Although this series of cyber-attacks is closely associated with the Ukraine/Russia conflict you should expect to see other cyber criminals adopting similar tactics: Ukraine Themed Twitter Spam Pushing iOS Scareware – SANS Internet Storm Centre This article by Johannes Ullrich shows the web of accounts that threat actors weave across …
I was wrong – there is a “good news” Twitter story – three of them
Zoe Kleinman the Technology editor over at BBC Tech News has interviewed three women for whom Twitter has been a positive force in their lives. One found love, and one turned a passion into a business and the other started a campaign: Twitter: Romance, business and campaigns born on the …
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The cost of free speech or what happens when you spread “hate speech” across the media in the name of “free speech”.
The Infowars, shock jock, Alex Jones, broadcast and then repeated, hateful unsubstantiated lies, about the tragic events at Sandy Hook – now he will have to pay… a lot! The $1 Billion Alex Jones Effect | WIRED UK Sandy Hook review: anatomy of an American tragedy – and the obscenity …
What is hell? – #BeCyberSmart
Weekends here at Smart Thinking is when we run background and more in depth, longer reads about cyber security and technology. So, we are starting our Cyber Security Awareness month – an event which will be all over social media – with an article about social media. As Clive often …
Phishing wave after Revolut security is compromised and personal information is stolen
Following a breach of security of the international financial technology company Revolut, which was quickly dealt with by their security team, over 50,000 client accounts were compromised and information stolen. Although information such as, email addresses, phone numbers, account data and some limited credit/debit card data was stolen, PIN, detailed …
