Facebook Bug

Facebook affected by a bug that risks over 6.8 million private photos of users

Facebook says that more than 1,500 apps may have also been affected by the bug.

Here's how you can check what Facebook hackers accessed in your account

This time around, Facebook has been quick to let users check exactly what was accessed.

A Facebook bug set the sharing settings of 14 mn users to public by default, but thankfully, the issue has now been fixed

A bug affected about 14 million Facebook users around the world by setting their default sharing to public for all their new posts, which was later fixed.

Facebook's non-security-related two-factor authentication SMS was a bug and a fix will be rolling out soon for it says chief security officer

People who responded to these notifications saw them appearing as status updates on their Facebook accounts for all to see.

Bug Bounty business: How a 22-yr old Indian amassed Rs 1.3 crore in his off time

Anand Prakash, who discovered the bug and informed Facebook about it, was rewarded $15,000 (approx Rs 10 lakh) for discovering the vulnerability which could be disastrous for the Menlo Park-based company.

Facebook bug bombards users with birthday reminders

If you are being flooded with birthday reminders from Facebook for the past few weeks, you can blame a bug for that.

Facebook fixes bug that could delete every single photo you've uploaded

Probably, every Facebook user has dozens of photos uploaded to their account. But a recent bug on the website (issue resolved now) would have allowed hackers to completely delete them.

Facebook ignored a bug until the researcher used it to hack Mark Zuckerberg: Report

Khalil Shreateh, a security researcher from Palestine had reported a bug that lets him post on anyone's Wall.

Hacker who exposed Facebook bug to get $10k from community

Now, Marc Maiffret, chief technology officer of cybersecurity firm BeyondTrust, is trying to mobilise fellow hackers to raise a $10,000 reward for Shreateh after Facebook refused to compensate him.

Hacker who exposed Facebook bug to get $10k from community

Now, Marc Maiffret, chief technology officer of cybersecurity firm BeyondTrust, is trying to mobilise fellow hackers to raise a $10,000 reward for Shreateh after Facebook refused to compensate him.