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YouTube ‘influencers’ get 2FA tokens phished

September 24, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, account hijacking, Google, modlishka, otp, reverse proxy toolkit, security threats, Social networks, titan, two-factor authentication, u2f, youtube, yubico

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 14:50:29 +0000

100K or so creators in the YouTube car community were targeted by a phishing campaign that captured 2FA codes.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/G-FEjS09n3I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook has booted tens of thousands of data-grabbing apps

September 24, 2019 0 Comments apis, app developers, Cambridge Analytica, click injection, developers, facebook, fraud, graph api, jedimobi, lawsuits, lionmobi, mypersonality, Privacy, rankwave, rogue applications, Social networks, suspended apps, suspension

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 11:09:47 +0000

400 developers have been naughty with user data, noncompliant with policy, and/or have ignored Facebook’s audit, it says.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SBAAxQd8xAE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook Libra rejected by France as “dangerous”

September 23, 2019 0 Comments bruno le maire, cryptocurrency, facebook, facebook libra, france, Law & order, libra, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 10:57:29 +0000

France finance minister: Libra won’t be allowed onto European soil.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/XH0fbN6_glY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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LinkedIn can’t block public profile data scraping, court rules

September 11, 2019 0 Comments CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, data scraping, DCMA, hiQ, hiQ Labs, keeper, Law & order, LinkedIn, scraping, Skills Mapper, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:48:41 +0000

The long-awaited decision found that automated scraping of publicly accessible data likely doesn’t violate the CFAA.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/UVANipcvTu0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook launches $10m deepfake detection project

September 9, 2019 0 Comments AI, Artificial intelligence, deepfakes, facebook, fake news, generative adversarial networks, Microsoft, security threats, Social networks

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 10:09:52 +0000

If you’re worried about the evil potential of deepfake video, you’re not alone; so is Facebook.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/M4dTDNkzUsk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook expands use of face recognition

September 6, 2019 0 Comments biometrics, BIPA, face recognition, facebook, faceprints, facial recognition, Law & order, lawsuit, photo tagging, photos, Privacy, Social networks, tag suggestions, tagging

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 12:38:46 +0000

Facebook’s replaced “tag suggestions” with “face recognition” – a setting Facebook says may help to save us from identity thieves.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/E2d_NAvFEnQ” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter turns off SMS texting after @Jack hijacking

September 6, 2019 0 Comments @jack, 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, account hijack, account hijacking, Celebrities, Hacked, Jack Dorsey, MFA, security threats, SIM swaps, SMS, Social networks, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2019 09:41:13 +0000

Two problems, Twitter says: vulnerabilities that mobile carriers need to fix & its reliance on linked numbers for 2FA.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/2v_2dm33u_g” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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EFF and Mozilla scold Venmo over app’s privacy failings

September 4, 2019 0 Comments data loss, EFF, financial data, Mozilla, Mozilla Foundation, Payment apps, Paypal, Privacy, security threats, Social networks, Venmo

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 09:34:26 +0000

The tense stand-off between privacy campaigners and the popular mobile payment app Venmo has taken another turn for the worse.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/dIdmnOeegug” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook: ‘Technical error’ let strangers into Messenger Kids chats

August 30, 2019 0 Comments chat, children online, Coppa, facebook, kids, Law & order, messenger kids, Mobile, Privacy, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:58:00 +0000

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.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/A2XiqyuYDg4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Report: 53% of social media logins are fraudulent

August 28, 2019 0 Comments account hijacking, Botnet, bots, click farms, data loss, data scraping, holiday scams, logins, scripted attacks, security threats, Social engineering, Social networks, Spam

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 10:16:32 +0000

Most attacks are from botnets. The goals: spreading spam, stealing data, spreading propaganda, and social-engineering consumers for profit.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GlHMOtyrs8I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>