Categories: Scams Tags: charity Tags: compromised Tags: hijack Tags: security Tags: twitter We take a look at some very peculiar tweets from wrestling legend Mick Foley, who claims to have PS5 consoles for sale. |
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 11:38:31 +0000
The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2022 17:19:35 +0000
We take a look at some very peculiar tweets from wrestling legend Mick Foley, who claims to have PS5 consoles for sale.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 15:17:39 +0000
We take a look at reports that verified Twitter accounts are being targeted by scammers with claims of hate speech.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2022 05:51:33 +0000
This week on Lock and Code, we talk about the often-undiscussed security benefits of Tor networking, also called onion networking.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 12:27:05 +0000
Twitter is paying the price for using users’ security information for targeted advertising,
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 15:01:36 +0000
Law enforcement believes that these hackers duping major tech companies are teenagers. But they are causing severe harm.
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Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 14:27:35 +0000
When KrebsOnSecurity last month explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media and technology providers, many security experts called it a fundamentally unfixable problem. But don’t tell that to Matt Donahue, a former FBI agent who recently quit the agency to launch a startup that aims to help tech companies do a better job screening out phony law enforcement data requests — in part by assigning trustworthiness or “credit ratings” to law enforcement authorities worldwide.
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