The FBI has charged an American man officers believe to be behind an online extortion campaign to make young girls share explicit pictures of themselves. Facebook messages in the name…
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Facebook calls for a more people-centric security industry
The security industry needs to worry less about technology and more about people, said Facebook’s security boss. Alex Stamos scolded the security industry in the opening keynote of the 2017…
Google and Facebook duped in huge 'scam'
By Chris Baraniuk, Technology reporter Google and Facebook have confirmed that they fell victim to an alleged $100m (£77m) scam. In March, it was reported that a Lithuanian man had…
Facebook algorithms 'will identify terrorists'
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has outlined a plan to let artificial intelligence (AI) software review content posted on the social network. In a letter describing the plan, he said algorithms…
Poison .JPG spreading ransomware through Facebook Messenger
Cick-to-self-p0wn attack sneaks Locky ransomware past Zuck’s security model. By Darren Pauli Checkpoint has found an image obfuscation trick it thinks may be behind a recent massive phishing campaign on…
Facebook account takeover, PayPal and WhatsApp fraud
We have received several reports from victims who have had their Facebook account hacked by cybercriminals who have then sent messages to their friends asking for a favour relating to…