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Report: 53% of social media logins are fraud

Most attacks are from botnets. The goals: spreading spam, stealing data, spreading propaganda, and social-engineering consumers for profit.

For over a month, hackers published data from hundreds of German politicians in a Twitter advent calendar – a massive government assault.

Facebook has removed 14 million pieces of content dubbed likely to come from terrorists, as determined by new machine learning technology

The Israeli National Cybersecurity Authority issued an alert warning that WhatsApp users could lose control of their accounts.

The gaming and hacking communities overlap: Some of the hacker accounts are offering botnet access as well as Fortnite accounts.

Hackers are taking over high-profile Instagram users’ accounts and holding them to ransom, revealed reports this week.

Users will soon be able to use authenticator apps for 2FA codes, request blue verified badges, and get more context about big accounts.

In less than an hour after he tweeted from a barricaded room, Vadim Lavrusik’s account was hijacked.

Uber users are findiing themselves – or, rather, their accounts – magically whisked around the world to ride through the city streets of China.

The social network’s new Security Checkup tool urges users to check connected apps and devices, beef up passwords and enable login alerts.