COVID-19 Pandemic Drives Sharp Uptick in Misinformation, Fake Domains

COVID-19 Pandemic Drives Sharp Uptick in Misinformation, Fake Domains

Half of cybersecurity professionals regard misinformation as a major threat to the enterprise 46% of organizations plan to improve their ability to react to misinformation and fake domains Erosion of trust caused ...
YouTube Takes New Measures to Combat Disinformation Ahead of US Elections

YouTube Takes New Measures to Combat Disinformation Ahead of US Elections

YouTube says it is making changes to its platform in advance of the 2020 United States elections in an effort to curb the spread of false information about candidates or the election ...
Facebook declares war on ‘deepfakes’

Facebook declares war on ‘deepfakes’

Beleaguered social media platform Facebook is stepping up its game against media manipulation. Recognizing that deepfake content poses a real threat to society, Zuck’s social network swears to ban all such content ...
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Media Under Cyberattack: The Real Fake News Threat

The term “fake news” is one that we hear often lately, a phrase uttered when someone doesn’t like or agree with media coverage. But fake news has a more sinister side, one ...
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ZAO: Twitter user Sam Driver-Tweddell, who replaced Samwell Tarly in Game of Thrones.

CEO voice deepfake blamed for scam that stole $243,000

So-called artificial intelligence apps like Zao had been stirring up controversy with their potential abusive use to beat facial recognition systems. The Chinese deepfake video app proved itself to be widely popular ...
What Does Fake News Have to Do With Cybersecurity

What Does Fake News Have to Do With Cybersecurity? A Lot

We’ve all heard of the fake news phenomena, especially over the last few years. As understood by the general public, fake news spreads false stories shared on social media that intend to ...
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Russia's ‘Fake News’ Swirls in U.S. and Europe

Russia’s ‘Fake News’ Swirls in U.S. and Europe

Here come yet more stories of Russia interfering in elections, Moscow-sponsored attempts to sow discord, and Putin-led conspiracy-theory spreading. But it has to be said: They’re suspiciously thinly-sourced ...
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WhatsApp overwhelmed by volume of fake news spread in India through group messaging, researchers find

WhatsApp overwhelmed by volume of fake news spread in India through group messaging, researchers find

A lack of trust in the mainstream media has led to dissemination of a large amount of false digital information on social networks, but in India it appears things have taken a ...
Bitdefender identifies major fake news website farm ramping up social traffic

Bitdefender identifies major fake news website farm ramping up social traffic

It is elections season in the US and digital guerilla groups are making their presence felt in hopes of swinging the vote one way or another. With less than two weeks left ...

A week in security (August 27 – September 2)

A round-up of the security news from August 27 – September 2, including ransomware, interesting talks during BlackHat, botnets, and the evils of JavaScript. Categories: Security world Week in security Tags: emaileu ...