Tag: facebook
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First 11 partners of VB2019 announced
The Virus Bulletin Conference is all about bringing the security community together to share intelligence and move the industry forward, but we wouldn’t be able to do any of this without the support of our partners. Today, we are pleased to announce the first 11 partners of VB2019. Partnering the conference at Platinum level we…
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First 11 partners of VB2019 announced
The Virus Bulletin Conference is all about bringing the security community together to share intelligence and move the industry forward, but we wouldn’t be able to do any of this without the support of our partners. Today, we are pleased to announce the first 11 partners of VB2019. Partnering the conference at Platinum level we…
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Facebook helps you determine whether emails really came from its servers
There are many good reasons to criticize Facebook for its collecting of our personal data, but the company also deserves credit for being at the forefront when it comes to online security. The company has long had a generous bug bounty program , can send PGP-encrypted notifications, and has even set up a .onion version…
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Facebook helps you determine whether emails really came from its servers
There are many good reasons to criticize Facebook for its collecting of our personal data, but the company also deserves credit for being at the forefront when it comes to online security. The company has long had a generous bug bounty program , can send PGP-encrypted notifications, and has even set up a .onion version…
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Facebook launches platform for sharing of threat intelligence
Twitter, Yahoo! amongst early participants in ‘ThreatExchange’. When I took my first steps in the security industry, I was surprised by just how much information was shared between competitor companies. Both the threat landscape and the industry have changed significantly in the eight years since then, yet a lot of information sharing still goes on…
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1 in 500 secure connections use forged certificate
For reasons ranging from relatively good, to actual malware. Researchers from Facebook and Carnegie Mellon University have published a paper ( PDF ) in which they show that out of a sample of over 3 million secure connections to Facebook , 0.2% used a forged SSL certificate. SSL and its successor TLS are encryption protocols…
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Facebook temporarily blocks access from Tor
Malicious activity triggered automatic lockdown. A ‘high volume of malicious activity across Tor exit nodes’ is believed to have been the reason why Facebook temporarily blocked access through Tor – an issue that has since been resolved. Tor is software that provides online anonymity by making Internet traffic pass through a number of nodes before…
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Twitter, Facebook accounts used in watering hole campaign
USAID sympathizers targeted with links from ‘like-minded people’. Two social networking accounts have been discovered that were used in a recent targeted attack. Opinions on social networking vary, but there are many users who allow apparently like-minded people – that they may otherwise never have come across – to connect with them. Unfortunately, as blogger…
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Facebook scam serving malware
Attack targeting Windows and Mac users in US and UK. A Facebook scam that is doing the rounds at the moment – claiming to contain a ‘freaky video’ related to the ongoing case concerning former IMF-boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn – is linking to malware. Like many scams, it spreads via Facebook ‘s ‘like’ feature and is…
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Tsunami response quick among cybercriminals
Miscreants releasing scams, phishing, scareware… within a matter of hours. As most of the world reels in shock at the devastation caused by this morning’s massive earthquake in Japan, it comes as little surprise that cybercriminals are already making the most of the news story the rest of the concerned population wants to learn about.…