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...]
Locky Botnet Down – Daily Security Byte EP. 272
I ended last week's Daily Bytes on a positive note with news of a big botnet going down. Watch Friday's video to learn what this means for two popular malware variants. (Episode Runtime: 2:15 Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34_RZ-jsfmc EPISODE REFERENCES: World's largest botnet vanishes - Motherboard Researcher's comments on Necurs disapperance … [Read more...]
Twitter Password Dump – Daily Security Byte EP. 271
It feels like there has been an endless flood of social network credential leaks on the underground lately. Well, add yet another to the list. Today's video talks about criminals selling 32 million cleartext Twitter passwords online. Watch to learn whether or not you should be concerned. (Episode Runtime: 3:00) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
Who Cares About Lovely Horse? – Daily Security Byte EP.20
Oh no... The NSA and GCHQ are following security experts on Twitter! The Sky is falling, the sky is falling! Watch today's video to learn why I don't think the latest "Snowden leak" qualifies as news. (Episode Runtime: 1:29) Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz3v3m2w07w EPISODE REFERENCES: Operation Lovely Horse: GCHQ uses researchers public feeds to get … [Read more...]
Vulnerability Disclosure Fight – WSWiR Episode 135
Want a quick way to learn about the latest information security (infosec) news and tips? Then this is the video for you! Every week, I summarize the most important stuff, and share what you should do about it. This week, we've changed the format of the show. Since I'm now posting the Daily Security Byte every week day, our weekly episode will summarize those episodes, share … [Read more...]
