Fake Facebook Ads, Twitter Bots, and Fraudulent LinkedIn Accounts If you haven’t heard by now, many fake accounts exist on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. A social media bot refers to an account that programmatically posts content. Many bots serve good purposes such as reporting and gathering information. The data from bots can help businesses, governments, news agencies … [Read more...]
LinkedIn Loses 117M Credentials – Daily Security Byte EP. 264
In the middle of 2012, LinkedIn warned that attackers had stolen millions of their users' credentials. That leak was bad enough, but it turns out the breach was much bigger than first reported. In today's video, I share just how many passwords criminals are selling on the underground, and what LinkedIn users should do to protection their accounts. (Episode Runtime: … [Read more...]
Cryptolocker Copycat – WSWiR Episode 90
Linkedin Sues Hackers, Yahoo Spreads Malware, and PowerLocker Copies CryptoLocker What are the latest vulnerabilities, who's the most recent breach victim, and how do you protect yourself from the newest cyber attacks? Learn all this and more in WatchGuard weekly security news summary video! This week I share how ads on the European Yahoo site spread malware, I talk about how … [Read more...]
WatchGuard Security Week in Review: Episode 21
Huge Linkedin Password Leak, Flame Updates, and Microsoft Patch Day Need a quick video summary of the biggest security stories of the week? Well, you've come to the right place. This week's news includes interesting new analysis of the Flame worm, a major Linkedin password leak, and some information about new software updates, including Microsoft's upcoming Patch day. Check … [Read more...]
LinkedIn Passwords Leaked; Change Your Password
According to many reports, Russian attackers have somehow gotten their hands on 6.5 million hashed LinkedIn passwords. They have posted the hashed passwords to a Russian hacking web site, asking the hacking community to help them crack the hashes. With the increases in computing power and cracking technology, I suspect it's only a matter of time until they have actual … [Read more...]
