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The social media giant cracked down on Facebook Pages suspected of political deception months before the November midterm elections. Continue reading Facebook Removes 17 Profiles Involved in Political Meddling
Threatpost editors Tom Spring and Lindsey O’Donnell talk about the week’s biggest news. Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap Podcast For July 27
Security executive Alex Stamos called on Facebook to change its strategy around data in an internal memo – and privacy experts agree. Continue reading Facebook Security Exec Calls for Tightened Data Privacy
The Scarlett Johansson PostgreSQL Malware Attack, Alex Stamos might be leaving Facebook, is Mark Zuckerburg in trouble with the law again?, Uber self-driving car hits and kills pedestrian, and CIS releases revised top-20 critical security controls. Pau… Continue reading Alex Stamos, Facebook, Uber, and The Cuban Sonic Weapon – Paul’s Security Weekly #552
This week, Michael talks about Facebook’s CSO Alex Stamos, Equifax, UpGuard’s new security tool, and Microsoft lifts update embargo on Windows 10. Jason Wood explains why you should build your own security tools in the expert commentary. News Fac… Continue reading Facebook, Equifax, UpGuard, and Microsoft – Hack Naked News #165
Facebook chief information security officer Alex Stamos is leaving the company, the New York Times reported on Monday. Stamos is reportedly leaving after a fight among Facebook executives over how the social network should deal with disinformation and propaganda. Shortly after the story broke, Stamos tweeted that he still works for the company, but is focusing more on election security and disinformation. Despite the rumors, I’m still fully engaged with my work at Facebook. It’s true that my role did change. I’m currently spending more time exploring emerging security risks and working on election security. — Alex Stamos (@alexstamos) March 19, 2018 Stamos was previously the CISO at Yahoo. He left that company after engineers began scanning all incoming email on behalf of the U.S. government. The New York Times story says that Stamos tried to quit in December after the extent of Russia’s disinformation campaigns were made public, but he has since […]
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But Stamos says he’s ‘still fully engaged with my work at Facebook.’ Continue reading Alex Stamos, Facebook’s Chief Security Officer, Is Reportedly Leaving the Company
Facebook plans to accept research proposals for security projects from the public in the coming months, looking for improvements that focus on abuse detection, anti-phishing, password authentication and user safety. Alex Stamos, Facebook’s chief security officer, announced Monday the company will be accepting submissions through a new granted-based initiative titled “Secure the Internet Grants.” The social media giant told CyberScoop that they do not have “a set number of recipients” in mind for the program. A spokesperson further clarified that, when going through the decision making process, they will be “focused on the practical impact it could have on end users.” The company will hand out up to $100,000 per accepted proposal for future development. Awarded recipients will be offered these grant awards during a planned presentation at Black Hat USA 2018 in Las Vegas. Phishing scams on Facebook have earned headlines in past years. In 2016, thousands of users […]
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A Facebook executive has been complaining about negative press coverage, yet the company declines to engage with journalists. Continue reading If Facebook Actually Wants to Be Transparent, It Should Talk to Journalists
Stamos took to Twitter to clarify his leaked remarks Continue reading Facebook security chief stands by “college campus” comments