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Alert: Kimsuky Hacking Group Targets Human Rights Activists
Wajahat Raja | | Advanced persistent threat (APT), Cyber Attack Tactics, Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity News, Facebook Messenger, Human rights activists, Kimsuky hacking group, Malware, North Korea, social engineering, Social media-based attacks, spear-phishing
As per recent reports a new social engineering attack attributed to the North Korea-linked Kimsuky hacking group is targeting human rights activists using fake Facebook accounts. This tactic, involving fictitious identities, marks ...

Amazon Sidewalk, Federal IoT Security Law, Facebook Messenger Bug
Tom Eston | | amazon, Amazon Ring, Amazon Sidewalk, cisa, Cybersecurity, Digital Privacy, Episodes, facebook, Facebook Messenger, Internet of things, iot, Podcast, Privacy, Ring Camera, surveillance, vulnerability, Weekly Edition
In episode 149 for November 30th 2020: Police begin to pilot a program to live-stream Amazon Ring cameras, new details about Amazon Sidewalk, Congress unanimously passes a federal Internet of Things security ...

Mapping Communication Between Facebook Accounts Using a Browser-Based Side Channel Attack
Ron Masas | | Application Delivery, application state, browser, CSFL, facebook, Facebook Messenger, iframe, metadata, Research & Reports, side-channel attack, vulnerability
A now-patched vulnerability in the web version of Facebook Messenger allowed any website to expose who you have been messaging with. In a previous post, I showed how your Facebook likes, location ...
Facebook Faces Hurdles as it Attempts to Unify Messaging Platforms
Tony Bradley | | facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, messaging, Privacy, unified messaging, WhatsApp
Facebook announced plans this week to begin work on integrating the Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp messaging platforms. Integrating these three massive platforms will not be an easy task, and the news ...

Facebook to Merge WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger by 2020
Luana Pascu | | Data Privacy, end-to-end encryption, facebook, Facebook Messenger, Industry News, Instragram, Social networks, WhatsApp
Looking to gain more control over the company’s communication platforms and prevent users from switching to competitors, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will merge WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger, writes The New York ...

Facebook spammers making things worse
Adding to Facebook's burden are two spam campaigns. One is aimed at Finnish users and the other was quickly terminated, but we expect both to resurface in one form or another. Categories: ...

The Shared Security Weekly Blaze – Facebook and the Cambridge Analytica Controversy, Vulnerable VPNs, Siri Lock Screen Privacy
Tom Eston | | Apple, Apple iOS, Cambridge Analytica, facebook, Facebook Messenger, Firefox, ios, Mozilla, Podcast Episodes, Privacy, PureVPN, signal, Siri, VPN, Weekly Blaze Podcast, WhatsApp
This is the Shared Security Weekly Blaze for March 26, 2018 sponsored by Security Perspectives – Your Source for Tailored Security Awareness Training and Assessment Solutions. This episode was hosted by Tom ...