Security News

Terrorists told to hijack social media accounts to spread propaganda
2018-11-12 12:32

Facebook has removed 14 million pieces of content dubbed likely to come from terrorists, as determined by new machine learning technology

Social media support fraud is up nearly 500%, reaches highest level ever
2018-11-01 17:39

While social media platforms have succeeded in protecting users from phishing links, angler phishing has become the new mode of attack for many malicious actors.

ZeroFOX introduces new social media and digital protection managed services platform
2018-10-10 01:30

ZeroFOX launches ZeroFOX OnWatch, a managed monitoring and protection service designed to help companies safeguard themselves against threats plaguing a broad range of platforms, including social...

Virus Bulletin 2018: Exposing the Social Media Fraud Ecosystem
2018-10-05 16:16

The business of fake likes and followers turns out to be a sprawling enterprise -- likely tied back to IoT botnet activity.

Uncle Sam wants tech toolkit to snoop social media stock scammers
2018-09-05 00:20

Pumpers and dumpers, flash crashers and other miscreants under the SEC's spotlight The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has put out a call for proposals on a new system that would be...

‘Sick sadist’ admits to trolling dead people on social media
2018-09-03 11:10

He was intoxicated while posting about high-profile tragedies involving the death of young people, adding torment to families' grief.

Social Mapper: A free tool for automated discovery of targets’ social media accounts
2018-08-10 17:47

Trustwave has released Social Mapper, an open source tool that automates the process of discovering individuals’ social media accounts. How Social Mapper works The tool takes advantage of facial...

Free Facial Recognition Tool Can Track People Across Social Media Sites
2018-08-09 13:18

Security researchers at Trustwave have released a new open-source tool that uses facial recognition technology to locate targets across numerous social media networks on a large scale. Dubbed...

ZeroFOX announces TIP integrations providing social media security coverage
2018-08-02 09:15

ZeroFOX unveiled three new integrations with Anomali, ThreatConnect and ThreatQuotient, enabling customers to better prevent, detect, respond to and recover from social media-based threats. By...

Social media rumors lead to PepsiCo lawsuit
2018-07-30 12:26

...so take down those 3,412 Facebook links, 20,244 Facebook posts, 242 YouTube videos, 6 Instagram links, and 562 tweets ... by court order.