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24.9.24 | Telegram now shares users’ IP and phone number on legal requests | Telegram will now share users' phone numbers and IP addresses with law enforcement if they are found to be violating the platform's rules following a valid legal request. | Social | |
24.9.24 | Telegram Agrees to Share User Data With Authorities for Criminal Investigations | In a major policy reversal, the popular messaging app Telegram has announced it will give users' IP addresses and phone numbers to | Social | The Hacker News |
23.9.24 | Discord Introduces DAVE Protocol for End-to-End Encryption in Audio and Video Calls | Popular social messaging platform Discord has announced that it's rolling out a new custom end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) protocol to | Social | The Hacker News |
21.9.24 | X hacking spree fuels "$HACKED" crypto token pump-and-dump | An X account hacking spree has fueled a successful pump-and-dump scheme for the $HACKED Solana token, with people rushing to buy the coin. | Social | |
10.9.24 | Meta fixes easily bypassed WhatsApp ‘View Once’ privacy feature | A privacy flaw in WhatsApp, an instant messenger with over 2 billion users worldwide, is being exploited by attackers to bypass the app's "View once" feature and view messages again. | Social | |
24.8.24 | Telegram Founder Pavel Durov Arrested in France for Content Moderation Failures | Pavel Durov, founder and chief executive of the popular messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France on Saturday, according to | Social | The Hacker News |
21.8.24 | National Public Data confirms breach exposing Social Security numbers | Background check service National Public Data confirms that hackers breached its systems after threat actors leaked a stolen database with millions of social security numbers and other sensitive personal information. | Social | |
16.8.24 | Fake X content warnings on Ukraine war, earthquakes used as clickbait | X has always had a bot problem, but now scammers are utilizing the Ukraine war and earthquake warnings in Japan to entice users into clicking on fake content warnings and videos that lead to scam adult sites, malicious browser extensions, and shady affiliate sites. | Social | |
9.8.24 | US sues TikTok for violating children privacy protection laws | The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against social media platform TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, alleging widespread violations of children's privacy laws. | Social | |
8.8.24 | New Phishing Scam Uses Google Drawings and WhatsApp Shortened Links | Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a novel phishing campaign that leverages Google Drawings and shortened links | Social | The Hacker News |
4.8.24 | Fraud ring pushes 600+ fake web shops via Facebook ads | A malicious fraud campaign dubbed "ERIAKOS" promotes more than 600 fake web shops through Facebook advertisements to steal visitors' personal and financial information. | Social | |
1.8.24 | Facebook Ads Lead to Fake Websites Stealing Credit Card Information | Facebook users are the target of a scam e-commerce network that uses hundreds of fake websites to steal personal and financial data | Social | The Hacker News |
31.7.24 | Meta Settles for $1.4 Billion with Texas Over Illegal Biometric Data Collection | Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, agreed to a record $1.4 billion settlement with the U.S. state of Texas | Social | The Hacker News |
28.7.24 | X begins training Grok AI with your posts, here's how to disable | X has quietly begun training its Grok AI chat platform using members' public posts without first alerting anyone that it is doing it by default. Here's how to block Grok from using your data. | Social | |
28.7.24 | WhatsApp for Windows lets Python, PHP scripts execute with no warning | A security issue in the latest version of WhatsApp for Windows allows sending Python and PHP attachments that are executed without any warning when the recipient opens them. | Social | |
28.7.24 | Meta nukes massive Instagram sextortion network of 63,000 accounts | Meta has removed 63,000 Instagram accounts from Nigeria that were involved in sextortion scams, including a coordinated network of 2,500 accounts linked to 20 individuals targeting primarily adult men in the United States. | Social | BleepingComputer |
26.7.24 | Telegram zero-day allowed sending malicious Android APKs as videos | A Telegram for Android zero-day vulnerability dubbed 'EvilVideo' allowed attackers to send malicious Android APK payloads disguised as video files. | Social | |
26.7.24 | Meta Removes 63,000 Instagram Accounts Linked to Nigerian Sextortion Scams | Meta Platforms on Wednesday said it took steps to remove around 63,000 Instagram accounts in Nigeria that were found to target | Social | The Hacker News |
