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Threat actors compromised British Army ’s Twitter, YouTube accounts to promote crypto scams

Threat actors compromised the Twitter and YouTube accounts of the British Army to promote online crypto scams. The Twitter and YouTube accounts of the British Army were used to promote NFT and other crypto scams. The YouTube account was used to transmit...

July 5, 2022  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Breaking News  Hacking  Social Networks 

The role of Social Media in modern society – Social Media Day 22 interview

This is a transcription of an interview I had at Iran International broadcaster, I discussed about the role of social media in modern society. What's the Middle East government's role on Cyber bullying towards opposition activists? Middle East...

July 2, 2022  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Breaking News  Social Networks 

Exposed: the threat actors who are poisoning Facebook

An investigation of the infamous “Is That You?” video scam led Cybernews researchers into exposing threat actors who are poisoning Facebook Original post @ https://cybernews.com/security/exposed-the-threat-actors-who-are-poisoning-facebook/ An...

May 26, 2022  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Breaking News  Cyber Crime  Hacking  Security  Social Networks 

Russia-linked Fronton botnet could run disinformation campaigns

Researchers warn that the Fronton botnet was used by Russia-linked threat actors for coordinated disinformation campaigns. Fronton is a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet that was used by Russia-linked threat actors for coordinated disinformation...

May 23, 2022  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Breaking News  Cyber warfare  Hacking  Intelligence  Internet of Things  Malware  Social Networks 

How the thriving fraud industry within Facebook attacks independent media

Experts investigate how stolen Facebook accounts are used as part of a well-established fraud industry inside Facebook. No eyebrows were raised in Quriums security operation center when the independent Philippine media outlet Bulatlat once again...

May 6, 2022  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Breaking News  Cyber Crime  Hacking  Security  Social Networks 

Facebook blocked Russia and Belarus threat actors’ activity against Ukraine

Facebook/Meta said Russia-linked threat actors are attempting to use the social network against Ukraine with hate speech, bullying, and fake news. Facebook/Meta revealed that Russia-linked threat actors are attempting to weaponize the social network...

April 10, 2022  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Breaking News  Cyber warfare  Social Networks 

Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram

Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor is going to ban Instagram in Russia to prevent the spreading of info related to the Ukraine invasion. Russia will ban Instagram, the decision was announced by Russian Internet watchdog Roskomnadzor. Officially...

March 12, 2022  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Breaking News  Cyber warfare  Social Networks 

Facebook is going to shut down Face Recognition system and data it collected

Facebook announced to shut down its Face Recognition system and is going to delete over 1 billion people's facial recognition profiles. Facebook announced it will stop using the Face Recognition system on its platform and will delete over 1 billion...

November 2, 2021  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Breaking News  Digital ID  Social Networks 

Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram are down worldwide, it’s panic online

Users worldwide are experiencing problems while accessing Facebook services, including Instagram and WhatsApp. Users worldwide are not able to access Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp services due to a BGP problems. Users attempting to visit the above...

October 4, 2021  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Breaking News  Social Networks 

WhatsApp fined €225M over GDPR issues

The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined WhatsApp €225 million over data sharing transparency for European Union users' data with Facebook. The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined WhatsApp €225 million for the lack of transparency...

September 5, 2021  By Pierluigi Paganini   Posted In  Breaking News  Laws and regulations  Security  Social Networks 


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