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Tag: social media
Accidental VirusTotal upload is a valuable reminder to double check what you share
A document accidentally uploaded to Google’s VirusTotal service has resulted in the potential exposure of defence and intelligence agency names and…
“TootRoot” Mastodon vulnerabilities fixed: Admins, patch now!
One of Twitter’s big rivals, Mastodon, recently finished fixing four issues which (in the worst case) allowed for the creation of files on…
TikTok: What’s going on and should I be worried?
Since 2020, several governments and organizations have banned, or considered banning, the immensely popular social media app TikTok from their staff’s…
“ViLE” members posed as police officers and extorted victims
Two men have been charged with wire fraud and conspiracy to commit computer intrusions after they allegedly extorted victims by threatening to…
Consumer privacy and social media
Looking at the privacy related stories of 2022, it’s not hard to see that much of the focus was on the social…
Fake Flipper Zero websites look to cause a big splash
Security researchers are advised to be on the lookout for scammers targeting their interest in the latest hard to obtain security…
Ho, ho, no! Scams to avoid this festive season
Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, someone will try and stuff a scam down your chimney either way. The FBI is…
Hive Social pulls the plug on itself after security flaws found
You may well have changed your social media site of choice recently, but that doesn’t mean the security implications of less…
“Legal but harmful” clause from Online Safety Bill dropped in the name of free speech
Progress for the Online Safety Bill, the landmark legislation that regulates online content in the UK, has been slow since its…