Collaborate Disseminate
Ransom acts of kindness are top of our mind, as we also explore how bad bots are hogging more and more of the internet’s activity, and look at how deepfakes could be a good thing after all.
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition o… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #277: Bad bots, cheeky ransoms, and good deepfakes
Scraping data for a facial recognition service? “That’s unlawful”, concluded both the British and the Australians. Continue reading Clearview AI face-matching service set to be fined over $20m
The Prime Minister of Australia has said his government will introduce legislation which will compel social media companies to “unmask anonymous online trolls,” and allow victims to launch defamation proceedings.
Read more in my article on the Hot f… Continue reading Social media firms will be forced to unmask online trolls, says Australia
An overview of the state of privacy and main trends in 2021, and our predictions on how these will evolve in 2022. Continue reading Privacy predictions 2022
Scammers can lock Instagram accounts through the use of fake obituaries. One victim? Instagram’s boss.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Instagram, tricked into thinking its boss was dead, locked him out of his own account
There’s a lesson here for anyone else building a website. Be sure to keep everything safely secured under lock-and-key until you are ready to properly launch. Continue reading Donald Trump’s Truth Social account posts a picture of a pig defecating
While LinkedIn doubles down on creators to bring a more human, less manicured element to its networking platform for professionals, a company that has built a reputation for publishing primarily the more messy and human impressions of work life has made an acquisition that might help it compete better with LinkedIn. Glassdoor, the platform that […] Continue reading Glassdoor acquires Fishbowl, a semi-anonymous social network and job board, to square up to LinkedIn
When LinkedIn first launched Stories format, and later expanded its tools for creators earlier this year, one noticeable detail was that the Microsoft-owned network for professionals hadn’t built any kind of obvious monetization into the program — noticeable, given that creators earn a living on other platforms like Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, and those apps had […] Continue reading LinkedIn is launching its own $25M fund and incubator for creators
The Instagram account of SBS Australia – a group of free-to-air TV and radio stations down under – has been hacked by someone who clearly loves “Vikings”. Continue reading Vikings hack Instagram account of SBS News in Australia
Instagram has rolled out a new feature in the hope of better securing its one billion monthly active users’ accounts.
Is your account properly protected?
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Instagram Security Check hopes to make life harder for account hackers