Meta Paid Out $4 Million via Bug Bounty Program in 2025 2025-11-18 at 17:31 By Eduard Kovacs The total amount of money given to bug bounty hunters by the social media giant has reached $25 million. The post Meta Paid Out $4 Million via Bug Bounty Program in 2025 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article […]
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WhatsApp now lets you secure chat backups with passkeys 2025-10-30 at 15:46 By Anamarija Pogorelec Messaging service WhatsApp is launching passkey-encrypted chat backups for iOS and Android, allowing users to encrypt their stored message history using their face, fingerprint, or device screen-lock code. Backups have long been a weak link in messaging-security. Even if chats […]
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WhatsApp Takes Down 6.8 Million Accounts Linked to Criminal Scam Centers, Meta Says 2025-08-06 at 18:17 By Associated Press Meta linked these scams to a criminal scam center in Cambodia — and said it disrupted the campaign in partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI. The post WhatsApp Takes Down 6.8 Million Accounts Linked to Criminal Scam […]
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Settlement Reached in Investors’ Lawsuit Against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Other Company Leaders 2025-07-18 at 10:04 By Associated Press A settlement has been reached in the class action brought by investors against Meta over the Cambridge Analytica incident, but details have not been shared. The post Settlement Reached in Investors’ Lawsuit Against Meta CEO […]
Trial Opens Against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Other Leaders Over Facebook Privacy Violations 2025-07-17 at 13:43 By Associated Press An $8 billion class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta stemming from the 2018 privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. The post Trial Opens Against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Other Leaders Over […]
Users lack control as major AI platforms share personal info with third parties 2025-06-25 at 07:02 By Help Net Security Some of the most popular generative AI and large language model (LLM) platforms, from companies like Meta, Google, and Microsoft, are collecting sensitive data and sharing it with unknown third parties, leaving users with limited […]
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Meta open-sources AI tool to automatically classify sensitive documents 2025-06-05 at 09:17 By Mirko Zorz Meta has released an open source AI tool called Automated Sensitive Document Classification. It was originally built for internal use and is designed to find sensitive information in documents and apply security labels automatically. The tool uses customizable classification rules […]
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LlamaFirewall: Open-source framework to detect and mitigate AI centric security risks 2025-05-26 at 08:52 By Mirko Zorz LlamaFirewall is a system-level security framework for LLM-powered applications, built with a modular design to support layered, adaptive defense. It is designed to mitigate a wide spectrum of AI agent security risks including jailbreaking and indirect prompt injection, […]
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AutoPatchBench: Meta’s new way to test AI bug fixing tools 2025-05-21 at 08:02 By Mirko Zorz AutoPatchBench is a new benchmark that tests how well AI tools can fix code bugs. It focuses on C and C++ vulnerabilities found through fuzzing. The benchmark includes 136 real bugs and their verified fixes, taken from the ARVO […]
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Spyware Maker NSO Ordered to Pay $167 Million Over WhatsApp Hack 2025-05-07 at 14:35 By Eduard Kovacs Meta has won its WhatsApp hacking lawsuit against Israeli spyware company NSO Group in an “important step forward for privacy and security”. The post Spyware Maker NSO Ordered to Pay $167 Million Over WhatsApp Hack appeared first on […]
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Meta Releases Llama AI Open Source Protection Tools 2025-04-30 at 14:21 By Ionut Arghire Meta has released new Llama protection tools to help the open source AI community build more secure applications. The post Meta Releases Llama AI Open Source Protection Tools appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original […]
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WhatsApp vulnerability could be used to infect Windows users with malware (CVE-2025-30401) 2025-04-09 at 16:00 By Zeljka Zorz WhatsApp users are urged to update the Windows client app to plug a serious security vulnerability (CVE-2025-30401) that may allow attackers to trick users into running malicious code. Meta classifies the vulnerability as a spoofing issue that […]
WhatsApp Vulnerability Could Facilitate Remote Code Execution 2025-04-08 at 16:29 By Eduard Kovacs An update for the WhatsApp desktop app for Windows patches CVE-2025-30401, a spoofing vulnerability that could be used to trick users. The post WhatsApp Vulnerability Could Facilitate Remote Code Execution appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View […]
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FreeType Zero-Day Being Exploited in the Wild 2025-03-13 at 19:24 By Ryan Naraine Meta’s Facebook security team warns of live exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in the open-source FreeType library. The post FreeType Zero-Day Being Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source
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Meta Paid Out Over $2.3 Million in Bug Bounties in 2024 2025-02-14 at 15:37 By Ionut Arghire Meta received close to 10,000 vulnerability reports and paid out over $2.3 million in bug bounty rewards in 2024. The post Meta Paid Out Over $2.3 Million in Bug Bounties in 2024 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article […]
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Key steps to scaling automated compliance while maintaining security 2024-12-18 at 07:01 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Vivek Agarwal, Privacy Program Manager at Meta Platforms, shares insights on strategies for reducing time to market, improving vendor onboarding, and updating privacy requirements to ensure compliance across third-party contracts. From leveraging automation and […]
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Meta Hit With $102 Million Privacy Fine From European Union Over 2019 Password Security Lapse 2024-09-27 at 17:31 By Associated Press Meta fined more than $100 million by a European Union privacy regulator over a security lapse involving Facebook passwords. The post Meta Hit With $102 Million Privacy Fine From European Union Over 2019 Password […]
Meta Agrees to $1.4B Settlement With Texas in Privacy Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition 2024-07-31 at 10:17 By Associated Press Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over a facial recognition feature. The post Meta Agrees to $1.4B Settlement With Texas in Privacy Lawsuit Over Facial Recognition appeared first […]
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Brazil Data Regulator Bans Meta From Mining Data to Train AI Models 2024-07-03 at 15:46 By Associated Press Brazil’s national data protection authority has determined that Meta cannot use data originating in the country to train its artificial intelligence. The post Brazil Data Regulator Bans Meta From Mining Data to Train AI Models appeared first […]
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Meta’s Virtual Reality Headset Vulnerable to Ransomware Attacks: Researcher 2024-06-25 at 15:01 By Kevin Townsend Researcher shows how hackers could use social engineering to deliver ransomware and other malware to Meta’s Quest 3 VR headset. The post Meta’s Virtual Reality Headset Vulnerable to Ransomware Attacks: Researcher appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt […]
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