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1 year, 8 months ago
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Covers how social media can expose personal data, spread scams, enable account takeover, and provide channels for influence or abuse.
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Social media comprises online services where people and organizations publish content, communicate, and form networks. The term covers public posts, private messages, groups, live streams, advertising systems, and the APIs and third-party applications that process platform data.
For security teams, these platforms expose identity, relationship, and behavioral information that can support targeted phishing, impersonation, or social engineering. Compromised accounts may be used to distribute malicious links or fraud, while excessive sharing and poorly controlled integrations can expose personal or corporate data. Relevant controls include strong authentication, phishing-resistant account recovery, least-privilege access for connected applications, monitoring for brand and executive impersonation, and clear retention and privacy policies. Public posts and platform telemetry can also provide threat intelligence, but collection and use may be constrained by privacy obligations and applicable data-protection rules.
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Bank Info Security
1 year, 8 months ago
Cryptohack Roundup: US Claws Back Stolen Crypto
Also: Truth Terminal Founder Social Media Hack Inflates Fraudulent TokenThis week, a Truth Terminal founder hack, U.S. recovered stolen crypto, TeamTNT resurfaced, former FTX exec Nishad Singh avoided prison, a possible SEC's X account hacker plea deal, Tether reported to be under investigation, trends in digital assets enforcement and pending Dutch crypto legislation.
Bank Info Security
1 year, 8 months ago
Lawsuits Accuse LinkedIn of Tracking Users' Health Info
Class Action Suits Target Tools Used to Track Medical Appointments on WebsitesLinkedIn is facing several proposed class action lawsuits filed in recent weeks in California alleging that the company is "intercepting" users' sensitive information related to appointments booked on medical websites through the use of web tracking tools for marketing and advertising purposes.
Info Security Magazine
1 year, 8 months ago
Suspicious Social Media Accounts Deployed Ahead of COP29
Global Witness uncovered a network of 71 suspicious accounts on X supporting the Azeri government
The Register
1 year, 8 months ago
JPMorgan Chase sues scammers following viral 'infinite money glitch'
ATMs paid customers thousands ... and now the bank wants its money back JPMorgan Chase has begun suing fraudsters who allegedly stole thousands of dollars from the bank's ATMs after a check fraud glitch went viral on social media.…
The Register
1 year, 8 months ago
WordPress forces user conf organizers to share social media credentials, arousing suspicions
One told to take down posts that said nice things about WP Engine Organisers of WordCamps, community-organized events for WordPress users, have been ordered to take down some social media posts and share their login credentials for social networks.…