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Hackers ‘looking to weaponize Facebook Ad Manager’ via trojan hidden in PDF reader

Posted on December 6, 2019December 6, 2019By Editor

Self-professed “ethical hacker and reverse engineer” Vitali Kremez has discovered a new trojan, dubbed ‘Socelars’, which could be used to hack Facebook Ad Manager accounts, further endangering advertising on the platform. … Read More >Hackers ‘looking to weaponize Facebook Ad Manager’ via trojan hidden in PDF reader

World

Facebook Is Tracking You! Here’s How to Stop It

Posted on November 29, 2019November 29, 2019By Editor

Facebook tracking is on par with Google. The social media giant receives multi-billion dollar fines for breaching privacy, tracking, and data sharing regulations in the US, European Union, and individual nations around the world. … Read More >Facebook Is Tracking You! Here’s How to Stop It

World

Thanksgiving day massacre: Facebook & Instagram experience major outage across continental US & beyond

Posted on November 29, 2019November 29, 2019By Editor

The world’s largest social media platform Facebook has experienced a major outage across the continental US on Thanksgiving with thousands of reports of problems flooding in to popular crowdsourcing site DownDetector. … Read More >Thanksgiving day massacre: Facebook & Instagram experience major outage across continental US & beyond

World

‘Imposing collective punishment’: Employees of Israeli spyware company NSO Group countersue Facebook for deplatforming

Posted on November 27, 2019November 27, 2019By Editor

Eight employees of infamous Israeli spyware company NSO Group are countersuing Facebook after it took their accounts offline while suing NSO for spying on thousands of users of its subsidiary WhatsApp through a security exploit. … Read More >‘Imposing collective punishment’: Employees of Israeli spyware company NSO Group countersue Facebook for deplatforming

World

‘Delete WhatsApp unless you’re OK with surveillance,’ founder of rival Telegram messenger warns

Posted on November 22, 2019November 22, 2019By Editor

WhatsApp is a “Trojan horse” exploited to snoop on millions of users naive enough to believe that the Facebook-owned messenger differs from its parent company, long beset by privacy scandals, Telegram founder Pavel Durov said. … Read More >‘Delete WhatsApp unless you’re OK with surveillance,’ founder of rival Telegram messenger warns

World

‘Surveillance giants’ Facebook & Google ‘threaten human rights’ with data-grabbing – Amnesty

Posted on November 21, 2019November 21, 2019By Editor

Tech titans Google and Facebook employ “surveillance-based business models” that threaten human rights and erode privacy worldwide, Amnesty International said in a new report, calling for an end to the data-grabs. … Read More >‘Surveillance giants’ Facebook & Google ‘threaten human rights’ with data-grabbing – Amnesty

World

Facebook Next? Google Joins Twitter in Limiting Political Advertisements

Posted on November 21, 2019November 21, 2019By Editor

Google will bar political advertisers from targeting voters on political affiliation to promote increased visibility of election ads and trust in electoral processes worldwide, the tech giant announced on Wednesday. … Read More >Facebook Next? Google Joins Twitter in Limiting Political Advertisements

Business

Pegasus returns? WhatsApp users on alert after Facebook warned of ANOTHER vulnerability exploited by hackers

Posted on November 18, 2019November 18, 2019By Editor

Mark Zuckerberg’s company issued an alert over hackers gaining access to mobile devices via fake WhatsApp calls several months after Pegasus spyware scandal rocked India, leading to a lawsuit against Israeli surveillance firm. … Read More >Pegasus returns? WhatsApp users on alert after Facebook warned of ANOTHER vulnerability exploited by hackers

USA

Facebook ordered to cough up Zuckerberg emails after stonewalling California privacy probe

Posted on November 6, 2019November 6, 2019By Editor

Facebook is stonewalling a California investigation into the company’s violations of user privacy, refusing to turn over internal communications of its executives, court filings show. Maybe they do believe in privacy after all! … Read More >Facebook ordered to cough up Zuckerberg emails after stonewalling California privacy probe

Middle East

Netanyahu Tells Police He Received Facebook Threats – Prime Minister’s Office

Posted on November 5, 2019November 5, 2019By Editor

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contacted the police in connection with threats against him and his family on Facebook, the prime minister’s office said on Monday. … Read More >Netanyahu Tells Police He Received Facebook Threats – Prime Minister’s Office

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