Hacks

A cybersecurity researcher today disclosed technical details of multiple high severity vulnerabilities he discovered in WhatsApp, which, if exploited, could have allowed remote attackers to compromise the security of billions of users in different ways. When combined together, the reported issues could have even enabled hackers to remotely steal files from the Windows or Mac computer of a victim using the WhatsApp desktop app by merely sending a specially crafted message. Discovered by PerimeterX researcher Gal Weizman and tracked as  CVE-2019-18426 , the flaws specifically resided in WhatsApp Web, a browser version of the world's most popular messaging application that also powers its Electron-based cross-platform apps for desktop operating systems. In a  blog post  published today, Weizman revealed that WhatsApp Web was vulnerable to a potentially dangerous open-redirect flaw that led to persistent cross-site scripting attacks, which could have been triggered by se...

Following its efforts to take legal action against those misusing its social media platform, Facebook has now filed a new lawsuit against a Hong Kong-based advertising company and two Chinese individuals for allegedly abusing its ad platform to distribute malware and Ad fraud. Facebook filed the lawsuit on Thursday in the Northern District of California against ILikeAd Media International Company Ltd. as well as a Chinese software developer and a marketing director working for the firm, Chen Xiao Cong and Huang Tao. All three defendants have been alleged to have deceived people into installing malware on their systems, enabling them to compromise user's Facebook accounts and then using those hacked accounts to advertise counterfeit goods and diet pills—which is clearly in violation of Facebook's Terms and Advertising Policies. "The suit seeks to hold accountable ILikeAd Media International Company Ltd. and Chen Xiao Cong and Huang Tao for creating the malware, tri...

Facebook AutoLogoutFeature/Fun/Bug Just while surfing around found this interesting and thought of sharing it . Make any note with any name & with any text in it, make the privacy to public Then copy note URL:- https://www.facebook.com/dialog/sha...RL&locale=en_GB&next=https://www.facebook.com   (replace your note link with the above links YOUR_NOTE_URL) Open the new link in a new tab, it will ask you for share the note in your time-line, Click share. Now edit your note & delete everything in it and paste the below snippet. <img src="https://www.facebook.com/n/?logout.php&medium=email&mid=a4986bbG5af4d7fd6e6dG0G114G12e9d8e3"/></img>   N ow save & done... Now whoever will visit your profile will get logged out . Mostly, your friends who are subscribed to you or can see your posts in news feeds will get logged out too. Happy log-outing till they fix it :]