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![Terrorists told to hijack social media accounts to spread propaganda](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-stats-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-stats-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/cloud-cybersecurity-statistics-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/password-statistics-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/managed-security-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/cybersecurity-breach-statistics-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/data-breach-stats-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/cost-stats-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
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](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-2-small.jpg)
...so take down those 3,412 Facebook links, 20,244 Facebook posts, 242 YouTube videos, 6 Instagram links, and 562 tweets ... by court order.