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  • Facebook

Facebook is assigning you a private trustworthiness score

Facebook hosts a lot of misinformation. And we mean a lot. After all, the Internet’s largest social networking website was…

6 years ago
  • In The News

Infowars and Alex Jones banned from Facebook, iTunes and Spotify

Conspiracy website Infowars.com, hosted by Alex Jones, has had its official Facebook pages removed as well as links to its…

6 years ago
  • Facebook

Facebook bans accounts suspected of meddling in US midterms

Facebook has announced it has removed a number of accounts and pages that could have been created to disrupt the…

6 years ago
  • Phishing

Scam emails are claiming to infect computers with WannaCry ransomware

In May 2017, hundreds of thousands of computers and networks became infected with the notorious WannaCry ransomware. Thousands of people…

6 years ago
  • Data Breach

Genealogy website MyHeritage had 92 million users details leaked

The online genealogy website MyHeritage has said in a statement that they have experienced a significant "cybersecurity incident" that has…

6 years ago
  • Malware

VPNFilter malware infects over 500,000 home routers

It may not have been given a particularly catchy name, but a piece of malware named VPNFilter has managed to…

6 years ago
  • In The News

Owners of Mugshots.com arrested, own mugshots spreading online

The people behind the website Mugshots.com have been charged with extortion, and in an ironic twist of fate, now have…

6 years ago
  • Facebook

Yet another Facebook app found to expose millions of users’ personal info

Another Facebook app could have potentially exposed the personal information of up to 3 million Facebook users, allowing it to…

6 years ago
  • In The News

WhatsApp “text bomb” is freezing phones, not destroying them

Pranksters are exploiting a bug within the WhatsApp messaging app that allows them to freeze the phones belonging to others…

6 years ago
  • Facebook

Facebook “Be Like Bob” app goes viral – but is it safe?

Whenever a Facebook app goes viral, we are often asked if it is safe to use, or whether we'd recommend…

6 years ago