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Cybercriminals favor Microsoft over Apple and Google in brand phishing attacks

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Cybercriminals favor Microsoft over Apple and Google in brand phishing attacks 2026-10-19 at 12:38 By Anamarija Pogorelec Microsoft accounted for 33% of brand impersonation attempts tracked by Check Point Research in the third quarter of 2026, up from 23% in the previous quarter and roughly four times the share of any other brand. Top 10 […]

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Fake brand discounts on social media prey on shoppers’ fear of missing out

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Fake brand discounts on social media prey on shoppers’ fear of missing out 2026-10-05 at 16:55 By Sinisa Markovic Cybercriminals are using fake discounts posted on Facebook and TikTok to lure shoppers to phishing sites that steal their payment card details and one-time passwords, Group-IB has warned. The phishing kit called Milk Dragon (also known […]

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The next intellectual property thief may sound like your CEO

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The next intellectual property thief may sound like your CEO 2026-09-22 at 15:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Impersonation, phishing and domain-name abuse are the most concerning types of online intellectual property infringement, according to CSC’s The State of Online IP Risk 2026 report. Internet and branded content, online marketplaces and paid search were the channels most […]

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Product showcase: Helmit alerts parents when online conversations show signs of trouble

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Product showcase: Helmit alerts parents when online conversations show signs of trouble 2026-09-21 at 08:30 By Anamarija Pogorelec Helmit is a parental control app that combines AI-powered social media monitoring with screen time management, web filtering, location tracking, and safety alerts. It identifies potentially concerning interactions and surface the messages associated with an alert. Helmit […]

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Bots with good manners are better at fooling people on social media

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Bots with good manners are better at fooling people on social media 2026-09-18 at 13:15 By Sinisa Markovic Most people can’t tell a bot from a human online, and the bots most likely to fool them are the polite ones, according to a new Surfshark study. The company analyzed 1,722 participants worldwide, testing their ability […]

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OpenAI reveals how criminals used ChatGPT to run scams

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OpenAI reveals how criminals used ChatGPT to run scams 2026-08-03 at 11:40 By Anamarija Pogorelec OpenAI banned a coordinated network of ChatGPT accounts that likely originated in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province, a region reports have linked to online scam compounds and human trafficking operations. The network used the company’s models to create and manage fake […]

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Buying TikTok followers can expose users to scams and account theft

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Buying TikTok followers can expose users to scams and account theft 2026-08-03 at 07:00 By Anamarija Pogorelec Buying TikTok followers, likes, or views could do more than inflate engagement metrics. According to Malwarebytes, many services selling social media growth operate through deceptive practices that can expose customers to scams, stolen accounts, and financial loss. The […]

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Indonesia sets certification rules for influencers recommending crypto

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Indonesia sets certification rules for influencers recommending crypto 2026-06-25 at 11:44 By Ezra Reguerra Indonesia’s financial regulator will require influencers recommending crypto and other digital assets to hold relevant certifications as regulators worldwide tighten oversight of finfluencers. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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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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