16 Malicious Facebook apps that Share User Data with third-parties for Ransomware Attacks and Targeted Advertising

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CanaryTrap

Third-party apps on social media continue to misuse the data shared by users, researchers from the University of Iowa proposed a paper dubbed CanaryTrap details Data Misuse by Third-Party Apps on Online Social Networks. CanaryTrap aimed to misuse of data shared with third-party apps on Facebook, researchers used unique “honeytoken” emails and uses Facebook’s ad […]

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