Indian researcher Arul Kumar discovered a flaw on Facebook that would have allowed hackers to delete any posted photo they wanted on the site. Through the site’s White Hat program, Kumar has been paid $12,500 for his efforts. The bug worked by exploiting Facebook’s Support Dashboard, and functioned on any browser and with any version…

Yesterday, Facebook proposed changes to its Data Use Policy and its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. The changes were brought up as a part of a settlement in an advertising court case, and most of the changes involve Facebook’s handling of public user data. Facebook almost completely rewrote its advertising policy page, making it abundantly…

Even with four months to go, 2013 has been far from quiet in the realm of online security news. And anyone who keeps up with Facecrooks knows that 2013 cyber security headlines have been varied: everything from government spying to Facebook privacy policies has been making waves. As a privacy software company, PRIVATE WiFi is…

On Tuesday, Facebook revealed that it has received requests from government agencies in 74 countries around the world asking for information on 38,000 Facebook users in the first half of 2013 alone. In the data released, it was revealed that Facebook has provided governments with some, but not all, of the information they’ve requested. This…

According to CNN, some smaller and tech-savvy financial companies are now using social media to determine if individuals seeking loans should be approved for the money.  One such company, Lenddo, analyzes users’ Facebook friends to see if any of them are late paying back loans. The algorithm that the company uses can even determine if…

Facebook’s White Hat program has awarded over $1 million to computer experts around the world for finding and reporting security flaws on the site. However, they ignored the reports of a Palestinian IT researcher last week, and he took an audacious step to get their attention. The researcher, Khalil Shreateh, found a hack that allowed…

Much has been written recently about how teenagers are no longer using Facebook, but at least the ones who still use it are doing so responsibly. A recent study by the Pew Research Center found that 71 percent of teenagers between the ages of 12 and 17 have sought outside help in improving their online…

On Tuesday, Facebook accidentally disabled a number of apps for several hours during a sweep for malware. Today, Facebook issued an apology for the temporary outage. “The Facebook Platform and our users are constantly under attack from malicious apps and we have many automated systems to protect the platform and our users,” wrote the site.…

Though six U.S. states have made it illegal, many companies both in America and abroad have begun to demand access to their employees’ Facebook profiles. Sometimes they do it immediately at the interview stage and other times they do it to gather evidence against their employees. In the case of fired Air New Zealand cabin…

Many people strive to increase their privacy on Facebook by hiding their photos, limiting who can see their profile and accepting few friend requests. However, Facebook is also a tool used (and abused) by chronic over-sharers, and as a recent study by three British universities found, these users might be doing significant damage to their…