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Meta has won its WhatsApp hacking lawsuit against Israeli spyware company NSO Group in an “important step forward for privacy and security”.
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Artificial Intelligence
Meta has released new Llama protection tools to help the open source AI community build more secure applications.
Vulnerabilities
An update for the WhatsApp desktop app for Windows patches CVE-2025-30401, a spoofing vulnerability that could be used to trick users.
Malware & Threats
Meta’s Facebook security team warns of live exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability in the open-source FreeType library.
Vulnerabilities
Meta received close to 10,000 vulnerability reports and paid out over $2.3 million in bug bounty rewards in 2024.
Privacy
Apple complained that requests from Meta Platforms for access to its operating software threaten user privacy, in a spat fueled by the European Union’s...
Data Protection
EU privacy watchdogs hit Facebook owner Meta with fines totaling 251 million euros after an investigation into a 2018 data breach that exposed millions...
Privacy & Compliance
South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Meta 21.6 billion won ($15 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Facebook users.
Malware & Threats
Authorities announce server shutdowns, domain seizures, and arrests in RedLine and Meta infostealers takedown operation.
Data Protection
Meta fined more than $100 million by a European Union privacy regulator over a security lapse involving Facebook passwords.
Privacy
Meta has agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over a facial recognition feature.
Artificial Intelligence
Brazil’s national data protection authority has determined that Meta cannot use data originating in the country to train its artificial intelligence.
Ransomware
Researcher shows how hackers could use social engineering to deliver ransomware and other malware to Meta’s Quest 3 VR headset.
Privacy
The Supreme Court will take up Meta’s bid to end the lawsuit over the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.
CISO Conversations
SecurityWeek interviews Geoff Belknap, CISO at LinkedIn, and Guy Rosen, CISO at Facebook parent company Meta.
Artificial Intelligence
Facebook and Instagram users will start seeing labels on AI-generated images that appear on their social media feeds, as the tech industry aims to...
Privacy & Compliance
End-to-End encryption in Facebook Messenger means that no one other than the sender and the recipient — not even Meta — can decipher people’s...
Threat Intelligence
Meta removed three foreign influence operations from the Facebook platform during Q3, 2023. Two were Chinese in origin, and one was Russian, the company...
Privacy
European privacy officials have widened a ban on Meta’s “behavioral advertising” practices to most of Europe.
Uncategorized
Britain's interior minister warned Meta that out end-to-end encryption on its platforms must "not to come at a cost to our children's safety".
Mobile & Wireless
Since August 2015, Google has delivered a constant stream of monthly security patches for Android. Until July 2025.
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Malware & Threats
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Microsoft shows attack against AMD processors, SentinelOne details latest ZuRu macOS malware version, Indian APT...
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