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Mastodon 4.6 adds profile Collections and two-factor controls

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Mastodon 4.6 adds profile Collections and two-factor controls 2026-06-19 at 12:54 By Anamarija Pogorelec People who run accounts on the open source social network Mastodon can now group profiles together and share those groups across the web. The 4.6 release centers on a feature called Collections, along with reworked profiles, email newsletters, server administration controls, […]

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Fake Spotify Premium tutorials on TikTok and Instagram Reels spread malware

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Fake Spotify Premium tutorials on TikTok and Instagram Reels spread malware 2026-06-11 at 16:51 By Sinisa Markovic Cybercriminals are using TikTok and Instagram Reels videos to spread Vidar, an infostealer malware, through fake downloads for popular paid software, according to ReversingLabs. The researchers uncovered two campaigns behind the activity, each using a different approach to

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Scams now operate like real businesses with budgets and targets

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Scams now operate like real businesses with budgets and targets 2026-06-10 at 07:23 By Anamarija Pogorelec Social media has overtaken email as a primary attack vector, showing changes in how people consume information and interact online, according to Bitdefender’s Global Scam Intelligence Report 2026. Fraud campaigns use advertisements, sponsored content, impersonation pages, and direct messages

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Public Instagram posts provide raw material for AI phishing campaigns

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Public Instagram posts provide raw material for AI phishing campaigns 2026-05-19 at 09:17 By Sinisa Markovic A handful of public Instagram posts can give attackers enough material to generate convincing phishing emails with GenAI. Research from the University of Texas at Arlington and Louisiana State University showed how public social media activity can be turned

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Social media bans might steer kids into riskier corners of the internet

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Social media bans might steer kids into riskier corners of the internet 2026-04-17 at 08:10 By Sinisa Markovic Governments are moving to block children under 16 from social media in the name of safety. But once these measures move from policy to practice, they raise a harder question: what happens when protecting kids requires collecting

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YouTube draws a line on deepfakes involving politicians and journalists

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YouTube draws a line on deepfakes involving politicians and journalists 2026-03-11 at 12:00 By Sinisa Markovic With deepfakes becoming more common, YouTube has expanded access to its AI-driven likeness detection system to a pilot group of government officials, journalists and political candidates. The step follows an earlier rollout of the tool to creators in the

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Fraudsters integrate ChatGPT into global scam campaigns

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Fraudsters integrate ChatGPT into global scam campaigns 2026-02-26 at 19:37 By Anamarija Pogorelec AI models are being folded into fraud and influence operations that follow long standing tactics. A February 2026 update to OpenAI’s Disrupting Malicious Uses of Our Models report details how ChatGPT and related API access were used in romance scams, fake legal

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LinkedIn wants to make verification a portable trust signal

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LinkedIn wants to make verification a portable trust signal 2026-01-15 at 08:34 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Oscar Rodriguez, VP Trust Product at LinkedIn, discusses how verification is becoming a portable trust signal across the internet. He explains how LinkedIn is extending professional identity beyond its platform to address rising AI-driven

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Privacy risks sit inside the ads that fill your social media feed

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Privacy risks sit inside the ads that fill your social media feed 2025-12-18 at 08:34 By Sinisa Markovic Regulatory limits on explicit targeting have not stopped algorithmic profiling on the web. Ad optimization systems still adapt which ads appear based on users’ private attributes. At the same time, multimodal LLMs have lowered the barrier for

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Social data puts user passwords at risk in unexpected ways

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Social data puts user passwords at risk in unexpected ways 2025-11-28 at 09:08 By Anamarija Pogorelec Many CISOs already assume that social media creates new openings for password guessing, but new research helps show what that risk looks like in practice. The findings reveal how much information can be reconstructed from public profiles and how

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Convenience culture is breaking personal security

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Convenience culture is breaking personal security 2025-11-21 at 08:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec AI is changing how scams are built, shared, and trusted. A new global survey from Bitdefender shows how far the problem has spread. AI is helping scams evolve faster than people can respond Over seven in ten consumers encountered some form of scam

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LinkedIn now uses your data for AI by default, opt out now!

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LinkedIn now uses your data for AI by default, opt out now! 2025-09-18 at 16:00 By Sinisa Markovic LinkedIn is making major changes to its User Agreement and Privacy Policy, effective November 3, 2025. Among the most notable updates, the company will now use member data by default to improve its generative AI models, unless

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LinkedIn expands company verification, mandates workplace checks for certain roles

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LinkedIn expands company verification, mandates workplace checks for certain roles 2025-09-04 at 16:00 By Mirko Zorz LinkedIn is rolling out new verification rules to make it easier to confirm that people and companies are who they claim to be. The company will now require workplace verification when someone adds or updates a leadership or recruiter

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Why behavioral intelligence is becoming the bank fraud team’s best friend

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Why behavioral intelligence is becoming the bank fraud team’s best friend 2025-07-29 at 09:03 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Seth Ruden, Senior Director of Global Advisory at BioCatch, discusses how financial institutions are addressing fraud. He explains how banks are using behavioral biometrics, device fingerprinting, and network intelligence to enhance fraud

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Digital trust is cracking under the pressure of deepfakes, cybercrime

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Digital trust is cracking under the pressure of deepfakes, cybercrime 2025-05-23 at 08:02 By Help Net Security 69% of global respondents to a Jumio survey say AI-powered fraud now poses a greater threat to personal security than traditional forms of identity theft. This number rises to 74% in Singapore, with 71% also indicating that AI-generated

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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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