Facebook turns off facial recognition in Europe
Facebook has assented to keeping the facial recognition feature (“Tag Suggest”) for its European users off until European regulators allow it to be reinstated, and …
Malicious FB Timeline Remover plugins still tricking users
It is a well-known fact that some Facebook users simply can’t stand the (relatively) new Timeline interface and have actively sought for ways to revert their accounts to …
App Advisor shield Facebook users from data-hungry apps
Secure.me unveiled App Advisor, a solution protecting users from data-hungry apps. Secure.me has analyzed app activities of 50 million Facebook users and more than 500,000 …
AV-killing worm spreads via Facebook chat and IM clients
A rather industrious piece of malware that – among other things – paves the way for other malware by disabling AV solutions and software update modules has been …
Fake Facebook photo notifications carry malware
Fake Facebook notifications informing users that a friend has posted a new photo of them on the social network have been spotted hitting inboxes around the world. The emails …
Safeguard Facebook photos with McAfee Social Protection
McAfee announced the availability of a free public beta of McAfee Social Protection, a new app for Facebook that protects users’ photos from being shared without their …
Rogue WhatsApp Facebook apps harvest info, lead to malware
Rogue Facebook apps still occasionally pop up, even though they are not nearly as ubiquitous as they used to be. More often than not they supposedly show users who has been …
Facebook deceived developers and users with Verified Apps program
The privacy settlement that the US Federal Trade Commission and Facebook agreed on last November has been finalized on Friday and, unlike Google earlier that week, Facebook …
Facebook Developer World HACK 2012 announced
Facebook announced the Facebook Developer World HACK 2012, a series of events hosted around the world throughout August and September. Facebook Developer HACKs are day-long …
Illinois bans employers from demanding employees’ Facebook password
Illinois-based job searchers can breathe a collective sight of relief, as the state’s Governor Pat Quinn signed on Wednesday a bill that will prevent employers to demand …
“See who viewed your Facebook profile” scam targets users via Twitter
Even Twitter users aren’t safe from “See who viewed your Facebook profile” scams. “Twitter Followers? Check this out New Facebook Followers has been …
Facebook invites white hats to attack its corporate network
Nearly a year ago, Facebook introduced its bug bounty program, inviting security researchers to poke around the site, discover vulnerabilities that could compromise the …
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