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A decade in cybersecurity fails: the top breaches, threats, and ‘whoopsies’ of the 2010s

December 19, 2019 0 Comments ashley madison, ashley madison hack, Awareness, badrabbit, Cambridge Analytica, cryptolocker, cryptolocker ransomware, Data privacy, edward snowden, emotet, exploits, facebook, Hacktivism, mat honan, notpetya, NSA, nsa spying, nsa surveillance, nsa tools, playstation breach, playstation hack, Ransomware, ryuk, Ryuk ransomware, security fails, shadow brokers, social media, sony, sony pictures hack, surveillance, target breach, target hack, trickbot, triple threat, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:03:33 +0000

As the 2010s come to a close, we take a snarky walk down memory lane, listing the craziest, most impactful, or simply just awful cybersecurity fails of the decade.

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Awareness

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Wikipedia co-founder offers a Facebook/Twitter wannabe

November 18, 2019 0 Comments #deletefacebook, facebook, faceook, jimmy wales, online advertising, online privacy, social media, Social networks, twitter, Wikipedia, wikitribune, wt: social

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 10:52:08 +0000

Tired of being a tracked, ad-bedeviled product sold by social media companies? The cost to immediately join a network with no tracking/ads: $12.99/month.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/nExb-1DLtfU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook scams: Bad ads, bogus grants, and fake tickets lurk on social media giant

November 11, 2019 0 Comments advertising reporting tool, cloned accounts, concert tickets scams, facebook, facebook bad ads, facebook scams, grant, lottery, messenger grant scams, rogue ad campaigns, Scam, scams, social media, social media scams, tickets

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:27:46 +0000

Despite the company’s efforts to clamp down on bad ads and bogus accounts, Facebook scams continue to run rampant. We highlight a few popular examples.

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Scams

Tags: advertising reporting tool cloned accounts concert tickets scams facebook facebook bad ads facebook scams grant lottery messenger grant scams rogue ad campaigns scam social media social media scams tickets

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A week in security (November 4 – November 10)

November 11, 2019 0 Comments A week in security, awis, cyber, facebook, fake news, Hacking, Mobile, round up, social media, twitter, week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 16:38:19 +0000

A roundup of important security news from the week of November 4–10, including the release of Malwarebytes 4.0, vendor email compromise, fake news, robocalls, and more.

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A week in security

Tags: awis cyber facebook fake news hacking Mobile round up social media twitter week in security

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How to protect yourself from doxing

October 25, 2019 0 Comments dox, doxer, doxing, how-tos, ip address, mobile vpns, online privacy, password manager, personal data, personally identifiable information, Privacy, Social engineering, social media, vpn, vpns, whois

Credit to Author: Osama Tahir| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 15:37:31 +0000

Doxing, or collecting and spreading private information about a user online, is a form of cyber harassment, stalking, and even a potential threat to physical safety. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself against it.

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How-tos

Tags: dox doxer doxing IP address mobile VPNs online privacy password manager personal data personally identifiable information privacy Social Engineering social media vpn VPNs WHOIS

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Facebook flags thousands of kids as interested in gambling, booze

October 11, 2019 0 Comments advertising, children, drinking, facebook, gambling, kids, minors, Privacy, social media, Social networks, targeted marketing

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 11:12:38 +0000

According to a new report, its algorithmic labelling may expose minors to age-inappropriate, targeted advertising.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/DxndeahDmYs” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter used 2FA phone numbers for targeted advertising

October 10, 2019 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, facebook, login verification, PII, Privacy, SMS, social media, Social networks, tailored audiences, twitter

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:44:31 +0000

Twitter may have “inadvertently” handed phone and email data from some users to advertisers as part of its Tailored Audiences system that targets users’ feeds with ads.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/28JZN9DLRbI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Job seekers are scrubbing clean their social media accounts

October 10, 2019 0 Comments employment, facebook, job applicants, job candidates, jpd, LinkedIn, online privacy, Privacy, recruiter, social media, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 10:04:24 +0000

Most people nowadays are quite aware that hiring managers put their social media postings under a microscope, a new survey finds.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/eFV3-DLwZNg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Social media manipulation as a political tool is spreading

September 30, 2019 0 Comments computational propaganda, cyber troops, disinformation, fake news, global inventory of organised social media manipulation, hate speech, Law & order, political bots, politics, propaganda, public opinion, social media, Social networks, trolls, university of oxford

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 13:05:39 +0000

Researchers say ‘cyber troops’ in 70 countries are using it to automate suppression, mount smear campaigns, or spread disinformation.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/-Wc88WInp-I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>