Social Media Threats
Threat Actor using Social Media to Scam Credit Union Members
Recently, PhishLabs mitigated an attack using a fake social media page to steal the credentials of a credit union (CU) customer. The below demonstrates how the attack was executed ...
How to Take Down Social Media Threats
Threat actors increasingly use social media to attack brands, VIPs, and customers. The types of threats on these platforms are diverse and each social network has different policies in place for how ...
Social Media Intelligence: Cutting Through the Noise
Social media is rapidly becoming the preferred online channel for threat actors. Almost four billion people use some form of social media, and organizations are increasingly reliant on company pages, executive presence, ...
Account Takeover Attacks Cause Chaos @ Twitter
Stacy Shelley | | account takeover, Digital Risk Protection, executive impersonation, Social Media Monitoring, Social Media Threats
On Tuesday afternoon, dozens of high-profile Twitter accounts were hijacked to promote cryptocurrency scams. Threat actors took over the accounts of Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Barack Obama, Jeff Bezos, and many others ...
Executive Impersonation Techniques on Social Media
Threat actors are masquerading as executives on social media for purposes of stealing credentials and damaging popular brands. Today, many executives have accounts on these platforms to network as well as post ...
Data Leakage on Social Media: Credit Card Info, Confidential Docs
When the term data leak comes to mind, most enterprises think of the dark web. Although compromised information can damage an organization when distributed through gated and anonymous platforms, we are seeing ...
Social Media Platforms Latest Channels used to Leak Sensitive Data
Threat actors are using social media accounts to expose and sell data that has been compromised. While information found on many of these platforms has traditionally been disclosed by enterprises and individuals ...
Threat Actors Impersonate Brands on Social Media for Malicious Purposes
With more than 2.95 billion people now estimated to use social media, an organization’s online presence directly relates to the satisfaction of its customers, as well as its profits. False or misleading ...