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Social media bots
Short bio A bot, also known as a zombie, automatically performs a task or set of tasks usually under the command...
“Just awful” experiment points suicidal teens at chatbot
March 14, 2023 - After getting in hot water for using an AI chatbot to provide mental health counseling, non-profit startup Koko has now been criticized...
“Untraceable” surveillance firm sued for scraping Facebook and Instagram data
January 16, 2023 - Days after Meta achieved victory after suing the NSO Group for Computer Fraud and Abuse Act charges, Meta filed a lawsuit against surveillance company Voyager...
A week in security (November 19 – 25)
November 26, 2018 - Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a look at a devastating business email compromise attack, web skimming antics, and the...
Everybody and their mother is blocking ads, so why aren’t you?
July 9, 2018 - This post may ruffle a few feathers. But we’re not here to offer advice to publishers on how to best generate revenue...
Instagram story spam claims free Apple Watch
May 31, 2018 - I have to admit, I’m not 100 percent sure who Elton Castee is. “Who’s that?” you ask? Digging around revealed that...
“Who visits your Twitter profile” spam app brings week of chaos
January 23, 2018 - Twitter spam has been around forever, and rogue apps asking for installs in return for a cool feature (to be more...
Verified Twitter accounts compromised, get busy spamming
January 19, 2017 - Update: Twitter only recommends that verified users enable 2FA on their accounts. They do, however, need to have a verified phone...
A week in security (Sep 04 – Sep 10)
September 12, 2016 - Last week, we debuted our first-ever Mobile Menace Monday post where we talked about a fake Pokémon Go app, which turned...
Blurry previews and Facebook phishing
August 26, 2016 - Here’s a Facebook phish which uses the incredibly old technique of blurring the supposed page underneath the login prompt. This is...
