Meta
Meta’s Threads and Your Privacy, Airline Reservation Scams, IDOR Srikes Back
In this episode, we explore the rise of Threads, a new social media app developed by Meta, which has already attracted 10 million users in just seven hours. However, there’s a catch ...
Open-Source LLMs
In February, Meta released its large language model: LLaMA. Unlike OpenAI and its ChatGPT, Meta didn’t just give the world a chat window to play with. Instead, it released the code into ...
Meta’s $1.3 Billion Fine, AI Hoax Hysteria, Montana’s TikTok Ban
In this episode, we discuss Meta’s record-breaking $1.3 billion fine by the EU for unlawfully transferring user data, shedding light on the increasing risks faced by tech companies in violating privacy rules ...
Phishing Domains Tanked After Meta Sued Freenom
The number of phishing websites tied to domain name registrar Freenom dropped precipitously in the months surrounding a recent lawsuit from social networking giant Meta, which alleged the free domain name provider ...
Facebook Fined $1.3B — Zuckerberg Furious in GDPR Fight
GDPR Move for Mark’s Money: No legal way to move Europeans’ data to the US since 2015. Cloud industry better take note ...
Sued by Meta, Freenom Halts Domain Registrations
The domain name registrar Freenom, whose free domain names have long been a draw for spammers and phishers, has stopped allowing new domain name registrations. The move comes just days after the ...
Twitter’s Paywall 2FA, Mental Health Data for Sale, Meta’s Verified Program
Twitter is phasing out its free text message two-factor authentication (2FA) and putting the feature behind a paywall, prompting security experts to advise Twitter users to switch to other authentication methods. How ...
Password Managers Under Attack, Shady Reward Apps on Google Play, Meta Account Center 2FA Bypass
The attacks on password managers and their users continue as Bitwarden and 1Password users have reported seeing paid ads for phishing sites in Google search results for the official login page of ...
Social Zombies Revisited: Your Friends Want to Eat Your Brains
On this week’s episode, We’re excited to bring you a classic conference talk that Tom Eston gave with co-host Kevin Johnson back in 2009 at DEF CON 17 in Las Vegas. The ...
Meta’s EU Ad Practices Ruled Illegal, Twitter API Data Breach, Vulnerabilities in Major Car Brands
Facebook has been ordered to pay a fine of $414m by EU regulators who ruled that the company had broken EU law by forcing users to accept personalized ads. The ruling could ...
