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State-sponsored cyber groups are flocking to the ‘ClickFix’ social engineering technique
State-sponsored hackers from North Korea, Iran, and Russia are exploiting the ‘ClickFix’ social engineering technique for the first time – and to great success. Popular for some time with cyber crime groups, ClickFix is a social engineering practice that uses dialog boxes with instructions to copy, paste, and run malicious commands on the target’s machine. The technique was first seen…
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State-sponsored hackers embrace ClickFix social engineering tactic
ClickFix attacks are gaining traction among threat actors, with multiple advanced persistent threat (APT) groups from North Korea, Iran, and Russia adopting the technique in recent espionage campaigns. ClickFix is a social engineering tactic where malicious websites impersonate legitimate software or document-sharing platforms. Targets are lured via phishing or malvertising and shown fake error messages that claim a document or…
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DOGE wants to modernize Social Security’s legacy tech — what could possibly go wrong? – Computerworld
“You can’t just flip a switch one night and expect to be able to upgrade. It takes due diligence, and you have to understand the complexity of the programs,” he added. In light of DOGE’s employee cuts at the agency, Fichtner and Kathleen Romig, director of Social Security and Disability Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, warned…
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‘Redact’ Can Delete Your Posts From 28 Different Social Networks
From security and privacy concerns to good old-fashioned cringe, there are all kinds of reasons you might want to delete your old social media posts. And there are plenty of tools for the job out there. The problem: most tend to focus on one or two social media networks. Redact, however, is a paid tool with support for deleting posts…
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Roblox: all the news about the popular social and gaming platform
Roblox is a massive app — as of September 2023, Roblox says it has more than 65 million daily active users — and it’s becoming an increasingly interesting platform to watch amid growing competition from social and metaverse platforms like Epic Games’ Fortnite and Meta’s Horizon Worlds. Here’s all of our coverage of Roblox. Source link
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Generative AI Powers Social Engineering Attacks
Phishing was no longer as common in 2024 as before, according to CrowdStrike’s 2025 Global Threat Report. Threat actors trend toward accessing legitimate accounts through social engineering techniques like voice phishing (vishing), callback phishing, and help desk social engineering attacks. We’re well within the era of what cybersecurity technology CrowdStrike called “the enterprising adversary,” with malware-as-a-service and criminal ecosystems replacing…
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Chase will soon block Zelle payments to sellers on social media
JPMorgan Chase Bank (Chase) will soon start blocking Zelle payments to social media contacts to combat a significant rise in online scams utilizing the service for fraud. Zelle is a highly popular digital payments network that allows users to transfer money quickly and securely between bank accounts. It is also integrated into the mobile apps of many banks in the…
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Trump vs. Twitter: The president takes on social media moderation
For years, Donald Trump’s fight against social media companies has been a one-man boxing match. He calls them out over bias, and they rewrite policies making him the one exception to their rules, taking care never to punch back. But on Tuesday, Twitter slapped back for the first time ever, labeling two tweets as making false and misleading claims about…
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Tapestry Lets You Combine Social Media, Blogs, and Videos to Create Your Own Timeline
As convenient as the internet is, when big tech companies chase endless growth, that can mean bloat. Nowadays, it feels like every company wants to lure me into an algorithm trap, convince me to use their AI services, or try to make me pay a premium to browse like I used to. One of my favorite tools for fighting back…
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Who Creates Spam and Social Media Bots, and Why?
Quick Links Types of Bots on Social Media Spend enough time on any social platform, and you’ll probably spot shady accounts posting recycled comments, sending suspicious links, or responding with the same canned message again and again. So who’s behind them, and what do they gain? These accounts pop up across YouTube, Instagram, and any other social media platform. In…
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