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Is the era of social media Likes over?

September 30, 2019 0 Comments cyberbullying, dislike button, facebook, influencers, Instagram, like button, likes, social media, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 10:21:07 +0000

Instagram’s testing a program to hide the Likes that have created a toxic cyberbullying environment. Now, Facebook is as well.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OX4X4nRKm0M” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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S2 Ep7: iPhone attack, Twitter hack and Android bots – Naked Security Podcast

September 5, 2019 0 Comments account takeover, Apple, hack, Hacking, iPhone, Naked Security, Podcast, social media, twitter, zero days

Credit to Author: Alice Duckett| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 11:33:48 +0000

Episode 7 of the Naked Security podcast is available now!<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EUMAta8PBoU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Good Twitter Samaritans accidentally prevent shoeshine scam

July 26, 2019 0 Comments india, Scam, shoe shine, Social engineering, social media, travel, travelling, twitter

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:45:12 +0000

We take a look at how a shoeshine scam nearly took place in real life—until people online trying to help in one way, ended up assisting in quite another.

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Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 investigation shows Russian disinformation campaigns have global reach

July 23, 2019 0 Comments bellingcat, buk, disinformation, fake news, IRA, JIT, malaysia airlines, mh17, russia, russian disinformation, russian propaganda, Social engineering, social media, twitter, ukraine

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 15:54:56 +0000

In June, investigators released a warrant to arrest Russian and Ukrainian nationals for shooting down Malaysian Airlines Flight 17. However, Russian disinformation campaigns have spread about the true cause of the fight’s demise. How can we separate fact from fiction and protect against fake news?

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