Facebook Messenger Sticks to a Vulnerability That Exposes Users' Contacts

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Understanding Facebook Messenger Sticks to a Vulnerability That Exposes Users'

According to security experts, with this attack hackers do not get any more data than the user's contact information.

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Imperva sent a notice about this vulnerability to Facebook and made suggestions for corrections by adjusting the iframe element. However, security experts also added that this is only a temporary treatment but cannot overcome the problem completely.

After receiving information about the vulnerability, Facebook completely deleted the iframe from Messenger.

In recent times, Facebook has been in constant trouble and has been criticized for violating privacy. The most prominent one is the Cambridge Analytica scandal reported in March 2018 and the millions of Facebook users leaked data in October last year.

According to recent information, Facebook is planning to merge Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram into a unified service. This makes users and professionals worry about the privacy of this social network.