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Mastodon, l'alternative libre à Twitter, victime d'une faille critique

Mastodon, l'alternative libre à Twitter, victime d'une faille critique | Social Media and its influence | Scoop.it

Mastodon, le réseau social en open source, a été victime d'une vulnérabilité majeure permettant à des acteurs malveillants de contrôler n'importe quel compte. Si la plateforme a déployé un correctif, il n'est pas certain que tous les serveurs l'aient appliqué pour le moment.

 

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https://www.scoop.it/topic/social-media-and-its-influence/?&tag=Mastodon

 

https://www.scoop.it/topic/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Mastodon

 

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Mastodon, le réseau social en open source, a été victime d'une vulnérabilité majeure permettant à des acteurs malveillants de contrôler n'importe quel compte. Si la plateforme a déployé un correctif, il n'est pas certain que tous les serveurs l'aient appliqué pour le moment.

 

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https://www.scoop.it/topic/social-media-and-its-influence/?&tag=Mastodon

 

https://www.scoop.it/topic/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Mastodon

 

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Facebook : une campagne de phishing s'appuie sur les contacts de confiance | #CyberSecurity SocialMedia

Facebook : une campagne de phishing s'appuie sur les contacts de confiance | #CyberSecurity SocialMedia | Social Media and its influence | Scoop.it
Le réseau social est une nouvelle fois utilisé pour diffuser un phishing dont le but est de récupérer les identifiants de votre compte.

 

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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Phishing

 

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Le réseau social est une nouvelle fois utilisé pour diffuser un phishing dont le but est de récupérer les identifiants de votre compte.

 

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http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=Phishing

 

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Extrem schwerwiegende Vorwürfe: Geheime Hintertür in WhatsApp entdeckt | #SocialMedia #Apps #Privacy

Extrem schwerwiegende Vorwürfe: Geheime Hintertür in WhatsApp entdeckt | #SocialMedia #Apps #Privacy | Social Media and its influence | Scoop.it
Ein Sicherheitsforscher hat eine Hintertür in WhatsApp gefunden, die es Facebook erlaubt, alle von Nutzern versendeten Nachrichten zu lesen - entgegen der Behauptung Facebooks, dass genau das unmöglich sei. Die Verschlüsselung von WhatsApp wäre damit plötzlich nichts mehr wert.

 

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http://www.scoop.it/t/social-media-and-its-influence/?tag=WhatsApp

 

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Ein Sicherheitsforscher hat eine Hintertür in WhatsApp gefunden, die es Facebook erlaubt, alle von Nutzern versendeten Nachrichten zu lesen - entgegen der Behauptung Facebooks, dass genau das unmöglich sei. Die Verschlüsselung von WhatsApp wäre damit plötzlich nichts mehr wert.

 

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http://www.scoop.it/t/social-media-and-its-influence/?tag=WhatsApp

 

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BBC - Public WiFi Security: BBC pirate un réseau Wi-FI

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A MUST see and Mac users ===> OPEN YOUR EYES!!!

Read also:

https://gustmeesfr.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/securite-internet-guide-pratique/

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/visual-it-securitypart2-your-computer-as-a-possible-cyber-weapon/

https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/cyber-hygiene-ict-hygiene-for-population-education-and-business/

 

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Une panne a touché Twitter jeudi

Une panne a touché Twitter jeudi | Social Media and its influence | Scoop.it
Les Jeux olympiques devraient susciter une hausse d'activité sans précédent sur les réseaux sociaux tels que Twitter.

 

 

 

 

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http://techno.lapresse.ca/nouvelles/201207/26/01-4559708-une-panne-a-touche-twitter-jeudi.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

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Mastodon Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Hijack Any Decentralized Account

Mastodon Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Hijack Any Decentralized Account | Social Media and its influence | Scoop.it

The decentralized social network Mastodon has disclosed a critical security flaw that enables malicious actors to impersonate and take over any account.

"Due to insufficient origin validation in all Mastodon, attackers can impersonate and take over any remote account," the maintainers said in a terse advisory.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-23832, has a severity rating of 9.4 out of a maximum of 10. Security researcher arcanicanis has been credited with discovering and reporting it.

 

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https://www.scoop.it/topic/social-media-and-its-influence/?&tag=Mastodon

 

https://www.scoop.it/topic/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Mastodon

 

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The decentralized social network Mastodon has disclosed a critical security flaw that enables malicious actors to impersonate and take over any account.

"Due to insufficient origin validation in all Mastodon, attackers can impersonate and take over any remote account," the maintainers said in a terse advisory.

The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-23832, has a severity rating of 9.4 out of a maximum of 10. Security researcher arcanicanis has been credited with discovering and reporting it.

 

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https://www.scoop.it/topic/social-media-and-its-influence/?&tag=Mastodon

 

https://www.scoop.it/topic/securite-pc-et-internet/?&tag=Mastodon

 

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WhatsApp neglected known bug putting your privacy at risk for months | #SocialMedia #Apps

WhatsApp neglected known bug putting your privacy at risk for months | #SocialMedia #Apps | Social Media and its influence | Scoop.it
Despite implementing end-to-end encryption last year, new report suggests your WhatsApp messages might not be as secure as you think.

 

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http://www.scoop.it/t/social-media-and-its-influence/?tag=WhatsApp

 

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Despite implementing end-to-end encryption last year, new report suggests your WhatsApp messages might not be as secure as you think.

 

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http://www.scoop.it/t/social-media-and-its-influence/?tag=WhatsApp

 

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Facebook Security Bug Exposed Personal Account Information, Six Million Accounts Affected

Facebook Security Bug Exposed Personal Account Information, Six Million Accounts Affected | Social Media and its influence | Scoop.it
A Facebook security bug exposed users’ personal contact information (email or phone number) to other users who were connected to them; the bug has affected six million accounts...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Facebook spokesperson tells me the bug ===> has been live since last year, and was discovered last week. <===

 

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A Facebook spokesperson tells me the bug ===> has been live since last year, and was discovered last week. <===

 

Facebook says the security team fixed the bug less than 24 hours after it was brought to their attention.

 

Gust MEES's curator insight, June 21, 2013 5:39 PM

 

A Facebook spokesperson tells me the bug ===> has been live since last year, and was discovered last week. <===


Facebook says the security team fixed the bug less than 24 hours after it was brought to their attention.


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Twitter goes down for many, then right back up

Twitter goes down for many, then right back up | Social Media and its influence | Scoop.it
Twitter has gone down for many users, with a search of the site showing that a lot of users are complaining that they're getting the technical error message. It's down for all of the ...

 

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http://thenextweb.com/twitter/2012/11/15/twitter-goes-down-for-many/?awesm=tnw.to_d0PCz&amp;utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=Spreadus&amp;utm_campaign=social%20media

 

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