Thursday, March 28, 2024

Tinder security flaw granted account access with just a phone number

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Security researchers at Appsecure found a way to access anyones Tinder account via their phone number. The exploit took advantage of a software flaw in both the dating apps login process as well as the Facebook API that its based on. The issues have been fixed since, but represent a pretty big security lapse.
Both the vulnerabilities were fixed by Tinder and Facebook quickly, wrote Appsecures Anand Prakash on Medium. Facebook and Tinder rewarded the company $5000 and $125…Read more

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