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Browser Extensions and Facebook Profile Viewers
September 26, 2014 - We recently saw a website – thousandssa(dot)pw – offering up a Facebook Profile Visitor browser extension: “Profile views * Instantly see who...
“Who visits your Twitter profile” spam app brings week of chaos
January 23, 2018 - Twitter spam has been around forever, and rogue apps asking for installs in return for a cool feature (to be more...
Facebook Phishers Lure Users with Free Video App
December 3, 2015 - Facebook has once been considered a rival to YouTube, thanks to the introduction of its video feature and news feed that...
Redressed Facebook Scam Makes a Comeback Before The New Year
December 29, 2014 - Monday morning. Christmas was four days ago. Three days from now will be the first day of 2015. You get out of bed,...
“Want To Know Who’s Watching You?”
November 19, 2014 - Here’s a site which we’ve seen on Facebook recently, located at fb-szpieguj(dot)pl: At first glance, it looks like every other Facebook...
A Week in Security (Sept 21 – 27)
September 29, 2014 - Last week, we’ve seen quite a number of in-the-wild exploits that affect systems installed with unpatched Adobe Flash Player—one via direct...
Application Spams “My Top Followers” Posts To Tumblr Users
February 17, 2014 - Way back in June 2013 a website was asking users of Tumblr to add a “HTML widget” (or, more likely, to...
Disney fined $10m for mislabeling kids’ YouTube videos and violating privacy law
January 6, 2026 - The FTC is seeking a $10 million settlement over allegations that children’s privacy laws were violated through the mislabeling of kid-focused YouTube videos.
Sling TV turned privacy into a game you weren’t meant to win
November 4, 2025 - California has fined Sling TV for misleading privacy controls that made opting out nearly impossible. Even children’s data ended up in ad targeting.
Roku accused of selling children’s data to advertisers and brokers
October 16, 2025 - Florida claims Roku ignored clear signs its users were minors, collecting and selling viewing habits, voice recordings and precise locations.
