Instagram’s Threads to get Twitter-like hashtags support, edit button and more
Instagram’s dedicated text-sharing app, Threads, is set to introduce many new features, including Twitter-style hashtags, an edit button, a trending page, and possibly even an automatic archiving function. Instagram’s Head, Adam Mosseri, confirmed these upcoming features in a series of posts on Threads. […]
Critical TootRoot bug lets attackers hijack Mastodon servers
Mastodon, the free and open-source decentralized social networking platform, has patched four vulnerabilities, including a critical one that allows hackers to create arbitrary files on instance-hosting servers using specially crafted media files. […]
Apps with 1.5M installs on Google Play send your data to China
Security researchers discovered two malicious file management applications on Google Play with a collective installation count of over 1.5 million that collected excessive user data that goes well beyond what’s needed to offer the promised functionality. […]
CISA: Netwrix Auditor RCE bug exploited in Truebot malware attacks
CISA and the FBI warned today of new Truebot malware variants deployed on networks compromised using a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Netwrix Auditor software in attacks targeting organizations across the United States and Canada. […]