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...]
Hackers Troll Pop Princess’ Instagram, But Not as Fans
Turns out alleged Russian hackers have an affinity for American pop culture. Particularly, pop princess, Britney Spears. But, they’re not listening to her hit record, “Baby One More Time.” They’re actually leveraging her Instagram account to further the distribution of malware. According to a recent ZDNet article, researchers at Eset found that the hacking group Trula is … [Read more...]
What 6 Social Media Habits Put Your Business At Risk?
Using social media at work is acceptable in most offices, and is critical to some people’s jobs. But, with people actively posting, reading and connecting during business hours, what network security risks does this create? WatchGuard's Information Security Threat Analyst, Marc Laliberte, recently offered his perspective in a Dark Reading article. From oversharing to clicking … [Read more...]
“ImageGate” – A Snapshot
Last week, security researchers announced “ImageGate” - “Locky” ransomware spreading via picture files on social media sites like Facebook. When covering the story, TechNewsWorld looked to our very own Marc Laliberte to learn more about how serious the threat is and what can be done about it. Check out the brief excerpt below: “Most social media sites, including Facebook … [Read more...]
GOZeus Down – WSWiR Episode 110
NSA Facial Recognition, OpenSSL Patch, and Zeus Takedown It's that time again. If you have a hankering for the latest InfoSec news, this is the place to get it. You can watch me summarize all of the week's biggest security stories in one short video. Today I talk about the NSA scanning the Internet for our pictures, a big OpenSSL security update, and the latest botnet takedown … [Read more...]
