Even though the data of 538 million Weibo users sold on dark web is limited, the information still posed a risk especially to the anonymous users sharing unfiltered news around the country. Read More
Scammers have taken to social media networks as their favorite spot for phishing attacks as there are billions of registered users with a vast majority of them practicing little to no account security. Read More
The Chinese government is in a race to crack the code invented by social media users to circumvent government censorshop on discussions related to the coronavirus outbreak. Read More
A WhatsApp security flaw on the desktop version was recently discovered that allows hackers to rifle through user accounts and remotely access their files on PC via malicious messages. Read More
Latest Instagram password leak has exposed 10,000 plaintext credentials in the SocialCaptain app, allowing anyone to access any app profile by entering a unique user ID into a public URL. Read More
Recently discovered TikTok's security flaws make it possible to spoof the source of SMS messages, alter people's feeds and accounts, and also access sensitive personal information via API calls. Read More
CFIUS will be conducting a national security review on TikTok as top U.S. lawmakers think the company is used by the Chinese state to censor political opinion or snoop on U.S. citizens. Read More
Latest Twitter privacy breach exposed the inappropriate use of phone numbers and email addresses to serve up targeted ads to users. This data was collected for the purpose of the platform's two-factor authentication. Read More
Under the new treaty between U.S. and UK, social media companies could be forced to open encryption backdoor for law enforcement officials to read the messages from criminals, terrorists and pedophiles. Read More
Even though the recent Instagram data leak only expose contact information of millions of users, knowledge of phone numbers could create a pathway for SIM swap attacks. Read More
