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Facebook Adds FIDO U2F Security Keys Feature For Secure Logins

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Mohit Kumar

Hacking password for a Facebook account is not easy, but also not impossible.

We have always been advising you to enable two-factor authentication — or 2FA — to secure your online accounts, a process that requires users to manually enter, typically a six-digit secret code generated by an authenticator app or received via SMS or email.

So even if somehow hackers steal your login credentials,

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Facebook Adds FIDO U2F Security Keys Feature For Secure Logins

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Mohit Kumar

Hacking password for a Facebook account is not easy, but also not impossible.

So even if somehow hackers steal your login credentials,

Continue reading Facebook Adds FIDO U2F Security Keys Feature For Secure Logins→

Simple Hack Lets Hackers Listen to Your Facebook Voice Messages Sent Over Chat

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Swati Khandelwal

Most people hate typing long messages while chatting on messaging apps, but thanks to voice recording feature provided by WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, which makes it much easier for users to send longer messages that generally includes a lot of typ… Continue reading Simple Hack Lets Hackers Listen to Your Facebook Voice Messages Sent Over Chat→

Facebook Releases Free Certificate Transparency Monitoring Tool

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Michael Mimoso

Facebook makes freely available an internal tool used to monitor CT logs for new TLS certificates issued for a domain. Users can monitor and audit this information for malicious or mistakenly issued certs. Continue reading Facebook Releases Free Certificate Transparency Monitoring Tool→

Beware! Malicious JPG Images on Facebook Messenger Spreading Locky Ransomware

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Swati Khandelwal

If you receive an image file sent by someone, even your friend, on your Facebook Messenger, LinkedIn or any other social media platform, just DO NOT CLICK ON IT.

Even JPG image file could eventually infect your computer with the infamous Locky Ransomw… Continue reading Beware! Malicious JPG Images on Facebook Messenger Spreading Locky Ransomware→

Facebook Buys Leaked Passwords From Black Market, But Do You Know Why?

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Mohit Kumar

Facebook is reportedly buying stolen passwords that hackers are selling on the underground black market in an effort to keep its users’ accounts safe.

On the one hand, we just came to know that Yahoo did not inform its users of the recently disclosed … Continue reading Facebook Buys Leaked Passwords From Black Market, But Do You Know Why?→

Facebook Debuts Open Source Detection Tool for Windows

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Chris Brook

Facebook finished porting its SQL-powered detection tool, osquery, to Windows this week. Continue reading Facebook Debuts Open Source Detection Tool for Windows→

Facebook releases Osquery Security Tool for Windows

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Swati Khandelwal

OSquery, an open-source framework created by Facebook that allows organizations to look for potential malware or malicious activity on their networks, was available for Mac OS X and Linux environments until today.

But now the social network has announ… Continue reading Facebook releases Osquery Security Tool for Windows→

Hacker reveals How He Could have Hacked Multiple Facebook Accounts

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Swati Khandelwal

How to Hack a Facebook Account?

That’s possibly the most frequently asked question on the Internet today. Though the solution is hard to find, a white hat hacker has just proven how easy it is to hack multiple Facebook accounts with some basic compute… Continue reading Hacker reveals How He Could have Hacked Multiple Facebook Accounts→

I’m Warning You, Don’t Read this Article. It’s a Federal Crime!

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Swati Khandelwal

Yes, you heard it right. If I tell you not to visit my website, but you still visit it knowing you are disapproved, you are committing a federal crime, and I have the authority to sue you.

Wait! I haven’t disapproved you yet. Rather I’m making you awa… Continue reading I’m Warning You, Don’t Read this Article. It’s a Federal Crime!→