Articles Tagged with ''social media security''

Misinformation is a real threat to cybersecurity and the enterprise

Misinformation campaigns will dominate cybersecurity headaches in 2021

January 20, 2021

Social media campaigns designed to spread false information about companies is a growing issue and will soon be a top-level concern for security professionals and executives in every industry. With misinformation on the rise, here are a few things CSOs and their teams can start doing today to prepare.

‘LINKS’ identifies ways to strengthen disaster resilience through the uses of social media and crowdsourcing technologies

November 30, 2020

LINKS ‘Strengthening links between technologies and society for European disaster resilience’ is a project financed by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program. The aim of the project is to conduct a comprehensive study on the uses and impacts of social media and crowdsourcing (SMCS) for disaster management purposes, and to better understand the ways in which the different stakeholders can collaborate in these processes.

5 minutes with Otavio Freire – How 'soft attacks' are exploiting human connection

Maria Henriquez

October 21, 2020

Attacks within digital communications channels (like Slack, TEAMS, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn) have grown more targeted, more social engineering-focused, and the payloads have become "softer,” and the risks are not in files and links/IP's alone anymore. Instead, recent attacks are laser-targeted and evade traditional detection by focusing on human connections. To find out more about these “soft attacks,” we talk to Otavio Freire, CTO, President & Co-Founder SafeGuard Cyber.

235 million TikTok, Instagram and YouTube accounts exposed in database breach

August 24, 2020

A database breach has exposed profile data for nearly 235 million users of TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.

How CISOs Can Effectively Measure and Report Security Operations Maturity

It's not the number of moving pieces in your security program that matter; it's how those pieces are making your organization more resilient that truly counts. How do you achieve that goal?

James Carder

August 10, 2020

When reporting to the board of directors, the majority of CISOs measure the effectiveness of their program against a proven model. But what exactly should a CISO be measuring and reporting? Here are some top recommendations.

Twitter finds security vulnerability in Android app

August 7, 2020

Twitter has announced that it has found a security vulnerability in its Android app.

FBI sees rise in online shopping scams

August 4, 2020

The FBI says that an increasing number of victims are being directed to fraudulent websites via social media platforms and popular online search engines.

Phone spear phishing allowed hackers to gain Twitter employee credentials

August 3, 2020

Twitter has released additional information on their investigation into the compromise that occurred on July 15, 2020. The attack, says the company, started with a spear phishing attack on a select group of employees that "relied on a significant and concerted attempt to mislead certain employees and exploit human vulnerabilities to gain access to [Twitter's] internal systems."

UCSD and USD investigating social media accounts posting hate speech

July 31, 2020

UC San Diego denounced an Instagram account claiming an affiliation with the university that posted "hateful, racist content" on its page, while a similar investigation was underway at the University of San Diego, according to a news report.

How "Militia-Sphere" Platforms Have Grown Exponentially During COVID-19

June 12, 2020

A new report, COVID-19, Conspiracy and Contagious Sedition: A Case Study on the Militia-Sphere, details how the Militia-sphere’s messaging has grown increasingly extreme as the pandemic has progressed, to the point of threatening and enacting violent attacks.

Retail security professionals are facing an increasingly complex array of security challenges — everything from organized retail crime to evolving cyber-physical threats and public safety concerns.