2018 has been a year of widespread vulnerabilities including Meltdown and Spectre, scandalous security and privacy cases arising from Facebook, more leaky S3 buckets and security professionals calling for more proactive security measures.
We love talking about security and we believe that security knowledge should be easily accessible and fun. This is why we came up with our IT Sec FAQ series! In 10 short Q&A format posts, we explain basic web security concepts combined with tips and comments from our very own security experts.
Activating 2-step verification or Two-factor authentication on a service means that you have to identify yourself twice in order to access your account – often both with a password and by receiving a code to your phone by text message that you need to enter on the site to login. Here’s everything you need to know about it.
There are all kinds of apps on Facebook – quizzes, games and corporate sweepstakes. But it might be a good idea to keep track of what apps you are approving, and what kind of information you are allowing them to see about both yourself and your friends.
Find out how Detectify Security Researcher Frans Rosén hacked Facebook and found a stored XSS, which resulted in a Bug Bounty Reward.