Venmo over app’s privacy failings
The tense stand-off between privacy campaigners and the popular mobile payment app Venmo has taken another turn for the worse.
Facebook: ‘Technical error’ let strangers into Messenger Kids chats
It won’t happen again, Facebook told senators who wondered how well it’s handling kids’ privacy in the chat app abhorred by kids advocates.
Report: 53% of social media logins are fraud
Most attacks are from botnets. The goals: spreading spam, stealing data, spreading propaganda, and social-engineering consumers for profit.