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Undercover reporter tells all after working for a Polish troll farm

November 4, 2019 0 Comments cat@net, disinformation, disinformation campaigns, epr, facebook, fake accounts, fake discussions, fake news, fundacja reporterow, Instagram, internet research agency, investigate europe, IRA, katarzyna pruszkiewicz, kulawa rebelia, macedonia, media monitoring, operation lame rebellion, poland, rebellion on crutches, russia, smear campaigns, Social networks, support campaigns, troll farm, trollery, trolls, twitter, undercover reporter, veles

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 11:58:41 +0000

Together with her troll colleagues, she managed 200 fake social profiles, promoted clients’ products, and trolled their competitors.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/C6Rb8RS3-Z8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Twitter bans political ads

November 1, 2019 0 Comments AI, facebook, fake news, Machine Learning, misinformation, political ads, Social networks, twitter

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 11:24:43 +0000

Interesting timing: Right before Facebook’s earnings call, two weeks after Facebook said it won’t pull political ads that spout lies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/4ojwnOWi26U” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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SMBs lack resources to defend against cyberattacks, plus pay more in the aftermath

October 31, 2019 0 Comments Business, cyberattacks, malware, medium businesses, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ransomware, small businesses, smb, Social networks

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 21:41:35 +0000

We take a look at the top challenges and threats to SMBs today, and recommend ways they can easily shore up their defenses.

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Tags: cyberattacks malware medium businesses PricewaterhouseCoopers ransomware small businesses SMB social networks

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WhatsApp sues spyware maker for allegedly hacking phones worldwide

October 31, 2019 0 Comments activists, Cryptography, cyberweapons, encrypted messaging, end-to-end encryption, espionage, Hacking, israel, Law & order, lawsuit, malware, Mobile, nso, nso group, pegasus, Privacy, q cyber technologies, rat, security threats, Social networks, spies, spyware, whatsapp, zero-click

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 12:32:02 +0000

WhatsApp has publicly attributed the attack on its users in May 2019 to the Israeli spyware makers, NSO Group.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/rTg4uWB-Hmg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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TikTok says no, senators, we’re not under China’s thumb

October 28, 2019 0 Comments china, Chuck Schumer, cyber espionage, fake news, Government security, letter, Mobile, national security, senators, Social networks, TikTok, tom cotton

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2019 13:20:57 +0000

US lawmakers asked intelligence to look into whether the app and others like it could pose a security threat or be used to influence opinion.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GlESIs9AFxA” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Facebook pulls fake news networks linked to Russia and Iran

October 23, 2019 0 Comments 2020 us presidential elections, blmnews, compromised accounts, facebook, fake accounts, fake news, graphika, Instagram, internet research agency, IRA, iraq, liberty front press, nathaniel gleicher, political ads, russia, russian troll army, russian trolls, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 12:02:15 +0000

It took down four foreign interference campaigns and announced initiatives to prevent foreign interference in US elections.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/kiW_2Z3IoYY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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#FacebookLockout: Users who report fake/scam accounts locked out

October 16, 2019 0 Comments #facebooklockout, account impersonation, facebook, fake accounts, fake profiles, fraud, id verification, scammers, security check, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 09:34:58 +0000

Users report bad accounts, got presented with a request to verify ID, couldn’t upload said ID, and got frozen out.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/FKCF-gt07L8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Stalker found pop star by searching eyes’ reflections on Google Maps

October 14, 2019 0 Comments assault, cyber harassment, cyberbullying, cyberstalker, digital stalker, Google, google map, j-pop, japan, Law & order, matsuoka nagato, pop star, Privacy, sato, sexual assault, Social networks, stalker, street view

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 12:15:53 +0000

A man confessed to stalking and attacking a young pop star by zooming in on the reflections in her eyes from selfies.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EBtLxj4uYMM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>