Security News

Six tips for practicing safe social media (Help Net Security)
2016-12-09 12:45

With Facebook now counting over 1.7 billion monthly users and LinkedIn another 467 million, it was only a matter of time until criminal hackers turned their attention to exploiting social media as...

Government Propaganda on Social Media (Schneier on Security)
2016-11-22 20:29

Vice Motherboard has an interesting article about governments using social-media platforms for propaganda and surveillance, and the companies that are supporting this....

Fake executive social media accounts threaten enterprises (Help Net Security)
2016-11-16 13:00

New research has uncovered numerous duplicative Twitter and LinkedIn accounts among Fortune 500 leaders, raising concerns about potential security vulnerabilities. Analysts at BrandProtect...

Week in review: Social media surveillance, ransomware recovery, US accuses Russia of hacking (Help Net Security)
2016-10-16 13:00

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and articles: Twitter, Facebook revoke access to social media surveillance software used by cops Geofeedia, a US-based...

Twitter, Facebook revoke access to social media surveillance software used by cops (Help Net Security)
2016-10-13 18:59

Geofeedia, a US-based company that offers its social media aggregation platform “to a broad range of private and public sector clients”, also numbers among its clients over 500 law enforcement and...