Cybersecurity

Read the latest Cybersecurity news on the Packt Hub. We feature up-to-date articles on IT security and hacking. We also feature the latest software security updates and cyber security threats.

Facebook scandal

Facebook’s largest security breach in its history leaves 50M user accounts compromised

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Facebook has been going through a massive decline of trust in recent times. And to make matters worse, it has witnessed another massive security...
Facebook profile on Apple iPhone 6s

Did you know Facebook shares the data you share with them for ‘security’ reasons...

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Facebook is constantly under the spotlight these days when it comes to controversies regarding user’s data and privacy. A new research paper published by...
Deleting Facebook App from Smartphone

Time for Facebook, Twitter and other social media to take responsibility or face regulation

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Of late, the world has been shaken over the rising number of data related scandals and attacks that have overshadowed social media platforms. This shakedown...
Why Wall Street unfriended Facebook: FB lost over $120 billion in market value overnight after Q2 earnings call

Why Wall Street unfriended Facebook: Stocks fell $120 billion in market value after Q2...

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After been found guilty of providing discriminatory advertisements on its platform earlier this week, Facebook hit yet another wall yesterday as its stock closed...
net neutrality

Furthering the Net Neutrality debate, GOP proposes the 21st Century Internet Act

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GOP Rep. Mike Coffman has proposed a new bill to solidify the principles of net neutrality into law, rather than them being a set...

DCLeaks and Guccifer 2.0: How hackers used social engineering to manipulate the 2016 U.S....

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It’s been more than a year since the Republican party’s Donald Trump won the U.S Presidential elections against Democrat Hillary Clinton. However, Robert Mueller...

Timehop suffers data breach; 21 million users’ data compromised

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Timehop, the social media application that brings old posts into your feed, experienced a data breach on July 4. In a post published yesterday...

Must Read in Security

Top 6 Cybersecurity Books from Packt to Accelerate Your Career

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With new technology threats, rising international tensions, and state-sponsored cyber-attacks, cybersecurity is more important than ever. In organizations worldwide, there is not only a dire need for cybersecurity...

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