Blog Hackers Are Stealing Facebook Accounts With Malicious Messenger Bots August 5, 2022 by Vertical Axion Researchers at Trustwave have shed light on a recently discovered phishing campaign revolving around Facebook Messenger bots. If you don’t spend much time on social media, chatbots are programs designed to impersonate live people and are usually relegated the task of answering simple questions as a form of triage customer support. If the bot can’t […] Read more » Facebook General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog Massive Phishing Attack Scammed Millions Of Facebook Messenger Users July 8, 2022 by Vertical Axion According to research conducted by the cybersecurity firm PIXM, there is a massive phishing campaign that peaked in April and May of this year (2022) and it is still ongoing. The campaign has lured millions of unsuspecting users to phishing pages by abusing Facebook and Facebook Messenger and tricking users into entering their account credentials. […] Read more » Facebook General Interest Phishing Recent News Security Technology News
Blog This New Malware Wants To Steal Your Data April 21, 2022 by Vertical Axion A nasty new malware strain has recently been spotted in the wilds by researchers at zScaler. Dubbed “BlackGuard” the malicious code has been found on a variety of Russian underground Blackhat forums. It is offered as a service and anyone criminally minded can access the code for the bargain price of just $200 a month. […] Read more » Facebook General Interest Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog This Android Malware Will Steal Your Facebook Credentials April 20, 2022 by Vertical Axion Do you have an Android device? Even if you don’t, you know someone who does. Google is incredibly good at spotting poisoned copies of apps on its Play Store and getting rid of them before they can spread to the devices of users who rely on the safety and security offered by the Play Store. […] Read more » Android Facebook General Interest Google Malware and Virus Protection Recent News Security Technology News
Blog More Scammers Are Using Social Media To Target Victims February 18, 2022 by Vertical Axion An increasing number of scammers are using social media to target victims and relying on social engineering tricks to convince people to part with their personal information or money. The problem has grown serious enough that the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) has issued a formal warning to consumers. According to a recently released FTC report: […] Read more » Facebook General Interest Instagram Recent News Security Social Networking Technology News
Blog Facebook Will End Facial Recognition Program November 18, 2021 by Vertical Axion Facebook has seen no end of trouble lately and has been called before Congress multiple times over the past year to explain themselves and their policies. This is all happening as the US tries desperately to stem the unending tide of mis-information and dis-information and do more to protect children and teens. This is all […] Read more » Facebook General Interest Recent News Security Social Networking Technology News
Blog Links In Stories Now Available For All Instagram Users November 10, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you’re not an Instagram user you may not have heard of ‘Stories.’ They are vertical photos or videos with a duration of no more than fifteen seconds per clip. You can post multiple 15 second clips in a row as well. The unique part is that they vanish after 24 hours of posting. Stories […] Read more » Business & Finance Facebook General Interest Instagram New Technology Recent News Social Networking Technology News
Blog Facebook Is Changing Its Name And Here’s The Details November 8, 2021 by Vertical Axion Recently one of the biggest companies on the web got a name change when the Facebook CEO announced that the company would henceforth be known as ‘Meta.’ Here’s what you need to know: First and foremost nothing at all will change about the company’s iconic social media platform. It will still be known as Facebook. […] Read more » Facebook General Interest New Technology Recent News Social Networking Technology News
Blog What Caused The Major Facebook Outage? October 23, 2021 by Vertical Axion If you use Facebook then you are no doubt aware that recently the company experienced an outage that took the site offline for several hours. Many people initially assumed that the company had been hacked. However as the outage continued there were none of the telltale signs of an attack. The outage impacted all of […] Read more » Business & Finance Facebook General Interest Instagram Recent News Social Networking Technology Technology News
Blog End to End Encryption Comes Facebook Messenger August 26, 2021 by Vertical Axion Facebook has recently announced an important addition to its Facebook Messenger app. Most popular communications platforms utilize end-to-end encryption (E2EE). These include Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and even Facebook’s WhatsApp. Until recently Facebook’s Messenger app was a notable holdout. Although popular it simply wasn’t as secure as the others mentioned above. Facebook has now changed that […] Read more » Facebook General Interest Recent News Security Technology News
