4 Bad Bots Likely to Cause Problems for the Remainder of 2022

A short primer on internet bots An Internet bot bot, for short is a software application that runs automated tasks over the internet. Bots typically run simple tasks which they can perform at a dramatically greater rate than any human. Beneficial or anodyne bots are characterized as legitimate, o...

How Explosions Actually Kill

Wars often spark misinformation about the nature of blast trauma. Russia's unprovoked bombardment of Ukraine is no different...

Ukraine shuts down disinformation bot farm

Given current world events, there’s an incredible amount of misinformation and disinformation around at the moment. Whether we’re talking 5G, the pandemic, vaccines, or invasions, there’s a lot out there. One of the biggest problems where bad information placed online is concerned is bot farms. A...

Attacks on Ukraine communications are a major part of the war

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the war on the battlefield has been accompanied by cyber attacks. Those attacks against critical infrastructure have knocked out banking and defense platforms, mostly by targeting several communication systems. In a timeline set up by NetBlocks,...

Deepfake study suggests fakes can run but not hide

I have long said that Deepfakes missed the boat on being stealthy, believable pieces of footage able to turn the tide of elections or other major events. We’ve seen time and again how suggested examples of use during important happenings have been terrible, whereas the smart use has tended to be...

Meta blocks Russia-Ukraine disinformation campaigns on Facebook, Instagram

Meta says it has detected and removed two disinformation campaigns regarding the current Russia-Ukraine war. These campaigns, it says, were run by groups in Russia and Ukraine to target Ukraine users. In the post, Nathaniel Gleicher, Metas head of security policy, and David Agranovich, Metas...

CISA offers guidance on dealing with information manipulation

Malicious actors use influence operations, like spreading false information, to shape public opinion, undermine trust, amplify division, and create dissension. In response, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency CISA has released CISA Insights: Preparing for and Mitigating Foreign...

‘Ghostwriter’ Looks Like a Purely Russian Op—Except It's Not

Security researchers have found signs that the pervasive hacking and misinformation campaign comes not from Moscow but from Minsk...

What special needs kids need to stay safe online

Online safety is hard enough for most adults. We reuse weak passwords, we click on suspicious links, and we love to share sensitive information that should be kept private and secure. Just go back a few months to watch adults gleefully sharing photos of their vaccine cards. The consequences of...

Afternoon Cyber Tea: Learn how to stop misinformation threats from nation-state bad actors

Information has long been wielded as an instrument of national power and influence. In today’s digital world, misinformation can also be just as powerful. On a special episode of Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson, Sandra Joyce, Executive Vice President and Head of Mandiant Intelligence at...

Afternoon Cyber Tea: Learn how to stop misinformation threats from nation-state bad actors

Information has long been wielded as an instrument of national power and influence. In today’s digital world, misinformation can also be just as powerful. On a special episode of Afternoon Cyber Tea with Ann Johnson, Sandra Joyce, Executive Vice President and Head of Mandiant Intelligence at...

Telegram Fraudsters Ramp Up Forged COVID-19 Vaccine Card Sales

Telegram groups are being abused by fraudsters peddling fake COVID-19 vaccination cards to the unvaccinated and anti-vaxxer communities, according to researchers. Brittany Allen, trust and safety architect at Sift, noticed the illicit sales on the encrypted messaging platform as the COVID-19...

Anti-Vaxxer Hijacks QR Codes at COVID-19 Check-In Sites

Quick-response QR codes used by a COVID-19 contact-tracing program were hijacked by a man who simply slapped up scam QR codes on top to redirect users to an anti-vaccination website, according to local police. He now faces two counts of “obstructing operations carried out relative to COVID-19 und...

Would real identities make social media safer?

“Use real identities to reduce abuse online” is a talking point youve almost certainly seen down the years. It also seems to come around like clockwork every other month, and is currently a hot topic in the UK after prominent journalists / media personalities raised the issue. It’s an interesting...

Afternoon Cyber Tea: Privacy, the pandemic, and protecting our cyber future

Much of our everyday life has moved online with the pandemic continuing to play a role in how we work and communicate with others. This migration has meant that security and privacy continue to remain top-of-mind for both security professionals and those who may not have given these cyber issues ...

Hackers Leak Stolen Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Data

On the heels of a previously-reported cyberattack on the European Medicines Agency EMA, cybercriminals have spilled compromised data related to COVID-19 vaccinations onto the internet. The EMA is an agency of the European Union in charge of the evaluation and supervision of medicinal products in...

SQLite report about CVE-2021-20227

Malicious SQL statement causes read-after-free. No harm can come of this particular read-after-free instance, as far as anyone knows. The bug is undetectable without a memory sanitizer. The CVE claims that this bug is an RCE - a Remote Code Execution vulnerability, but that claim is incorrect. Th...

SQLite report about CVE-2021-45346

This CVE is misinformation. See the discussion around SQLite forum post 53de8864ba114bf...

Understanding influences shaping the cybersecurity landscape, enabling digital transformation, and helping to protect our planet

The accelerated rate of digital transformation we have seen this past year presents both challenges and endless opportunities for individuals, organizations, businesses, and governments around the world. Cybersecurity is the underpinning of helping protect these opportunities. By examining the...

Understanding influences shaping the cybersecurity landscape, enabling digital transformation, and helping to protect our planet

The accelerated rate of digital transformation we have seen this past year presents both challenges and endless opportunities for individuals, organizations, businesses, and governments around the world. Cybersecurity is the underpinning of helping protect these opportunities. By examining the...