We recently highlighted new steps Instagram is taking to try and clamp down on scammers sending fake messages on their platform….
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How to protect yourself from doxing
“Abandon hope all ye who enter.” This ominous inscription affixed atop the gates to Hell in Dante’s Divine Comedy applies peculiarly…
Good Twitter Samaritans accidentally prevent shoeshine scam
A few days ago, Indian news portals were buzzing with tales of a well-worn shoeshine scam making its way into social…
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 investigation shows Russian disinformation campaigns have global reach
A little background: on July 17, 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot from the sky on its way from Amsterdam…
Cooperating apps and automatic permissions are setting you up for failure
“Hey you. Someone from HR has invited you to a meeting on Thursday. Would you like me to add the appointment…
Labs report: Malicious AI is coming—is the security world ready?
Imagine a world in which artificial intelligence has gone rogue—the robots have revolted against their masters and have now enslaved all…
Governments increasingly eye social media meltdown
These are trying times for social networks, with endless reports of harassment and abuse not being tackled and many users leaving…
Ellen DeGeneres giveaway scam spreading on social media
Scammers are pushing multiple fake Facebook profiles of Ellen DeGeneres, popular US TV show host and producer, with the goal of…
A week in security (April 1 – 7)
Last week, Malwarebytes Labs took readers on a brief tour of some of the world’s most notable data privacy laws, explored…
Labs survey finds privacy concerns, distrust of social media rampant with all age groups
Before Cambridge Analytica made Facebook an unwilling accomplice to a scandal by appropriating and misusing more than 50 million users’ data, the…