{"id":44449,"date":"2021-12-16T01:33:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T01:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/facebook-expands-bug-bounty-program-to-include-scraping-attacks-two-years-after-it-was-scraped-hard\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T01:33:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T01:33:08","slug":"facebook-expands-bug-bounty-program-to-include-scraping-attacks-two-years-after-it-was-scraped-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/facebook-expands-bug-bounty-program-to-include-scraping-attacks-two-years-after-it-was-scraped-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook expands bug bounty program to include scraping attacks, two years after it was scraped \u2013 hard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta has expanded its bug bounty program to include payouts for reports of scraping attacks on Facebook \u2013 but hold your applause.<\/p>\n<p>The antisocial network and aspiring Third Life operator is no stranger to scraping \u2013 the practice of using automated tools to harvest information from open sources such as people&#8217;s profile pages. In October, Facebook <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/10\/25\/facebook_sues_man_for_scraping\/\" rel=\"noopener\">sued<\/a> a chap who it alleges scraped and sold data pertaining to 178 million users. April 2021 brought the revelation that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.com\/2021\/04\/05\/facebook_data_dump_update\/\" rel=\"noopener\">data describing<\/a> 533 million Facebook accounts had been scraped and, after being sold in dark places for a year or two, had been dumped on the web for free.<\/p>\n<p>The data revealed in that latter incident was obtained in 2019 or earlier, and Facebook <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2021\/04\/facts-on-news-reports-about-facebook-data\/\">admitted<\/a> it was made possible via a flaw in its own software.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"condor\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YbqneqEywqqfziRM64uIgAAAAME&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=2&amp;c=2YbqneqEywqqfziRM64uIgAAAAME&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D2%26raptor%3Dcondor%26pos%3Dtop%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>In a textbook Zuckerberg response at the time, the internet goliath pointed out that it works very hard to stop bad things happening, that scraping is not permitted under its terms of use, and the people behind the info collection had therefore been very naughty and mean.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xmd=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-lg=\",fluid,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,mpu,leaderboard,\" data-xxlg=\",fluid,billboard,superleaderboard,brandwidth,brandimpact,leaderboard,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YbqneqEywqqfziRM64uIgAAAAME&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YbqneqEywqqfziRM64uIgAAAAME&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<div class=\"adun_eagle_desktop_story_wrapper\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xxlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YbqneqEywqqfziRM64uIgAAAAME&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YbqneqEywqqfziRM64uIgAAAAME&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now the data-harvesting giant has decided to act \u2013 sort of \u2013 by crowdsourcing its vigilance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re tackling the industry-wide issue of scraping by expanding our bug bounty program to reward valid reports of scraping bugs and unprotected data sets,&#8221; states an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/engineering.fb.com\/2021\/12\/15\/security\/bug-bounty-scraping\/\" rel=\"noopener\">update<\/a> from the Facebook security team.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" data-pos=\"top\" data-raptor=\"falcon\" data-xsm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-sm=\",fluid,mpu,\" data-md=\",fluid,mpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YbqneqEywqqfziRM64uIgAAAAME&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D4%26raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=4&amp;c=44YbqneqEywqqfziRM64uIgAAAAME&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D426raptor%3Dfalcon%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The goal of this program is to find bugs that attackers utilize to bypass scraping limitations to access data at greater scale than the product intended.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Note, dear reader, that the above quote indicates that Facebook limits scraping and is comfortable with it happening at limited scale.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our goal is to quickly identify and counter scenarios that might make scraping less costly to execute,&#8221; the post by Facebooker Dan Gurfinkel adds.<\/p>\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"adun\" id=\"story_eagle_xsm_sm_md_xmd_lg_xlg\" data-pos=\"mid\" data-raptor=\"eagle\" data-xsm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-sm=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-md=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xmd=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-lg=\",mpu,dmpu,\" data-xlg=\",mpu,dmpu,\"> <noscript> <a href=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/jump?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YbqneqEywqqfziRM64uIgAAAAME&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/ad?co=1&amp;iu=\/6978\/reg_security\/front&amp;sz=300x50%7C300x100%7C300x250%7C300x251%7C300x252%7C300x600%7C300x601&amp;tile=3&amp;c=33YbqneqEywqqfziRM64uIgAAAAME&amp;t=ct%3Dns%26unitnum%3D3%26raptor%3Deagle%26pos%3Dmid%26test%3D0\" alt> <\/a> <\/noscript> <\/div>\n<p>Again, Facebook appears to be OK with scraping, so long as it is really hard \u2013 or at least expensive \u2013 to do.<\/p>\n<p>Another extension to Facebook&#8217;s bug bounty program is rewards for those who find &#8220;unprotected or openly 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