Scammers with blue checkmarks on Twitter X
Fraudsters are buying blue checkmarks to impersonate well-known brands on X (ex-Twitter) and scam users.
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Fraudsters are buying blue checkmarks to impersonate well-known brands on X (ex-Twitter) and scam users.
We explain what the Fediverse is, how it works, where you can experience it today, and what to expect in the future.
Discussing privacy in Threads, and whether you should sign up to Zuckerberg’s Twitter clone.
How to know if you’re facing a scam: we identify all the red flags in a recent scam that deployed a fake cryptocurrency exchange
Scammers pretend to represent brands on Twitter and lure customers onto phishing websites. Here’s how to avoid it.
How to protect your clients from cybercriminals impersonating your company on Twitter.
In this episode of the podcast, Dave and Jeff discuss Zoom bombings in court, Canon hit by ransomware, a US bounty for election interference, and more.
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We tell you which security and privacy settings will hold Twitter hackers and spammers at bay.
Cybercriminals employing office cleaners to gain access into companies, the city of Racine hit with ransomware, Kaspersky SAS, the latest headaches for Twitter, and more.
Twitter has taken actions to prevent attacks with strobing images on people with epilepsy. Are these actions sufficient?
Jeff and Dave discuss more cameras in Kings Cross, Twitter accidentally using personal data for ads without permission, Microsoft listening in on Skype, and more.
Ready to delete your Twitter account? Here’s how. But you’d better back up your tweets first.
In this edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, we discuss a targeted cryptocurrency scam, Canadian weed database breached, bio chips, and the current state of spam and phishing.
Twitter cryptocurrency scams are becoming more and more advanced and convincing, with scammers using new techniques and some heavy artillery.
David and Jeff discuss Fortnite (again!), the T-Mobile data breach, and how a fish tank helped, in a way, with the development of the modern Internet.
How security researchers were able to track down cryptocurrency bots on Twitter.
In this edition, Jeff and Dave discuss how a McDonald’s drive-thru was hacked, USB drama, and more.
How Twitter’s “not-a-leak” made me realize that remembering passwords no longer works.
Jeff and Dave discuss a Facebook dating app, Twitter selling data to Cambridge Analytica, and more.