Facebook is launching Instant Games, “a new HTML5 cross-platform gaming experience” that is available on Messenger and Facebook News Feed for both mobile and web users. Since they’re built on the HTML5 mobile web standard, the games load in seconds…
When are you going to die? Ubisoft tool uses Facebook data to tell you
My expiration date: 84; 95 if I correct a whole lot of inaccuracies that I assume are what insurance companies are able to find on Facebook.
Locky Ransomware Uses Decoy Image Files To Ambush Facebook, LinkedIn Accounts
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A low-tech but cunning malware program is worrying security researchers after it started spreading rapidly in the past week through a new attack vector: by forcibly exploiting vulnerabilities in Facebook and…
Facebook ‘quietly developing censorship tool’ for China
Tool would be offered to third parties to monitor stories that ‘bubble up’ as users share them
Fake news still rattling cages, from Facebook to Google to China
Chrome extension cobbled together by students offers at least one way to tackle ‘fake news’ problems
Nemucod Infections Spreading Over Facebook
Researchers have spotted an increase in Nemucod downloader infections moving via Facebook Messenger spam, with some victims being infected with Locky ransomware.
OK, so it’s called “BlackNurse”. But *why*? [Chet Chat Podcast 255]
Here’s the latest episode of our security podcast. Enjoy!
Barclays mulls letting customers check balances via Facebook
Move to NoSQL database allows bank to mull offering balance and transaction history via social media
WhatsApp tightens user privacy with encrypted video calls
End-to-end encryption is everywhere – but who is protecting whom?
Zuckerberg pushes back on fears over fake news on Facebook
It’s “crazy” to think that Facebook news stories influence people, he said. The internet’s response: Facebook ads do, but its news doesn’t?