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80% of IT security professionals agree that more security and privacy legislation is needed, especially for social media organizations that store personal data. However, nearly the same number of respondents (82%) don’t believe their elected officials … Continue reading Should social media organizations be subject to strict privacy regulation?
Having launched two previous editions of its camera-enabled shades, Snapchat parent company Snap has unveiled the Snapchat Spectacles 3 for recording social media moments on the go – and this time they can capture photos and videos in 3D…
… Continue reading Snapchat Spectacles 3 bring dual cameras for adding 3D to your photos and videos
Facebook has to pay a $5 billion penalty and submit to new restrictions and a modified corporate structure that will hold the company accountable for the decisions it makes about its users’ privacy, to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the c… Continue reading FTC wants Facebook to boost accountability and transparency, imposes $5 billion penalty
Social media phishing, primarily Facebook and Instagram, saw the highest quarter- over-quarter growth of any industry with a 74.7 percent increase, according to the Vade Secure Phishers’ Favorites report for Q1 2019. While Facebook has been in the top … Continue reading Cybercriminals targeting social media: Facebook and Instagram are becoming phishers’ favorites
Too many Facebook users aren’t aware that the company uses the information provided by them and their actions on the platform and outside of it to create a list of their traits and interests, which is then used by to target them with relevant ads… Continue reading Most Facebook users aren’t aware that Facebook tracks their interests
Google has unearthed another Google+ API bug, which prompted it to accelerate the sunsetting of all Google+APIs and that of the consumer version of Google+. The API bug The bug was introduced in November through a software update and was discovered as … Continue reading Another API bug spurs Google to ditch consumer Google+ sooner than planned
Google today revealed that Google+ has suffered another massive data breach, forcing the tech giant to shut down its struggling social network four months earlier than its actual scheduled date, i.e., in April 2019 instead of August 2019.
Google said … Continue reading Google+ to Shut Down Early After New API Flaw Hits 52.5 Million Users
Facebook announced that the recent data breach it has suffered is a little less massive than initially thought: “only” 30 million users have been affected. But, although highly personal information has been harvested from the profiles of 14… Continue reading Facebook data breach: Victims will not be offered free identity theft protection
Less than a week ago, Facebook announced that unknown attackers have managed to string together three bugs affecting the social media platform, which allowed them to steal access tokens of at least 50 million users – and likely more. The tokens a… Continue reading The ultimate fallout from the Facebook data breach could be massive
Less than a week ago, Facebook announced that unknown attackers have managed to string together three bugs affecting the social media platform, which allowed them to steal access tokens of at least 50 million users – and likely more. The tokens a… Continue reading The ultimate fallout from the Facebook data breach could be massive