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Facebook made to ‘correct’ user’s post as Singapore flexes fake-news muscle

December 4, 2019 0 Comments alex tan, correction direction, facebook, fake news, false statement of fact, Government security, Law & order, pofma, protection from online falsehoods and manipulation act, singapore, Social networks, states times review

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:59:03 +0000

“Facebook did a great job,” said Alex Tan, who admitted that his story about a whistleblower’s arrest was based on hearsay.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/M8F1E6yjtlY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook, Twitter profiles slurped by mobile apps using malicious SDKs

November 27, 2019 0 Comments advertising, Android, data loss, data slurping, facebook, iOS, Marketing, mobiburn, Mobile, mobile marketing, one audience, oneaudience, Privacy, profile slurping, profiles, rogue sdks, sdk, sdks, security threats, Social networks, third party apps, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 12:49:19 +0000

Hundreds of users gave permission to these third-party apps to access their social media accounts, but the apps got more handsy than that.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/TEWLcroc9-8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Police arrest alleged Chuckling Squad member who hijacked @Jack Dorsey

November 27, 2019 0 Comments @jack, 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, account hijack, account hijacking, Celebrities, chuckling squad, debug, hack, Hacked, Jack Dorsey, Law & order, MFA, react, santa clara, security threats, SIM swaps, SMS, Social networks, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:58:43 +0000

Debug, another Chuckling Squadder, told Motherboard that the kid was weird, “Swatting celebrities for a follow back.”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/LWmwsxXvjmg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Instagram stalker app Ghosty yanked from Play store

November 20, 2019 0 Comments api, content scraping, facebook, following activity, ghosty, Google, Instagram, like patrol, play store, Privacy, private accounts, Social networks, spyware

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:23:15 +0000

It was sucking up private profiles by requiring users to hand over their logins, giving it access to whatever accounts they follow.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SR3O4ii82mU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Two men busted for hijacking victims’ phones and email accounts

November 18, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, cryptocurrency, data loss, death threat, Law & order, Mobile, original gangster, phone porting, security threats, sim jacking, sim swap fraud, SIM swapping, SIM swaps, sim-jacked, social accounts, Social networks, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:17:51 +0000

Prosecutors allege that Meiggs and Harrington took over their targets’ mobile phone and email accounts via SIM-swapping.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/J1Y9CgBcaSw” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Wikipedia co-founder offers a Facebook/Twitter wannabe

November 18, 2019 0 Comments #deletefacebook, facebook, faceook, jimmy wales, online advertising, online privacy, social media, Social networks, twitter, Wikipedia, wikitribune, wt: social

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:52:08 +0000

Tired of being a tracked, ad-bedeviled product sold by social media companies? The cost to immediately join a network with no tracking/ads: $12.99/month.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nExb-1DLtfU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook fixes iPhone camera bug

November 14, 2019 0 Comments App Store, Apple, Bug, bug fix, facebook, facebook app, iOS, Mobile, Operating Systems, Privacy, Social networks

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 11:06:27 +0000

Facebook was quick to reassure iPhone users this week that it wasn’t secretly spying on them via its app, after someone found the software keeping the phone’s rear camera active in the background.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/UyD6qD0fxUo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple pulls Instagram-watching app from store

November 13, 2019 0 Comments api, App Store, Apple, facebook, Instagram, itunes, like patrol, Privacy, Social networks

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 12:25:45 +0000

Apple has yanked an app from its iTunes App Store that allowed Instagram users to follow their friends’ activities on the social network.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/iD44YJoVJ-c” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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No, YouTube isn’t planning to jettison your unprofitable channel

November 13, 2019 0 Comments account termination, ad blockers, clause, Google, Social networks, tos, videos, youtube

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 11:23:41 +0000

Or your small/new channel, or to shut you down if you use an ad blocker, though a clause in its new ToS is leading people to fear the worst.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/k_f1GYtqaCI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Leak of 4,000 Facebook documents heaps more trouble on internet giant

November 8, 2019 0 Comments Cambridge Analytica, data leak, data loss, duncan campbell, facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Privacy, security threats, six4three, Social networks

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 11:44:58 +0000

This week’s bold rebrand of Facebook to FACEBOOK can’t hide the growing sense that nobody is happy with the company right now.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/hXGqIRYXl7E” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>