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A week in security (August 6 – August 12)

August 13, 2018 admin Botnet, CTNT report, cybercrime, exploit kits, meltdown, ransomware, RDP, recap, Security world, true cost of cybercrime, Twitter bots, Week in security, weekly blog roundup, whatsapp. javascript

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:37:10 +0000

A round-up of the security news from August 6 – August 12, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript.

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A week in security (August 6 – 12)

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2018 16:37:10 +0000

A round-up of the security news from August 6 – 12, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript.

Categories:

Tags: botnet CTNT report cybercrime exploit kits Meltdown ransomware rdp recap true cost of cybercrime twitter bots week in security weekly blog roundup whatsapp. javascript

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Independent MotherBoard Security

What it Means to Be an ‘Experimental Computer Poet’

October 12, 2017 admin AI, allison parrish, Computers, Interview, nyu, Twitter bots

Credit to Author: Mariana Fernandez| Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:00:00 +0000

A conversation with Allison Parrish, the artist behind your favorite Twitter bots.

Independent Krebs

Twitter Bots Use Likes, RTs for Intimidation

August 30, 2017 admin Atlantic Council, Ben Nimmo, Colin Crowell, Daily Beast, Digital Forensic Research Lab, Donald Trump, Ed Summers, email bomb, Eric Uman, Jeff Larson, Joseph Cox, Kremlin, Lauren Kirchner, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, Other, ProPublica, Twitter bots, Vladimir Putin

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 03:59:49 +0000

I awoke this morning to find my account on Twitter (@briankrebs) had attracted almost 12,000 new followers overnight. Then I noticed I’d gained almost as many followers as the number of re-tweets (RTs) earned for a tweet I published on Tuesday. The tweet stated how every time I tweet something related to Russian President Vladimir Putin I […]