How a Bumble dating app vulnerability revealed any user’s exact location

Hundreds of millions of people around the world use dating apps in their attempt to find that special someone, but they would be shocked to hear just how easy one security researcher found it to pinpoint a user’s precise location with Bumble.

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Smashing Security podcast #241: Flipping dating apps, and crypto rewards for criminals

How to find your match on the Bumble dating app, convicted criminals make money out of cryptocurrency, and there are concerns about data in Afghanistan. All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Secu… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #241: Flipping dating apps, and crypto rewards for criminals

Google Play Apps Remain Vulnerable to High-Severity Flaw

Patches for a flaw (CVE-2020-8913) in the Google Play Core Library have not been implemented by several popular Google Play apps, including Cisco Teams and Edge. Continue reading Google Play Apps Remain Vulnerable to High-Severity Flaw

Vulnerability in Bumble dating app risked data of 100 million users

By Sudais Asif
It took Bumble 255 days to respond and fix some of the vulnerabilities reported by the researcher.
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Dating Site Bumble Leaves Swipes Unsecured for 100M Users

Bumble fumble: An API bug exposed personal information of users like political leanings, astrological signs, education, and even height and weight, and their distance away in miles. Continue reading Dating Site Bumble Leaves Swipes Unsecured for 100M Users

All Is Fair in Love and War — Except When Swiping Right

Two of the Goliaths of dating apps are having a legal tussle surrounding the intellectual property of one and other. The entities? That would be Bumble and Match.com’s Tinder. The Birth of Bumble In late 2014, Whitney Wolfe Herd and two other Tinder c… Continue reading All Is Fair in Love and War — Except When Swiping Right