No, your account on Facebook was not hacked
Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 15:31:57 +0000
The “another friend request from you” hoax on Facebook is gaining traction. Don’t fall for it.
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How can my Facebook account be misused if hacked?
Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 05:02:24 +0000
At a time when most of us are living in a virtual world, where we are connected to our friends and family mostly through social networking sites, imagine what it would be like to find your social media account hacked!! That’s exactly what happened with 50 million of Facebook users…
Read MoreWhen Security Researchers Pose as Cybercrooks, Who Can Tell the Difference?
Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 23:42:24 +0000
A ridiculous number of companies are exposing some or all of their proprietary and customer data by putting it in the cloud without any kind of authentication needed to read, alter or destroy it. When cybercriminals are the first to discover these missteps, usually the outcome is a demand for money in return for the stolen data. But when these screw-ups are unearthed by security professionals seeking to make a name for themselves, the resulting publicity often can leave the breached organization wishing they’d instead been quietly extorted by anonymous crooks.
Read MoreA week in security (September 24 – 30)
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2018 16:44:20 +0000
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| A roundup of the security news from September 24–30 including phishing, Apple woes, a vulnerability in the wild, e-commerce attacks, phone spam, and a massive Facebook breach. Categories: Tags: CVECVE-2018-8373facebookGooglriPhoneXSLojaxMagecartmicrosoftMojavemutagen astronomyosxphishingport of san diegoquasar ratsafari extensionssms phishingtelegramTV licensingunwanted calls |
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Read More50 Million Facebook Accounts Hacked – Time to act before it’s too late!
Credit to Author: Sushmita Kalashikar| Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2018 11:53:39 +0000
The afternoon of September 28th 2018 brought in a wave of shock for 50 million Facebook users, when they found themselves logged out of Facebook!! In one of the worst data breach attacks in the history of Facebook, over 90 million users on Friday afternoon, were forced to log out…
Read MoreWhat do you need to do about the recent Facebook security breach?
Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 20:50:27 +0000
Facebook has been breached September 28, malefactors stole access keys to some 50,000,000 accounts. Quick security tips on what you should do about it.
Read MoreMillions of accounts affected in latest Facebook hack
Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 19:39:11 +0000
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| Facebook announced earlier today that its social network had been breached, resulting in 40 million accounts that were directly impacted. Learn more as the Facebook breach story develops. Categories: Tags: access tokensbig breachesbreachdata breachfacebookFacebook breachfacebook hackpassword resetsocial mediasocial networksView Asvulnerabilitiesvulnerability |
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Read MoreIs two-factor authentication (2FA) as secure as it seems?
Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:00:00 +0000
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| Two factor authentication (2fa) was introduced to enhance login security, but does it always work as advertised? Or can it be bypassed? Categories: Tags: 2fabiometricsbrute forcefacebookfake loginmfamulti-factor authenticationpassword resetphishingSocial Engineeringthird-party logintotptwo-factor authentication |
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