Facebook announced this week that an API\nbug<\/a> had been found that allowed third-party apps to access all user\nphotos, rather than only those posted to their timeline. The vulnerability was\nonly available for 12 days in mid-September, but could still impact up to 6.8\nmillion users who had granted apps access to their photos in that time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Over $1 million was recently diverted from a children\u2019s\ncharity organization<\/a> after hackers were able to gain access to an\ninternal email account and begin creating false documents and invoices. Due to\na lack of additional authentication measures, the funds were promptly\ntransferred to a Japanese bank account, though insurance was able to compensate\nfor most of the loss after the scam was finally discovered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The latest in a series of email\nextortion campaigns<\/a> promises its victims will be executed by a\nhitman if a Bitcoin ransom of $4,000 isn\u2019t paid within 38 hours. Given such\npoorly executed scare tactics, it comes as no surprise that the payment account\nhas still not received any funds after several days. Hopefully, as the threats\nof violence leads to victims contacting law enforcement rather than paying the\nscammers, these types of scams will become more rare. <\/p>\n\n\n\nChildren\u2019s Charity Falls Victim to Email Scam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Email Extortion Scams Now Include Hitmen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Hackers Force Printers to Spam PewDiePie Message<\/h2>\n\n\n\n