Tag: Facebook
Facebook Issues Cease and Desist Warnings; Bans Seven Surveillance-for-Hire Groups
Facebook, based on months of investigation, has banned seven cyber entities from their platform for manipulating and engaging in surveillance activity.
Facebook revealed that the...
Facebook Outage – Was it a BGP hijack?
Social media platforms are ingrained into the lives of billions of people across the globe and the unavailability of any one of them brings...
Ireland Data Regulator Fines WhatsApp $266 Mn Over GDPR Violations
Days after suffering a malware attack, WhatsApp now faced a massive penalty from Ireland's Data Privacy Commissioner (DPC) with a €225 million ($266 million)...
These are the 5 Biggest Data Breaches in India in H1...
In November 2020, cybersecurity service provider Kaspersky had forecast an increase in the number of cybercriminal activities in India during 2021. With the wider...
Alleged Facebook Data Leak Affects 6 Mn Indian Users
Days after the MobiKwik data breach incident, wherein, 3.5 million MobiKwik users’ KYC details were allegedly leaked, another major data leak event concerning Facebook...
Chinese State-sponsored Cybercriminals Got an “Evil Eye” on Uyghur Community
Threat intelligence analysts from Facebook disrupted cyber espionage campaigns by Chinese state-sponsored cybercriminal groups. Tracked as “Earth Empusa” or “Evil Eye,” the criminal group is allegedly...
Wait! Read This Before You Post a Story on Instagram
Instagram is currently hands-down one of the most popular photo-sharing platforms in the world. With more than 1 billion users (1.16 billion as of...
New Chinese Malware “CopperStealer” Thieving Credentials Saved by Browsers
Cybersecurity researchers discovered a new malware making rounds online via fake software sites that targeted popular service providers like Facebook, Google, Instagram, Amazon, and...
How to Know if You’re Being Stalked by Stalkerware
At a time when everyone is more connected than ever, cybercriminals too have become more active looking for ways to turn an adverse situation...
Facebook Settles Photo-Tagging Class-action Lawsuit for $650 Mn
In one of the largest data violation lawsuit settlements, Facebook has agreed to pay $650 million to users in Illinois who indicted the social media...
