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Researcher Discovers Facebook Flaw that Allowed Hackers to Delete Posted Photos

Sep

2013

Indian #researcher #arul Kumar discovered a flaw on #facebook that would have allowed hackers to delete any posted photo they wanted on the site. Through the site’s White Hat program, Kumar has been paid $12,500 for his efforts. The bug worked by exploiting Facebook’s Support #dashboard, and functioned on any browser and with any version […]

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Be aware of fake Facebook extensions

May

2013

We have received from our partners in the AV industry reports about malicious browser extensions trying to hijack Facebook profiles. According to Microsoft, this threat was first discovered in Brazil but because of the social engineering techniques it uses, it spread fast in other countries and languages as well. All Avira products detect it as […]

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Social Scams – Part 2: How to Clean Up Your Browser and Facebook Timeline

Apr

2013

During recent weeks, I have seen different scams on Facebook attempt to convince users to install Google Chrome extensions. I have noticed some conversations taking place around the scams; people not sure how to get rid of the scammer photos or how to prevent the scams from spreading further. Some users have unfortunately gone as […]

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