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Alleged bank vault robber posed with cash on Instagram, Facebook

December 18, 2019 0 Comments arlando henderson, bank robbery, facebook, Instagram, Law & order, Social networks, wells fargo

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:32:39 +0000

He allegedly stole over $88,000 from Wells Fargo’s vault, then posed with cash and “his” Mercedes-Benz in posts and an Instagram rap.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/p6aXmWhhdnc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook employees’ payroll data nabbed in car smash-and-grab

December 17, 2019 0 Comments data loss, employee data, facebook, Law & order, payroll, Privacy, smash and grab

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:01:48 +0000

Bye-bye, payroll data for 29,000 US Facebook employees that got left on an unencrypted drive in an employee’s car.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/SYgU8CTDbEs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook will target ads based on your Oculus VR data

December 13, 2019 0 Comments ad targeting, facebook, oculus, Privacy, Virtual Reality, vr

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 11:51:55 +0000

If you’re logged into Facebook, it will suck up information such as which apps you use to provide “relevant content, including ads.”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/KvZ9_BDvYpk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook refuses to break end-to-end encryption

December 12, 2019 0 Comments #nobackdoors, backdoors, congress, Cryptography, encrypted messaging, encryption back doors, facebook, Instagram, Law & order, messaging, no backdoors, Privacy, Social networks, whatsapp

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:26:50 +0000

Congress on Tuesday told Facebook it must put backdoors into its end-to-end encryption, or it’ll be forced to.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Lghno3KWNa0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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DoItForState domain name thief gets 14 years for pistol-whipping plot

December 11, 2019 0 Comments data loss, do it for state!, doitforstate.com, domain name, domain name transfer, ethan deyo, facebook, influencer, Instagram, iowa state university, Law & order, pistol whipping, polo, rossi lorathio adams ii, security threats, sherman hopkins, Social networks, state snaps, taser

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 11:18:02 +0000

He hired his cousin to break in, hold the rightful domain holder at gunpoint, and force a transfer to his own GoDaddy account.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/_zSeajgNmp8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook users were duped by Cambridge Analytica, FTC rules

December 10, 2019 0 Comments 2016 US presidential election, Cambridge Analytica, cubeyou, data loss, eu-u.s. privacy shield, facebook, FTC, Global Science Research, gsr, gsrapp, Law & order, mypersonality, PII, Privacy, privacy shield, psychographic, psychometrics center, Social networks, targeted marketing, thisisyourdigitallife

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2019 10:55:38 +0000

Delete the data, and don’t do any of that again, the FTC told the data analytics company, which already filed for bankruptcy in 2018.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/1_W3PpVtWZk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook suing ILikeAd for hijacking users’ ad accounts

December 9, 2019 0 Comments advertising policies, bad ads, celeb bait, chen xiao cong, cloaking, counterfeit goods, deceptive ads, diet pills, facebook, hijacked accounts, huang tao, ilikead media international company ltd, Law & order, lawsuit, malware, policies, socelars, Social networks, terms, unauthorized ads

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 11:46:38 +0000

Facebook says the company used celeb bait links to infect victims with malware and hijacked their ad accounts to sell diet pills.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/PXMa1EXeC34″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Instagram trying to protect kids by getting dates of birth from new users

December 6, 2019 0 Comments age-appropriate, birthday, children, date of birth, facebook, Instagram, minors, nspcc, policies, policy, Privacy, Social networks, underage children

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 11:48:17 +0000

It’s about showing age-appropriate content, it said. Though staying safe from child-privacy lawsuits doesn’t hurt, either.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Nf5pxYH4NiM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Cookie-stealing malware wants to know your Facebook ad budget

December 5, 2019 0 Comments adkoob, facebook, malware, sniffer

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2019 17:37:08 +0000

The AdKoob malware that sneakily peeks at how much you’re spending on ads is back.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BMsSHs9eEAA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook made to ‘correct’ user’s post as Singapore flexes fake-news muscle

December 4, 2019 0 Comments alex tan, correction direction, facebook, fake news, false statement of fact, Government security, Law & order, pofma, protection from online falsehoods and manipulation act, singapore, Social networks, states times review

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2019 11:59:03 +0000

“Facebook did a great job,” said Alex Tan, who admitted that his story about a whistleblower’s arrest was based on hearsay.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/M8F1E6yjtlY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>