Collaborate Disseminate
A chunk of Snapchat’s source code that wasn’t meant to be public just popped up on GitHub. Will this harm security? Continue reading Snapchat source code leaked on GitHub – but no one knows why
Snap, the parent company of SnapChat, has revealed that an update earlier this year to the social media app accidentally exposed some of its source code. Snap says that an update in May to the iOS edition of SnapChat accidentally exposed “a small… Continue reading Snapchat’s source code leaked out, and was published on GitHub
Reddit suffered a serious “security incident” in mid-June. This is what we know, and what you can do. Continue reading Reddit’s serious “security incident” – what you need to know
The app review deadline has come and gone and Facebook has now cut off API access to those apps that failed to submit. Continue reading Facebook shuts off user data access for hundreds of thousands of apps
…so take down those 3,412 Facebook links, 20,244 Facebook posts, 242 YouTube videos, 6 Instagram links, and 562 tweets … by court order. Continue reading Social media rumors lead to PepsiCo lawsuit
It was likely that GDPR would have consequences on all companies whose business affects Europeans, but Facebook appears to be in a bit of a free fall after applying GDPR guidelines to its entire network. After losing one million monthly active users in… Continue reading GDPR directly impacts Facebook, 1 million European users lost
Facebook is probing whether the firm’s government contracts comply with its policies, which nix use of user data for government surveillance. Continue reading Crimson Hexagon banned by Facebook over user data concern
The deliberate spread of false information through websites and social media, also known as fake news campaigns, has increased in the past two years, especially concerning politics. Out of the blue, the Russian government is considering legislation tha… Continue reading Russia analyzes Fake News Bill to allegedly stop proliferation of deceitful content
Scammers have been exploiting Twitter for months now to steal digital currencies from naïve users, but this month one attacker pulled off a rare coup by compromising a verified Twitter account. Continue reading Scammers pwn verified Fox Twitter account to scam cryptocurrency
There’s bad news if your name really is “Elon Musk”. You’re going to jump over some additional hurdles to convince Twitter that you should be allowed to change your display name to the one you share with the boss of Tesla and Sp… Continue reading Here’s why Twitter will lock your account if you change your display name to Elon Musk