social media

California Federal Court Weighs In (Again) on Social Media Scraping

Social media sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn have collected personal information on hundreds of millions of subscribers. They have…

4 days ago

Securing Devices at Home and Work

It's National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! We're sharing tips to secure your devices at home and at work so that you…

2 months ago

The Social Dilemma

In episode 142 for October 12th 2020: My conversation about the pros and cons of the Netflix documentary “The Social…

2 months ago

APWG: SSL Certificates No Longer Indication of Safe Browsing

The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) has released its Phishing Activity Trends Report analyzing phishing attacks and identifying theft techniques reported…

2 months ago

Election Interference: The Russians Are Back, or They Never Left

Every day brings new revelations on Russia's strategy of disruption to the west, the United States specifically. As Yogi Berra…

3 months ago

Almost 235 Million YouTube, TikTok and Instagram Profiles Exposed Online by Unsecured Database

A security researcher has found a database with almost 235 social media profiles scraped from the Internet, likely belonging to…

3 months ago

Audio Recordings Used to Copy Keys, Carnival Ransomware Attack, Social Media Profile Data Exposed

In episode 135 for August 24th 2020: Details on how researchers can use audio recordings of keys being used in…

3 months ago

Identifying COVID-19 Phishing Scams

As we continue to move through 2020 it has become very clear that cyber criminals are taking advantage of the…

4 months ago

TikTok and National Security: The Need for a Comprehensive U.S. Privacy Law

Last week, President Donald Trump threatened to ban the popular social media platform TikTok, whose corporate owner is a Chinese…

4 months ago

74% of Internet Users Feel They Have No Control Over the Personal Information Collected on Them

New research conducted by the Ponemon Institute reveals a substantial lack of empowerment felt by consumers when it comes to…

4 months ago