Facebook Messenger Phishing Scam Tricked 10+ Million People – Here’s How to Avoid It
A well-written phishing message sent via Facebook Messenger has reportedly scammed 10 million Facebook users and counting.
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A well-written phishing message sent via Facebook Messenger has reportedly scammed 10 million Facebook users and counting.
The British government is said to be planning a advertising push against encrypted messaging apps such for supposedly subverting police.
Facebook has reportedly patched a bug in its Messenger app for Android that allowed hackers to call unsuspecting targets and listen to them before they even pick up the audio call.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently defended the company’s decision to encrypt its messaging services despite concerns over child safety and the rampant spread of child porn on the platform.
A recent report from the New York Times outlines how child pornography has exploded across the Internet, including the startling fact that two out of every three reports of child sexual abuse material involve Facebook Messenger.
Sens. Edward Markey (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) wrote a letter Wednesday to Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, charging that the social media giant has a “worrying pattern” of poor protections for children using the Facebook Messenger Kids app.
A new malware attack is targeting Facebook users’ passwords and money via the Facebook Messenger app.
Facebook Messenger scans photos and links sent by users on the messaging platform, according to a new report from Bloomberg Technology.