social media

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

The Justice Department has announced the seizure of two domain names as well as nearly 1,000 social media accounts used by Russian actors to create and spread disinformation in the United States. US agencies including the FBI and Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), alongside agencies in Canada and the Netherlands, released a joint advisory detailing…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: SecurityWeek

The account of Mandiant, which is part of Google Cloud, was renamed to ‘Phantom’ and its profile image and description were updated to appear affiliated with the legitimate Phantom cryptocurrency wallet. Messages posted on the hijacked account promoted a website hosted at claim-phntm.com, which claimed to distribute cryptocurrency tokens through an airdrop. In reality, the…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Dark Reading

Last week, a group of hackers targeted Radioactive Waste Management (RWM), a UK government-owned company behind the country’s multibllion-dollar Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) nuclear waste-storage project, using social engineering and LinkedIn. RWM merged last year with two other companies to create Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), which also administers the Low Level Waste Repository in Cumbria,…

Application Security

Issued by: CSO Online

Facebook is the most secure social networking site among the major players, thanks to improved privacy controls and support for more secure two-factor authentication technology, but the social media sector as a whole remains vulnerable to different types of account takeover. According to a study released Tuesday by access management vendor Cerby, the biggest area…

News

Issued by: DataBreach Today

Ukrainian law enforcement dismantled yet another bot farm spreading Russian propaganda over social media. The Ukrainian Cyber Police raided 21 locations across the country and seized computer equipment, mobile phones and more than 250 GSM gateways, including 150,000 SIM cards of different mobile operators used in the illicit activities to create fake social media profiles….

Application Security

Issued by: Dark Reading

Following the discovery of a data set of Facebook user personal data available on the Internet, the European Union’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has found Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. (MPIL) in violation of General Data Protection Regulation rules, fining the platform $275 million (€265 million), and requiring the company to make cybersecurity changes. The breached…

Malware & Threats

Issued by: Security Week

The two, Eric Meiggs, 24, of Brockton, and Declan Harrington, 22, of Beverly, employed SIM swapping, computer hacking, and other techniques as part of their nefarious activities, the US Department of Justice says. According to documents presented in court, the two targeted executives of cryptocurrency companies and individuals who had large amounts of cryptocurrency or…