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![How China Exploits Social Media to Influence American Public](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyberattack-statistics-1-small.jpg)
The growth of Russia's attempts to manipulate American public opinion since 2015 is well known and documented. At heart, it is basic political propaganda -- which is an accepted tool of...
![FBI boss: Never mind Russia and social media, China ransacks US biz for blueprints, secrets at 'surprisingly' huge scale](/static/build/img/news/alt/Geopolitical-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
'Espionage and criminal investigations ... almost all of which lead back to Beijing' RSA While Russian hackers, Kremlin-backed or otherwise, grab the headlines, China remains the biggest...
![Week in review: Social media-enabled cybercrime, fighting credential stuffing, digital signature spoofing](/static/build/img/news/alt/crypto-stat-small.jpg)
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: How WebAuthn aims to solve the password problem Rather than tasking users with tracking dozens of separate passwords...
![Ep.021 – Leaked calls, a social media virus and passwords exposed [PODCAST]](/static/build/img/news/alt/phishing-stats-2-small.jpg)
Here's the latest Naked Security podcast - enjoy!
![Social media-enabled cybercrime is generating $3.25 billion a year](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-attacker-small.jpg)
Social media-enabled cybercrime is generating at least $3.25B in global revenue annually, according to an extensive six-month academic study undertaken by Dr. Mike McGuire, Senior Lecturer in...
![Harassment, hate and bile, suicide instructions for kids... anything else social media's good at? Ah yes, cybercrime](/static/build/img/news/alt/managed-security-small.jpg)
Businesses as well as ordinary punters hit by viral nasties Antisocial media sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube aren't merely inciting hatred, enabling discrimination, driving...
![Attacking Soldiers on Social Media](/static/build/img/news/alt/IoT-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
A research group at NATO's Strategic Communications Center of Excellence catfished soldiers involved in an European military exercise -- we don't know what country they were from -- to demonstrate...
![Virus attack! Hackers unleash social media worm after bug report ignored](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
Is it ok to launch a benign proof of concept that you know will go wide, to bring a flaw to people's attention, or should you stay quiet?
![Hackers unleash social media worm after bug report ignored](/static/build/img/news/alt/Phishing-small.jpg)
Is it ok to launch a benign proof of concept that you know will go wide, to bring a flaw to people's attention, or should you stay quiet?
![Get-rich-quick social media scams are turning teens into money mules](/static/build/img/news/alt/Phishing-small.jpg)
Young people are being talked into handing over their bank details with the promise of some easy cash.