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Social Media is the collective term for websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. It includes platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and many others that have deeply integrated into the daily lives of billions of people.
In the context of information security, Social Media presents unique challenges and risks. It has become a fertile ground for cyberthreats such as phishing attacks, identity theft, and the spread of malware. Furthermore, the vast amount of personal and corporate data shared on these platforms can be exploited for malicious purposes if not adequately protected. Social Media security involves implementing measures to safeguard sensitive information and protect users from online threats while maintaining privacy and compliance with data protection laws.
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Five Eyes Agencies Document 5-Step Chinese Job Platform Spy SchemeThe Five Eyes intelligence agencies issued a rare joint bulletin warning that Chinese military intelligence is using LinkedIn, Indeed, and Upwork to recruit government and military insiders. The operation targets clearance holders, military personnel, academics and journalists.
Social Media Platform Files Petition With Agency Over May 2022 Consent OrderElon Musk's social media company wants a do-over with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in a petition arguing the agency should terminate data security oversight 16 years early. The FTC began Tuesday a public comment period for X's request to set aside or fully modify a May 2022 consent order.
A single poisoned notification from WhatsApp, Slack, SMS, Signal, Instagram, or Messenger could have hijacked Google Gemini's voice assistant on Android and made it open a victim's connected windows, fake a message from their boss, push the phone into a Zoom call, or quietly poison its long-term memory
Attackers exploited Meta’s AI support chatbot to reset Instagram passwords and hijack accounts without accessing victims’ email inboxes. Attackers abused Meta’s AI-powered support chatbot to reset Instagram passwords and hijack accounts without accessing victims’ email inboxes. The issue affected several users, including high-profile accounts, before Instagram fixed the flaw. Security researcher Jane Wong and other […]
Multiple Instagram users had their accounts hijacked after attackers convinced Meta's AI-powered support tools that they were the legitimate owners. [...]
The Instagram accounts for the Obama White House and the Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Space Force were briefly defaced with pro-Iranian images and messages over the weekend, after instructions began circulating on Telegram showing how to trick Meta's "AI support assistant" bot into resetting account passwords.
Parliamentary committee tells ministers online safety regime is failing children and warns 'no action is not an option'
After years of insisting end-to-end encryption was the future of online comms, Zuckcorp has handed itself full visibility into user chats once again
Social media biz says watchdog's fine formula is 'disproportionate' and should stop counting global revenue
The woman’s lawyer told CyberScoop they believe the company edited her video to suggest she was a “friend with benefits” and intentionally geofenced it to men around her. The post A college student is suing a dating app that allegedly used her TikTok videos to target men in her dormitory appeared first on CyberScoop.
Even limited voter rolls can be linked to identify people, research shows Your voter data could be used against you. A foreign intelligence service that wished to identify the family members of deployed military personnel could do so by cross-referencing public voter record data and social media posts.…
Meta Ruling Points to Obligatory VerificationThe European Union all but mandated the use of age verification technologies by large social platforms by provisionally finding that Meta broke digital rules by allowing pre-teens to login. Many European countries are following Australia's lead in raising the minimum age for social media use.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warned of a massive increase in losses from social media scams since 2020, exceeding $2.1 billion in 2025. [...]
Legit-looking website, camera-on interviews, jokes about backdoors ... it worked EXCLUSIVE It all started with a LinkedIn message, as so many employment scams do these days.…
In an educational game called "Capture the Narrative," students created bots to sway a fictional election, simulating influence in real-world political scenarios.
A nascent Android remote access trojan called Mirax has been observed actively targeting Spanish-speaking countries, with campaigns reaching more than 220,000 accounts on Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and Threads through advertisements on Meta
The North Korean hacking group tracked as APT37 (aka ScarCruft) has been attributed to a fresh multi-stage, social engineering campaign in which threat actors approached targets on Facebook and added them as friends on the social media platform, turning the trust-building exercise into a delivery channel for a remote access trojan called RokRAT
A new report dubbed "BrowserGate" warns that Microsoft's LinkedIn is using hidden JavaScript scripts on its website to scan visitors' browsers for installed extensions and collect device data. [...]
A new report dubbed "BrowserGate" warns that Microsoft's LinkedIn is using hidden JavaScript scripts on its website to scan visitors' browsers for installed extensions and collect device data. [...]
Push Security has uncovered a new AiTM phishing campaign targeting TikTok for Business accounts using Google and TikTok themed login pages