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Cyber SecurityNews

Biggest DDoS Cyber Attack on U.S. Just Rampant Social Media Speculation

June 30, 2020
A rampant speculation was circulated on social media claiming that T-Mobile had suffered the biggest DDoS cyber attack in U.S., which turned out to be groundless.
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Data PrivacyNews

Controversial New US-UK Treaty Could Force Social Media Companies to Create Encryption Backdoor

October 8, 2019
Under the new treaty between U.S. and UK, social media companies could be forced to open encryption backdoor for law enforcement officials to read the messages from criminals, terrorists and pedophiles.
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Cyber SecurityInsights

Beware the Latest Cryptocurrency Scams Involving Celebrity Twitter Accounts

March 28, 2018
As prices of cryptocurrencies continue to skyrocket, fraudulent cryptocurrency scams are on the rise. Twitter cryptocurrency scams impersonating celebrities or influencers are so popular with cryptocurrency thieves and hackers simply because they are so easy to pull off on a daily basis.
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Cyber SecurityInsights

Social Media Statistics Are for Marketing Purposes

February 16, 2021
From the Capitol riot to squashing of Parler, clamping down on WeChat and TikTok to impact of the SolarWinds hack, these have been a whirlwind few months full of revelations.
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Cyber SecurityNews

Cyber Criminals Have Turned Social Media Cyber Crime Into a $3 Billion Business

March 12, 2019
The problem of social media cyber crime is growing at an astonishing rate and is now a $3 billion business. According to a recent report, nearly 1 in 5 organizations worldwide are now infected by malware distributed by social media.
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Cyber SecurityInsights

Why Social Media Is a Weak Spot for Companies’ Cybersecurity

September 26, 2022
Cybercriminals are using social engineering to target company employees on social media, which remains a weak point even if a company takes every precaution necessary to protect in-house information.
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Cyber SecurityNews

Chinese Startup Leaks 318 Million Private Records Obtained Through Data Scraping Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn Social Profiles

January 22, 2021
A Chinese startup leaked information of more than 214 million social media users obtained through data scraping, including private information not provided on social profiles.
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Cyber SecurityNews

New WhatsApp Security Flaw Makes the Desktop Version Vulnerable to Remote Takeover via Malicious Messages

February 18, 2020
A WhatsApp security flaw on the desktop version was recently discovered that allows hackers to rifle through user accounts and remotely access their files on PC via malicious messages.
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Data PrivacyNews

FaceApp Privacy Concerns Show the Perils and Pitfalls of Social Media

July 29, 2019
In many ways, the hubbub surrounding FaceApp privacy was really no different from the type of drama we’ve come to expect from social media companies.
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Cyber SecurityInsights

Social Media Networks Is a Favorite Phishing Spot for Scammers Because It’s Easy Pickings

March 18, 2020
Scammers have taken to social media networks as their favorite spot for phishing attacks as there are billions of registered users with a vast majority of them practicing little to no account security.
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Data Clean Rooms Alone Would Not Fix Meta’s Privacy Problems

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Gartner: Slow Adoption and Expanding Attack Surface; Zero Trust Will Not Stop Over 50% Of Attacks by 2026

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T-Mobile Data Breach Includes Massive Compromise of Google Fi Service, Unknown Quantity of Customer Records Exposed

Data Privacy’s Tipping Point: Where We Go From Here

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