Facebook has more than 2.92 billion active users, so imagine the visibility you can gain from a paid ad campaign on social media. Facebook also has plenty of information about its users, which allows ...

Sketchy Facebook pages impersonating businesses are nothing new, but a flurry of recent scams is particularly brazen. A handful of verified Facebook pages were hacked recently and spotted slinging ...

Scam ads on Facebook have evolved beyond the days of misspelled headlines and sketchy product photos. Today, many are powered by artificial intelligence, fueled by deepfake technology and distributed ...

Thousands of ads on Facebook and Instagram have promoted “fuel filters” using videos demonstrating how they can be easily modified into gun silencers—a process that, without federal approval, could ...

The app purports to help manage Facebook ad pages, but is likely a backdoor into users accounts. It is readily available on Apple's App Store, appearing in searches for Facebook ad tools. One user ...

After years of fake news and memes about Facebook starting to charge for Facebook, it actually happened, albeit only in Europe. Here's why: Pressed with new regulations in the European Union, Meta ...

Hackers have taken over large verified Facebook pages and disguised them as official accounts representing Meta and Google. Credit: Bob Al-Greene / Mashable If you see a verified page, complete with ...

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Cybercriminals use Facebook business pages and advertisements to promote fake Windows themes that infect unsuspecting users with the SYS01 password-stealing malware. Trustwave researchers who observed ...

Cybercriminals are running a sophisticated, long-running phishing operation that uses fake Calendly invitations — disguised ...

As Donald Trump and Kamala Harris feverishly chase undecided voters in the final stretch of the presidential campaign, millions of people in battleground states are being served ads on Facebook and ...