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A Polish security researcher & analyst with the Twitter username ‘Lasq’ revealed that the Social Media Giant, Facebook is afflicted by  Clickjacking Bug , which automatically add  spam links  on the Facebook user’s wall. The security professional discovered a technique used by miscreant & used Bug bounty program to submit the report to the company. According to the resources, the ongoing Spam Campaign on Facebook seems to have a prolonged life as Facebook has denied dismissing Clickjacking Bug because it does not alters the state of the account. Behavior of Clickjacking Bug The Polish security expert began to analyze the Spam Campaign on Facebook after he observed many of his friends broadcasted a link to a website with amusing pictures. The Facebook users had to confirm that they were at least 16 years old before they could access humorous content. Once the user clicks on the button, he will be  redirected to a page  with amusing &  c...

Facebook Vulnerability : 50 Million Users’ Account Hacked The Social Media World is ruled by Fackbook! This Social media giant  is not just platform but a lifestyle. For millions of people, Facebook has become the synonym for internet. To get online on Facebook is their daily ritual and they follow it with great determination to connect with their friends and family. Since the Launch of Facebook on February 4 2004, this social media platform managed to touch the hearts of more than 2.2 billion people. This unprecedented growth has made this online social communication platform a powerful global network. All this popularity has made Facebook a prominent target in cyber crime world. In recent years, the company has faced intense issues of all sorts. This includes problems pertaining to: Fake news, Instigating speeches,  Political influence campaigns . Guilty of not protecting user information after the Cambridge Analytica  broke etc. Facebook is already attemp...

Lucas Stefanko, the famous malware hunter who has made a commendable contribution in finding malicious malware like  Trojan , has  yanked Facebook  for  harvesting user’s data  through Onavo  Protect  . It is a VPN Client that  professed to help the users  to  monitor their data usage  and  protect  their  personal information . In February 2018, Facebook was reported to  advertise Onavo VPN  app within  Facebook  app for iOS users in the United States. Thereafter,  Onavo  was declared as a  spyware  by the media outlets as the  app had no significant mention of Facebook’s ownership  that led to the denouncements of the app. Onavo started as an independent organization in 2010 and developed mobile apps like Onavo Protect etc.  They  announced their acquisition  by Facebook on 13 th  October 2013. The Onavo Protect App  aims to pro...

Latest WhatsApp Updates In an attempt to manage the spread of fake news and rumors that are alleged to have triggered a series of horrific lynching incidents, Whatsapp recently announced some new features in the app. These include: The number of people whom you can forward a message has been limited to 20. This means that from a single account a message can be forwarded only 20 times. Post that forwarding option will be disabled for that message. In India, where people forward more videos, messages and photos as compared to other countries this restriction has been set a lower limit of  5 forwards . In addition the Tech Giant also alleged to  remove the quick forward button  next to media messages. Whatsapp has added a feature that enabled users to forward multiple chats at once, a few years ago. Earlier in the month of July this year, Whatsapp launched a ‘ forward label’ to identify if the message is original  or has been forwarded. These latest What...

Data Transfer Project that will allow users to transfer data (contacts, contents, and many more) across apps (form one service to another) without needing to download it and re-upload it. The transferred data would be encrypted making it difficult for the third partied to access it without user permission. Formed in 2017, DTP is an open source data portability platform that any online service can join. The motive behind this project is to enable users to transfer data (import and export data) between online service providers anytime without ant hassle. DTP already supports a few prototypes that allow online platforms to transfer several data including photos, email, calendar, contacts and tasks. However this information cannot be shared directly online from one app to another without downloading it. Data Transfer Project makes use of APIs used by existing services and authorization mechanism to access data. But the transfer of this data could be challenge as the data contain...

Facebook has been slammed with a fine of £500,000 ($664,000) in the UK for breaking Data Protection laws. The fine was imposed after UK’s data regulator performed a wide ranging investigation into the Cambridge Analytica scandal and found Facebook guilty of non – compliance of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) as: * The company failed to protect its user’s personal data. * Facebook guilty as failed to be transparent about how the personal data was being harvested by the third parties. What is Cambridge Analytica?   Cambridge Analytica is a London-based company that helps business and political groups to muster up data on voters during electoral processes. This data is then analyzed to conduct strategic communication and to create effective slogans and campaign messages. The company was started in 2013 as an offshoot of SCL (Strategic Communication Laboratories) group. Social media platforms like Facebook are used as a source to collect data. Cambridge Analytica has ...