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WhatsApp Reports 6 Previously Undisclosed Vulnerabilities on New Security Site
WhatsApp has revealed six new vulnerabilities that were previously undisclosed and have now been fixed. The Facebook-owned company reported the vulnerabilities on its newly created security advisory webpage that will serve as a single destination to highlight all the security issues spotted and fixed on WhatsApp and reveal associated Common Vulnera...
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WhatsApp Hit by Critical Security Vulnerability Triggered by Specially-Crafted MP4 File
WhatsApp has been hit by a security vulnerability that allows hackers to target victims using a specially-crafted MP4 file.
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Indian Bug Hunter Finds Flaw in Instagram Again, Wins $10,000
Barely a month after winning $30,000 from Facebook for spotting a flaw in Instagram, Chennai-based security researcher Laxman Muthiyah on Monday said he again discovered a new account takeover vulnerability.
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Chennai Techie Finds Another Instagram Bug, Rewarded $30,000
Barely a month after winning $30,000 from Facebook for spotting a flaw in Instagram, Chennai-based security researcher Laxman Muthiyah on Monday said he again discovered a new account takeover vulnerability on the photo and video-sharing app.
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WhatsApp Yet to Fix Flaws That Allow Message Manipulation: Check Point
WhatsApp is yet to address a security flaw pointed out a year ago by Check Point, the Israeli security software firm said.
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Facebook Reveals Security Incident Affecting 50 Million Users
Facebook Inc has discovered a security flaw affecting about 50 million user accounts which could have allowed attackers to take over the accounts, the social networking company said on Friday.
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Billionaire, Yogi Team Up On A Mobile App. No, Not A Joke: Foreign Media
After hastily withdrawing their new messaging app amid glaring security flaws, billionaire Acharya Balkrishna and yoga guru Baba Ramdev are about to have another go at it. Mr Balkrishna, who collaborated with Baba Ramdev to build an Indian consumer goods empire, plans a formal release of the Kimbho messenger app within weeks as he tries to create a...
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PSA: WhatsApp Lets Anyone With Your Phone Number See How Often You're Online
The flaw, depending on how avid a WhatsApp user you are, could also let someone estimate fairly accurately things like such as at what time you go to bed and at what time you wake up.
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Google Pays High School Student $10,000 for Reporting Security Flaw
High school student poking around Google services out of boredom spotted a flaw and was rewarded $10,000.
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Facebook Flaw Said to Let Strangers Into Your Account, Facebook Responds
James Martindale, an 18-year-old security researcher, discovered the flaw when using new T-Mobile SIM and trying to sign into Facebook.
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This Facebook Glitch May Let Strangers 'Break Into' Your Account
A security researcher claims to have spotted a flaw in Facebook's account recovery feature that can let anyone easily break into your account -- that too, without you ever noticing, media reported on Friday.
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Facebook Bug Bounty Program Awards Indians the Most for Finding Flaws
Facebook under its Bug Bounty program paid security researchers from India the most money from its $611,471 reward in first half of 2016; USA and Mexico were next.
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Facebook Rewards 10-Year-Old Finnish Boy for Finding Instagram Flaw
The Finnish boy wishes to become a security researcher. "It would be my dream job. Security is very important."
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Facebook Fixes Flaw That Could've Let Anyone Access Your Account
Anand Prakash received the bug bounty from Facebook after disclosing the vulnerability in the social juggernaut's website.
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New Cyber-Security Tool Finds 11 Security Flaws in Internet Browsers
The 11 vulnerabilities identified by the researchers have been confirmed and fixed by the browser makers.
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WhatsApp Reports 6 Previously Undisclosed Vulnerabilities on New Security Site
WhatsApp has revealed six new vulnerabilities that were previously undisclosed and have now been fixed. The Facebook-owned company reported the vulnerabilities on its newly created security advisory webpage that will serve as a single destination to highlight all the security issues spotted and fixed on WhatsApp and reveal associated Common Vulnera...
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WhatsApp Hit by Critical Security Vulnerability Triggered by Specially-Crafted MP4 File
WhatsApp has been hit by a security vulnerability that allows hackers to target victims using a specially-crafted MP4 file.
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Indian Bug Hunter Finds Flaw in Instagram Again, Wins $10,000
Barely a month after winning $30,000 from Facebook for spotting a flaw in Instagram, Chennai-based security researcher Laxman Muthiyah on Monday said he again discovered a new account takeover vulnerability.
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Chennai Techie Finds Another Instagram Bug, Rewarded $30,000
Barely a month after winning $30,000 from Facebook for spotting a flaw in Instagram, Chennai-based security researcher Laxman Muthiyah on Monday said he again discovered a new account takeover vulnerability on the photo and video-sharing app.
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WhatsApp Yet to Fix Flaws That Allow Message Manipulation: Check Point
WhatsApp is yet to address a security flaw pointed out a year ago by Check Point, the Israeli security software firm said.
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Facebook Reveals Security Incident Affecting 50 Million Users
Facebook Inc has discovered a security flaw affecting about 50 million user accounts which could have allowed attackers to take over the accounts, the social networking company said on Friday.
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Billionaire, Yogi Team Up On A Mobile App. No, Not A Joke: Foreign Media
After hastily withdrawing their new messaging app amid glaring security flaws, billionaire Acharya Balkrishna and yoga guru Baba Ramdev are about to have another go at it. Mr Balkrishna, who collaborated with Baba Ramdev to build an Indian consumer goods empire, plans a formal release of the Kimbho messenger app within weeks as he tries to create a...
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PSA: WhatsApp Lets Anyone With Your Phone Number See How Often You're Online
The flaw, depending on how avid a WhatsApp user you are, could also let someone estimate fairly accurately things like such as at what time you go to bed and at what time you wake up.
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Google Pays High School Student $10,000 for Reporting Security Flaw
High school student poking around Google services out of boredom spotted a flaw and was rewarded $10,000.
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Facebook Flaw Said to Let Strangers Into Your Account, Facebook Responds
James Martindale, an 18-year-old security researcher, discovered the flaw when using new T-Mobile SIM and trying to sign into Facebook.
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This Facebook Glitch May Let Strangers 'Break Into' Your Account
A security researcher claims to have spotted a flaw in Facebook's account recovery feature that can let anyone easily break into your account -- that too, without you ever noticing, media reported on Friday.
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Facebook Bug Bounty Program Awards Indians the Most for Finding Flaws
Facebook under its Bug Bounty program paid security researchers from India the most money from its $611,471 reward in first half of 2016; USA and Mexico were next.
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Facebook Rewards 10-Year-Old Finnish Boy for Finding Instagram Flaw
The Finnish boy wishes to become a security researcher. "It would be my dream job. Security is very important."
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Facebook Fixes Flaw That Could've Let Anyone Access Your Account
Anand Prakash received the bug bounty from Facebook after disclosing the vulnerability in the social juggernaut's website.
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New Cyber-Security Tool Finds 11 Security Flaws in Internet Browsers
The 11 vulnerabilities identified by the researchers have been confirmed and fixed by the browser makers.
