Wednesday 21 September 2016

Serious Vulnerability Could Have Allowed Hackers to Hijack Any Facebook Page

A security researcher earned $16,000 from Facebook after discovering a serious vulnerability. If known, hackers could have exploited this flaw to hijack any Facebook page.

Facebook Pages are now used by every small and big organization, celebrities and even publications. Facebook’s free tool known as Facebook Business Manager allows page owners to manage advert accounts, apps, pages, and people who work on these pages. Business Manager allows people to access their organization’s Pages and ads without sharing login information.

Identified by Arun Sureshkumar, the flaw affected Facebook Business Manager. If exploited, anyone could have added any Facebook Page to their Facebook Business Manager account with Manager rights. They could have deleted the page, changed it, or shared whatever they wanted using the forum. For the full article click here 



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