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The dark side of YouTube: Malicious links, phishing, and deepfakes

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The dark side of YouTube: Malicious links, phishing, and deepfakes 2025-04-23 at 08:01 By Sinisa Markovic With billions of users, YouTube has become a tempting target for cybercriminals. They post malicious links in video descriptions and comments. Some send phishing emails to creators, posing as sponsors but attaching malware. Others hijack popular channels to promote […]

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From likes to leaks: How social media presence impacts corporate security

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From likes to leaks: How social media presence impacts corporate security 2025-04-10 at 08:07 By Help Net Security From a psychological standpoint, we all crave attention, and likes and comments fuel that need, encouraging us to share even more on social media. In the corporate world, this risk grows exponentially because it’s not just our

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Scammers take over social media

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Scammers take over social media 2025-03-05 at 07:02 By Help Net Security In Q4 2024, cyber threats reached unprecedented levels, with 2.55 billion attacks blocked, equating to 321 threats every second. In this Help Net Security video, Luis Corrons, Security Evangelist at Gen, discusses a new Gen report that highlights a troubling trend: social media

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Cybercriminals shift focus to social media as attacks reach historic highs

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Cybercriminals shift focus to social media as attacks reach historic highs 2025-02-18 at 18:01 By Help Net Security A new report from Gen highlights a sharp rise in online threats, capping off a record-breaking 2024. Between October and December alone, 2.55 billion cyber threats were blocked – an astonishing rate of 321 per second. The

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Telegram will share IP addresses, phone numbers of criminal suspects with cops

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Telegram will share IP addresses, phone numbers of criminal suspects with cops 2024-09-24 at 13:01 By Zeljka Zorz Telegram will start handing over the IP addresses and phone numbers of users who violate their Terms of Service “to relevant authorities in response to valid legal requests”, Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has announced on

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OpenAI leadership responds to former employee safety allegations

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OpenAI leadership responds to former employee safety allegations 2024-05-19 at 20:01 By Cointelegraph by Tristan Greene The company’s head of alignment, Jan Leike, resigned on May 17, stating they’d reached a “breaking point” with management. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Jack Dorsey says Bitcoin will be worth ‘at least a million’ by 2030

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Jack Dorsey says Bitcoin will be worth ‘at least a million’ by 2030 2024-05-10 at 08:06 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young “I do think it hits that number and goes beyond,” said the Twitter co-founder on his million-dollar Bitcoin prediction. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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TikTok to automatically label AI-generated content

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TikTok to automatically label AI-generated content 2024-05-09 at 17:01 By Cointelegraph by Savannah Fortis TikTok takes a proactive step in assuring AI authenticity on its platform by automatically labeling AI-generated content (AIGC) using new Content Credentials technology. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Global ransomware crisis worsens

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Global ransomware crisis worsens 2024-05-09 at 07:31 By Help Net Security Ransomware and extortion incidents surged by 67% in 2023, according to NTT Security Holdings’ 2024 Global Threat Intelligence Report. Global ransomware crisis After a down year in 2022, ransomware and extortion incidents increased in 2023. More than 5,000 ransomware victims were detected or posted

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Friend.tech v2 airdrop could introduce non-transferable token

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Friend.tech v2 airdrop could introduce non-transferable token 2024-05-02 at 15:01 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Making the token non-transferable could force users to pay the 1.5% Friend.tech platform fee in an “ironic” shift from the platform’s non-venture capitalist approach. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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The rising influence of AI on the 2024 US election

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The rising influence of AI on the 2024 US election 2024-04-23 at 08:01 By Help Net Security We stand at a crossroads for election misinformation: on one side our election apparatus has reached a higher level of security and is better defended from malicious attackers than ever before. On the other side, the rise of

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MeWe social network boss says blockchain can solve the TikTok problem

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MeWe social network boss says blockchain can solve the TikTok problem 2024-04-17 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph by Tristan Greene CEO Jeffrey Edell laid out a six-point plan for social media companies planning the transition to blockchain. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Musk to charge new X users to post, but some say it won’t stop the bots

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Musk to charge new X users to post, but some say it won’t stop the bots 2024-04-16 at 07:03 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Social media platform X has long had a crypto spam problem, so will a fee to post be enough to stop them? Users are skeptical. This article is an excerpt from

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Telegram channels eligible for 50% ad revenue, but there’s a catch

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Telegram channels eligible for 50% ad revenue, but there’s a catch 2024-04-01 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar Telegram Messenger is the third-biggest messenger app in terms of monthly downloads, after WhatsApp Messenger and Snapchat. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Paradigm’s funding takes Farcaster’s dev to unicorn status

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Paradigm’s funding takes Farcaster’s dev to unicorn status 2024-03-30 at 22:02 By Cointelegraph by Ana Paula Pereira Farcaster’s parent company is reportedly closing a new funding round led by Paradigm. The deal would take its valuation to above $1 billion. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Crypto phishers stole $47M last month, impersonators on X to blame

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Crypto phishers stole $47M last month, impersonators on X to blame 2024-03-11 at 06:32 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Most victims were lured to phishing websites from comments posted by impersonator accounts on X. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Bitcoin price ATH in memes: ‘Same same, but different’

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Bitcoin price ATH in memes: ‘Same same, but different’ 2024-03-08 at 19:06 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Explore a collection of Bitcoin memes marking its latest all-time high (ATH) of $70,199. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Meta plans to prevent disinformation and AI-generated content from influencing voters

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Meta plans to prevent disinformation and AI-generated content from influencing voters 2024-02-27 at 14:50 By Zeljka Zorz Meta, the company that owns some of the biggest social networks in use today, has explained how it means to tackle disinformation related to the upcoming EU Parliament elections, with a special emphasis on how it plans to

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How to take control of personal data

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How to take control of personal data 2024-02-14 at 07:01 By Help Net Security Cybercriminals increasingly use open-source intelligence (OSINT) to craft convincing backstories, often by mining social media profiles for details on a target’s profession, interests, and routines. Armed with these personal insights, these malicious actors leverage chatbots to compose highly persuasive messages. Additionally,

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Why we fall for fake news and how can we change that?

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Why we fall for fake news and how can we change that? 2024-02-09 at 08:32 By Helga Labus Have you ever been swept away by an enticing headline and didn’t bother to probe the news in-depth? You might have shared an eye-catching news story or engaged with a compelling post, only to realize later that

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