Democrat Mail Bomb Scares Are a Perfect Misinformation Storm

News of apparent mail bombs targeting prominent Democrats and CNN give way to a deluge of false reports, partisan finger-pointing, and bad-faith conspiracy theories online...

Microsoft Edge UI Representation

The vulnerability of Microsoft Edge relates to the false representation of information by the user interface. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to replace the content of a webpage with specially crafted web content...

Facebook Expands Efforts to Squash Voter Suppression

Facebook plans to expand its content-policing on its site, aiming to crack down on profiles and pages that it deems are aimed at voter suppression ahead of the 2018 U.S. midterm elections. Specifically, social-media giant will penalize those that spread disinformation about voting requirements wi...

Threatpost News Wrap Podcast For Oct. 12

Threatpost editors Lindsey O’Donnell and Tara Seals discuss the top news of the week ended Oct. 12. The week started with a bang with a report that Google did not disclose a potential data breach in Google+, likely contributing to the tech giant’s decision to shut down the social networking...

Facebook and Twitter's Biggest Problems Follow Them to Congress

As Jack Dorsey and Sheryl Sandberg testified before Congress, some of Twitter and Facebook's most notorious trolls and misinformation artists watched on...

Egyptian 'Fake News' Law Threatens Citizens with 5000-plus Followers

Do you or someone you know lives in Egypt and holds an account on Facebook, Twitter, or/and other social media platforms with more than 5000 followers? If yes, your account can be censored, suspended and is subject to prosecution for promoting or spreading the fake news through social media...

Gratipay: Broken link for stale DNS entry may be leveraged for Phishing, Misinformation, Serving Malware

Hi Team, Page: https://gratipay.com/Breadcrumbel/ Broken link for stale DNS entry: Homepage Root domain breadcumbry.com has expiration date: Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2018-06-10T18:18:30Z And also from whois: Domain Status: OK https://icann.org/eppok OK status means it has no...

Legal Robot: Broken links for stale domains may be leveraged for Phishing, Misinformation, Defaming

Hi, URL: https://www.legalrobot.com/press/2016/07/07/tech4good-on-a-global-scale/ Broken link for an expired domain which is available for sale: http://ecotechfoundation.net/ You may verify that it is available for sale @...

The Inner Workings of Fake News

The moniker of fake news has been utilized in numerous circles recently, including within government, press and cybersecurity, but this concept actually dates back far beyond the past year. Intentionally misleading propaganda materials have been a linchpin of communication for years, particularly...

Hackers Are Using An Effective Way to Spread Fake News From Verified Accounts

Social media networks are no doubt a quick and powerful way to share information and ideas, but not everything shared on Facebook or Twitter is true. Misinformation, or "Fake News," has emerged as a primary issue for social media platforms, seeking to influence millions of people with wrong...

'Facebook To Begin Charging Users $2.99 / Month' — Totally BULLSHIT!

Facebook going to charge users per month?? Nobody expected such a news story this week, but it seems that Facebook will No longer be a Free Service, according to reports claimed by the National Report, "Facebook To Begin Charging Users $2.99/mo Starting November 1st", which turns out fake. Thank...

Russian Parliamentary Election Marred by DDoS Campaign

Yesterday was election day in Russia, and the occasion brought with it a coordinated campaign reportedly designed to silence some specific groups. A report from GlobalVoices.org details a massive wave of DDoS attacks against blogging platforms, election watchdog Websites, and various independent...

FOX News Twitter Account Hacked by 5CR1PT K1DD3S

FOX News Twitter Account Hacked by 5CR1PT K1DD3S Fox News Politics Twitter account @foxnewspolitics hacked last night. The account's icon had been changed from the Fox News Politics logo and featured the following new description: "H4CK3D BY TH3 5CR1PT K1DD3S. " Hacker's Personal account was...

HBGary Federal's Aaron Barr Resigns After being Exposed by Anonymous Hackers !

HBGary Federal's Aaron Barr Resigns After being Exposed by Anonymous Hackers ! Aaron Barr's time in the security industry's spotlight may have finally, mercifully ended. On Monday, the much-tormented chief executive of HBGary Federal announced that he has resigned from his position, three weeks...

[DRUPAL-SA-2005-007] Drupal 4.6.4 / 4.5.6 fixes XSS issue

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drupal security advisory DRUPAL-SA-2005-007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Advisory ID: DRUPAL-SA-2005-007 Project: Drupal core Date: 2005-11-30 Security risk: less critical...