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Multi-billion pound Facebook data-sharing lawsuit given green light in the UK

By Benedict Collins published

After vacuuming up so much data, will Meta clean up its act?

Facebook, Instagram and Facebook Messenger all got hit by a big outage – but they're back up again

By Roland Moore-Colyer last updated

Facebook and Instagram suffered an outage due to technical difficulties, but we've yet to hear the full details.

Facebook users are being suspended by hackers with fake Oculus accounts — it sounds crazy, but it's true

By Benedict Collins published

Thousands of users have reported the issue, but Meta and Oculus are yet to act.

Your Facebook account just got even more secure – and it could make phishing a thing of the past

By Benedict Collins published

Users will soon be able to secure their Facebook account with the added safety of a passkey.

A new Facebook phishing campaign looks to trick you with emails sent from Salesforce

By Sead Fadilpašić published

No, your Facebook account is not "under review" and you didn't infringe on anyone's copyright.

You’ll soon be able to use Meta’s Imagine to generate images in Facebook and Instagram

By John-Anthony Disotto published

Meta just announced new Meta AI Imagine tools for Facebook and Instagram at Meta Connect 2024.

Fake Facebook Business pages are bombarding users with phishing messages - so what can be done?

By Sead Fadilpašić, Sead Fadilpašić published

Users hit with fake Facebook notifications tricking them into handing over login credentials.

Keep an eye on your Meta Business account, these fake extensions could steal your credentials

By Sead Fadilpašić published

SocialMetrics Pro cannot give you the blue check mark, it's an elaborate trick to steal your account.

Facebook is blocking Linux topics and channels with no apparent reason

By Craig Hale published

Linux topics and discussions are being flagged as cybersecurity concerns and banned on Facebook.

Facebook Marketplace accounts leaked online — thousands of users possibly affected, so secure your account now

By Sead Fadilpašić published

A known data leaker posted a new database on a dark web forum, claiming it came from a third-party contractor.

Oh great – now Facebook and Instagram want your private data to train Meta's latest AI pipe dream

By Alex Blake published

Facebook and Instagram may soon start grabbing your private data and use it to train a new AI tool.

Hacker claims to have grabbed 1.2 billion Facebook user records - here's what we know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Facebook has played down the claims.

Threads is celebrating its birthday with a hidden cake giving away cool new icons

By Jacob Krol published

Threads is nearing its one-year anniversary and has hidden an easter-egg of sorts in the app that will let users unlock custom app icons.

‘I blame Facebook’: Aaron Sorkin is writing a Social Network sequel for the post-Zuckerberg era

By Carrie Marshall published

The Social Network is getting a sequel, and it's not going to be flattering.

Researcher nets major reward for finding Facebook bug able to unlock the gates to its internal systems

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

The discover of a security vulnerability at Meta has proved valuable for one lucky researcher.

Meta hit with $263m fine over 2018 Facebook data breach

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Meta sanctioned for the handling of a bug which allowed unauthorized access to Facebook profiles.

Thousands of businesses found handing tons of user data to Facebook

By Benedict Collins published

Over 2,000 companies may be funnelling your data straight into Meta's servers, and good luck opting out.

Facebook is killing off its encrypted email program because nobody used it

By Craig Hale published

Opted in to receive encrypted emails from Facebook? Us neither - that’s probably why Facebook pulled the plug.

Hackers pushing fake Bitwarden updates hit thousands of devices with data stealing malware

By Benedict Collins published

Fake Facebook adverts are linking to malware, Bitdefender warns.

Fake Facebook ads for Windows desktop themes are actually sending out malware — here's what to know

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Security researchers uncover new malvertising campaign hiding infostealers behind Windows themes.

Mark Zuckerberg allegedly offered US data to China in bid to enter market, ex-Meta exec tells Senate

By Sead Fadilpašić published

Facebook called the accusations "divorced from reality and riddled with false claims".

Australian Facebook and Instagram posts are feeding Meta's AI machine

By Zachariah Kelly published

Meta has confessed to using the data of Australians on Facebook and Instagram to train its AI without the ability to opt out.

Criminals are targeting Bitcoin owners on Facebook with a multi-stage malware campaign - follow these steps to stay safe

By Wayne Williams published

Fake crypto ads on Facebook now deliver malware that quietly spins up a local server on your machine.

This dangerous new phishing scam spoofs a top Google program to try and hack Facebook accounts

By Sead Fadilpašić published

The phshing emails are seemingly coming from a legitimate source, but are sharing a malicious landing page.

Facebook ecommerce plugin used by thousands of stores hacked to steal credit card data

By Sead Fadilpašić published

pkfacebook is a popular plugin for PrestaShop, an open source ecommerce platform used by hundreds of thousands of sites.

No, those amazing deals on Facebook aren't real - it's a scam, and here's how to spot it

By Craig Hale published

More than 4,000 fake domains have been spotted on malicious Meta ads – most of them offer premium products at very low prices.

Meta's Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are amongst the worst offenders when it comes to social media privacy - here's what you need to know

By Wayne Williams published

Discord takes top spot in social media privacy report, while Meta platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, land at the bottom with TikTok.

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads were down - here's what you need to know

By Lance Ulanoff last updated

Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Threads are down or failing - Here's what you need to know

Meta admits it scraped all Australian Facebook posts since 2007 to train its AI

By Ellen Jennings-Trace published

Meta has been using Instagram and Facebook user photos and posts train generative AI models.

Facebook's Onavo VPN used to wiretap competitor data, court filings reveal

By Chiara Castro published

Snapchat was the main target of "Project Ghostbusters", which used the controversial spyware-like VPN to access encrypted data. YouTube and Amazon came next.