TikTok “Invisible Challenge” porn malware puts us all at risk
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 17:58:21 +0000
An injury to one is an injury to all. Especially if the other people are part of your social network.
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Multimillion dollar CryptoRom scam sites seized, suspects arrested in US
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 19:58:19 +0000
Five tips to keep yourself, and your friends and family, out of the clutches of “chopping block” scammers…
Read moreCryptoRom “pig butchering” scam sites seized, suspects arrested in US
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 17:58:19 +0000
Five tips to keep yourself, and your friends and family, out of the clutches of “chopping block” scammers…
Read moreHuman traffickers use social media oversharing to gain victims’ trust
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 10:57:24 +0000
Posts about money or family trouble are being used to gain trust by those who force victims into sex work or slavery, the FBI warns.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/HfUZ3TW3ABg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreGoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2020 12:47:27 +0000
The mobile app saves people money but was letting 20 companies know who’s taking antipsychotics, erectile dysfunction and HIV meds, and more.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Mjy_qyNwWEk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreFacebook sues data analytics firm OneAudience over malicious SDK
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 02 Mar 2020 11:52:59 +0000
Facebook says OneAudience paid developers to install its social-media-profile-looting SDK into their apps to get marketing data for clients.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/cTLgFQQq3iM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreFacebook bans coronavirus ‘miracle cure’ ads
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 10:50:38 +0000
Facebook, like other platforms, has seen fake news, mass-buying of face masks, and misinformation about bleach being a cure for COVID-19.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/9dojXZGW3Is” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreGoogle stops indexing WhatsApp chats; other search engines still at it
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 17:51:22 +0000
Private chat invites aren’t meant to be unfindable, Facebook says, though a snippet of code eventually shielded them from Google indexing.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/De9SWjTWYs0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreFacebook asks to be regulated kinda like a newspaper, kinda like telco
Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:37:17 +0000
Zuckerberg is in Brussels right in time for the European Commission’s release of its manifesto on regulating AI.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/vD36QJcf5Ls” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
Read moreAI filter launched to block Twitter cyberflashing
Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:35:05 +0000
A small but determined group of Twitter users think it is a good idea to direct message (DM) pictures of male genitals to complete strangers.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/CPnZboOMQOg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>
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