25.7.24 | Telegram App Flaw Exploited to Spread Malware Hidden in Videos | A zero-day security flaw in Telegram's mobile app for Android called EvilVideo made it possible for attackers to malicious files disguised | Social | The Hacker News |
24.7.24 | Meta Given Deadline to Address E.U. Concerns Over 'Pay or Consent' Model | Meta has been given time till September 1, 2024, to respond to concerns raised by the European Commission over its "pay or | Social | The Hacker News |
14.7.24 | Signal downplays encryption key flaw, fixes it after X drama | Signal is finally tightening its desktop client's security by changing how it stores plain text encryption keys for the data store after downplaying the issue since 2018. | Social | |
2.7.24 | Meta's 'Pay or Consent' Approach Faces E.U. Competition Rules Scrutiny | Meta's decision to offer an ad-free subscription in the European Union (E.U.) has faced a new setback after regulators accused the | Social | The Hacker News |
| 15.6.24 | Meta Pauses AI Training on EU User Data Amid Privacy Concerns | Meta on Friday said it's delaying its efforts to train the company's large language models ( LLMs ) using public content shared by adult | Social | The Hacker News |
| 8.6.24 | Microsoft India’s X account hijacked in Roaring Kitty crypto scam | The official Microsoft India account on Twitter, with over 211,000 followers, was hijacked by cryptocurrency scammers to impersonate Roaring Kitty, the handle used by notorious meme stock trader Keith Gill. | Social | |
5.6.24 | Celebrity TikTok Accounts Compromised Using Zero-Click Attack via DMs | Popular video-sharing platform TikTok has acknowledged a security issue that has been exploited by threat actors to take control of high- | Social | The Hacker News |
| 29.3.24 | Telegram Offers Premium Subscription in Exchange for Using Your Number to Send OTPs | In June 2017, a study of more than 3,000 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students published by the National Bureau for | Social | The Hacker News |
| 23.3.24 | Here's why Twitter sends you to a different site than what you clicked | Users of the social media platform X (Twitter) have often been left puzzled when they click on a post with an external link but arrive at an entirely unexpected website from the one displayed. A Twitter ad spotted below by a security researcher shows forbes.com as its destination but instead takes you to a Telegram account. | Social | |
| 8.3.24 | Meta Details WhatsApp and Messenger Interoperability to Comply with EU's DMA Regulations | Meta has offered details on how it intends to implement interoperability in WhatsApp and Messenger with third-party messaging services as the Digital | Social | The Hacker News |
| 21.2.24 | New 'VietCredCare' Stealer Targeting Facebook Advertisers in Vietnam | Facebook advertisers in Vietnam are the target of a previously unknown information stealer dubbed VietCredCare at least since August 2022. The | Social | The Hacker News |
| 21.2.24 | Signal Introduces Usernames, Allowing Users to Keep Their Phone Numbers Private | End-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging app Signal said it's piloting a new feature that allows users to create unique usernames (not to be confused | Social | The Hacker News |
| 17.2.24 | 200,000 Facebook Marketplace user records leaked on hacking forum | A threat actor leaked 200,000 records on a hacker forum, claiming they contained the mobile phone numbers, email addresses, and other personal information of Facebook Marketplace users. | Social | |
31.1.24 | X adds passkeys support for iOS users in the United States | X, formerly Twitter, announced today that iOS users in the United States can now log into their accounts using passkeys. | Social | |
31.1.24 | Watch out for "I can't believe he is gone" Facebook phishing posts | A widespread Facebook phishing campaign stating, "I can't believe he is gone. I'm gonna miss him so much," leads unsuspecting users to a website that steals your Facebook credentials. | Social | |
21.1.24 | Meta won't remove fake Instagram profiles that are clearly catfishing | Meta seems to be falling short of effectively tackling fake Instagram profiles even when there are sufficient signs to indicate that a profile is misusing someone else's photos and identity. | Social | |
6.1.24 | Web3 security firm CertiK's X account hacked to push crypto drainer | The Twitter/X account of blockchain security firm CertiK was hijacked today to redirect the company's more than 343,000 followers to a malicious website pushing a cryptocurrency wallet drainer. | Social | |
6.1.24 | Hackers hijack govt and business accounts on X for crypto scams | Hackers are increasingly targeting verified accounts on X (formerly Twitter) belonging to government and business profiles and marked with 'gold' and 'grey' checkmarks to promote cryptocurrency scams, phishing sites, and sites with crypto drainers. | Social |