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Meta has launched a suite of advanced anti-scam tools across WhatsApp, Facebook, and Messenger to combat the growing industrialization of online fraud. These new defenses combine artificial intelligence, behavioral alerts, and global law enforcement partnerships to protect users proactively. To protect...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has announced a new initiative to improve account security and combat fraud by utilizing facial recognition technology. This new approach aims to streamline the process of recovering hacked accounts and protect users...

Threat actors leverage social media to deploy malware, such as the SYS01 stealer, which steals Facebook credentials and spreads through compromised accounts. Social media's popularity makes it a prime target, and stolen credentials are valuable for further attacks like ransomware...

Cybercriminals in password theft are constantly developing new ways to deliver phishing emails. They’ve learned to use a legitimate Facebook mechanism to send fake notifications threatening to block Facebook business accounts. We explore how the scheme works, what to look...

The email campaign impersonates the Facebook Ads Team to trick users into clicking a malicious link, as the email leverages social engineering tactics like sender name spoofing and urgency to appear legitimate.  Grammatical errors and a suspicious link embedded in...

In a rare and disruptive event, Facebook, Instagram, and Google experienced a widespread outage that prevented users worldwide from accessing their accounts. The outage, which affected social media platforms and the tech giant's services, resulted in complaints from users...

In a historic revelation, Meta has declared a paradigm shift for its Messenger platform, unveiling the implementation of default end-to-end encryption for all personal messages and calls.  This pivotal moment is destined to reshape the landscape of private communication. Since 2016,...

Cybercriminals have been exploiting Facebook business accounts by gaining unauthorized access to them and launching advertising campaigns under the guise of legitimate account owners. As a result, the victims are forced to bear the financial burden of these fraudulent...

There was a class-action lawsuit filed against Facebook which is owned by Meta Platforms Inc claiming the social media network had intentionally facilitated the access of user information, including the data of Cambridge Analytica, to third parties.  However, Meta Platforms...

Since 2017, Facebook has taken down almost 200 secret malicious operations running on its platform in 42 different languages in 68 countries, as recently confirmed by Meta. Furthermore, the social network conglomerate has taken steps to disable accounts associated with...