Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 15:17:55 +0000

Hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees — in some cases going back to 2012, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Facebook says an ongoing investigation has so far found no indication that employees have abused access to this data.

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Facebook’s history betrays its privacy pivot

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Facebook’s self-proclaimed pivot to privacy faces a fierce opponent—Facebook’s own history.

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A week in security (March 11 – 17)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:57:10 +0000

A roundup of security news from March 11–17 covering our most recent blogs and other news, including Lazarus Group, Emotet, PSD2, reputation management, Google’s Nest, and Firefox Send.

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Explained: Payment Service Directive 2 (PSD2)

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

PSD2 is coming to the EU. What is it? How will it be used? What are the implications? Many questions and some answers and recommendations.

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