A Peek into the Fake Review Marketplace
July 13 2020A personal account of someone who was paid to buy products on Amazon and leave fake reviews. Fake reviews are one of the problems that everyone knows about, and...
Read moreAt the risk of giving you a feeling of déjà vu all over again, it's time to talk about Facebook hoaxes once more.
Read moreAndroid Apps Stealing Facebook Credentials
June 30 2020Google has removed 25 Android apps from its store because they steal Facebook credentials: Before being taken down, the 25 apps were collectively downloaded more than 2.34 million times....
Read moreFacebook Helped Develop a Tails Exploit
June 12 2020This is a weird story: Hernandez was able to evade capture for so long because he used Tails, a version of Linux designed for users at high risk of...
Read moreA third-party cybersecurity firm were paid to drill a hole in a Tor-reliant operating system to uncover a man who spent years sextorting young girls.
Read moreFacebook users will see notices labeling "state-controlled media", based on criteria such as funding, editorial independence, ownership structure and more.
Read moreHopefully it's a COVID-19 version of what it did post-2016 elections, when it required verification of those buying political or issue ads.
Read moreNote that this is "announced," so we don't know when it's actually going to be implemented. Facebook today announced new features for Messenger that will alert you when messages...
Read moreIn May 2019, FireEye Threat Intelligence published a blog post exposing a network of English-language social media accounts that engaged in inauthentic behavior and misrepresentation...
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