Security News

Australia Police Accidentally Broadcast Arrest Plans on Social Media
2017-12-19 12:08

Australian police accidentally broadcast on social media details of an operation to arrest a suspected North Korean agent -- three days before he was taken into custody, media reported Wednesday. read more

Should Social Media be Considered Part of Critical Infrastructure?
2017-11-30 14:42

Is Social Media a Critical Industry? read more

Android Malware Steals Data from Social Media Apps
2017-11-29 18:54

A newly discovered backdoor that has managed to infect over one thousand Android devices was designed to steal sensitive data from popular social media applications, Google reveals. read more

Governments manipulate social media, threaten global Internet freedom
2017-11-14 13:38

Governments around the world are dramatically increasing their efforts to manipulate information on social media, threatening the notion of the Internet as a liberating technology, according to...

Department of Homeland Security to Collect Social Media of Immigrants and Citizens
2017-09-28 12:43

New rules give the DHS permission to collect "social media handles, aliases, associated identifiable information, and search results" as part of people's immigration file. The Federal Register has...

Leveraging social media in advanced threat intelligence (Help Net Security)
2017-08-30 13:00

In this podcast recorded at Black Hat USA 2017, Christian Lees, CISO at InfoArmor, discusses how leveraging social media helps to understand the motives and threat landscape from threat actors....

PlayStation Social Media Accounts Hacked (Security Week)
2017-08-21 15:47

A notorious hacking firm, probably best described as greyhats rather than white or blackhats, briefly breached the PlayStation Facebook and Twitter accounts on Sunday. read more

Sony PlayStation Social Media Accounts Hacked; Claims PSN Database Breach (The Hackers News)
2017-08-21 10:55

After hacking social media accounts of HBO and its widely watched show Game of Thrones, a notorious group of hackers calling itself OurMine took control over the official Twitter and Facebook...