Security News

Yahoo! $50m! hack! damages! bill!, Russian trolls menaced by Uncle Sam inaction, computer voting-machine UI confusion, and more
2018-10-27 13:19

Plus, GSA shamed for glacial notification pace Roundup This week's headlines included buggy cranes, WebEx cockups, and DNS drama.…

Apple boss demands Bloomberg Super Micro U-turn, Russian troll charged, NSA hands out cash, and more
2018-10-20 09:01

Plus, hackers find a safe haven in West Haven Roundup After we encountered a libssh security blunder, a leaky Tea Party, and a dodgy Redmond sports marketer, another week is in the book.…

Twitter publishes data on Iranian and Russian troll farms
2018-10-18 09:03

Over 1m tweets show that we're suckers for funny/sarcastic/edgy, not so much for blah-blah-blah “news” spreaders.

Bloke gets six months for fixing up Russia's US election trolls with bank accounts, fake identities
2018-10-11 19:36

Pinedo avoids serious time after spilling beans to Mueller on account sales A California man who provided bank accounts to Russian online trolls seeking to monkey with America's 2016 elections...

Russian Trolls 'Spread Vaccine Misinformation' Online
2018-08-27 13:48

Bots and Trolls Account for Majority of Vaccine Tweets, Researchers FindPublic health alert: Russian trolls have been spreading "polarized and anti-vaccine" misinformation via social media in a...

Convicted! Anonymous Twitter troll not as anonymous as they thought
2018-06-18 12:34

It's surprising how many trolls don't realise that if Twitter knows who they are, the police can find out too.

While Zuck squirmed, Reddit revealed it found and killed 944 Russian troll factory accounts
2018-04-11 07:06

Posts hit hyper-partisan r/the_donald, CEO says most crimped before 2016 election While Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the US Congress, Reddit confessed to its own Russian problem.…

Tumblr troll-ban follows February indictments
2018-04-01 00:00

Russian pro-propaganda accounts boosted, but posts remain in place so users can delete them or not A group of Russian “troll factory” operators indicted in February were tagged by Tumblr last year.…

Out for Justice: Feds Battle Trolls
2018-02-23 11:18

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: The Department of Justice indicts Russians for allegedly running an industrialized troll factory designed to influence U.S. politics. Also,...

Information Warfare: Gauging Trolls' Influence on Democracy
2018-01-30 14:33

CIA Chief Warns Russia is Seeking to Influence US Midterm ElectionsHow effective are nation-backed trolls at influencing individuals via social media? An analysis of Russian trolls' accounts...