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How 3 Million âHackedâ Toothbrushes Became a Cyber Urban Legend
Plus: Chinaâs Volt Typhoon hackers lurked in US systems for years, the Biden administrationâs crackdown on spyware vendors ramps up, and a new pro-Beijing disinformation campaign gets exposed...
Elijah Wood and Mike Tyson Cameo Videos Were Used in a Russian Disinformation Campaign
Videos featuring Elijah Wood, Mike Tyson, and Priscilla Presley have been edited to push anti-Ukraine disinformation, according to Microsoft researchers...
Russia's AI-Powered Disinformation Operation Targeting Ukraine, U.S., and Germany
The Russia-linked influence operation called Doppelganger has targeted Ukrainian, U.S., and German audiences through a combination of inauthentic news sites and social media accounts. These campaigns are designed to amplify content designed to undermine Ukraine as well as propagate anti-LGBTQ+...
Maine Mass Shooting Disinformation Floods Social Media as Suspect Remains at Large
In the hours following the worst mass shooting in Maineâs history, disinformation about the suspected gunman flooded social media with false claims that he had been arrested...
Elon Muskâs Main Tool for Fighting Disinformation on X Is Making the Problem Worse, Insiders Claim
X is promoting Community Notes to solve its disinformation problems, but some former employees and people who currently contribute notes say itâs not fit for that purpose...
Rumors of a âGlobal Day of Jihadâ Have Unleashed a Dangerous Wave of Disinformation
The rapid spread of violent videos and photos, combined with a toxic stew of mis- and disinformation, now threatens to spill over into real-world violence...
A Graphic Hamas Video Donald Trump Jr. Shared on X Is Actually Real, Research Confirms
A video posted by Donald Trump Jr. showing Hamas militants attacking Israelis was falsely flagged in a Community Note as being years old, thus making X's disinformation problem worse, not better...
Elon Musk Is Personally Undermining Xâs Efforts to Curb Israel-Hamas War Disinformation
Xâs Trust and Safety team says itâs working to remove false information related to the Israel-Hamas war. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is sharing conspiracies and chatting with QAnon promoters...
The Israel-Hamas War Is Drowning X in Disinformation
People who have turned to X for breaking news about the Israel-Hamas conflict are being hit with old videos, fake photos, and video game footage at a level researchers have never seen...
Deepfake Election Interference in Slovakia
Well designed and well timed deepfake or two Slovakian politicians discussing how to rig the election: Ĺ imeÄka and DennĂk N immediately denounced the audio as fake. The fact-checking department of news agency AFP said the audio showed signs of being manipulated using AI. But the recording was...
Meta Takes Down Thousands of Accounts Involved in Disinformation Ops from China and Russia
Meta has disclosed that it disrupted two of the largest known covert influence operations in the world from China and Russia, blocking thousands of accounts and pages across its platform. "It targeted more than 50 apps, including Facebook, Instagram, X formerly Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, Reddit,...
Attackers demand ransoms for stolen LinkedIn accounts
An ongoing campaign targeting LinkedIn accounts has led to victims losing control of their accounts, or being locked out following repeated login attempts. Whether the attackers are using brute force methods or credential stuffing isn't known, but because some victims are being being locked out...
How AI May Be Used to Create Custom Disinformation Ahead of 2024
Generative AI won't just flood the internet with more liesâit may also create convincing disinformation that's targeted at groups or even individuals...
A week in security (June 19 - 25)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs: Microsoft Azure AD flaw can lead to account takeover 5 facts to know about the Royal ransomware gang Malwarebytes only vendor to win every MRG Effitas award in 2022 & 2023 UPS warns customers of phishing attempts after data accessed 6 tips for a cybersecure honeymo...
Why businesses need a disinformation defense plan, with Lisa Kaplan: Lock and Code S04E13
When you think about the word "cyberthreat," what first comes to mind? Is it ransomware? Is it spyware? Maybe it's any collection of the infamous viruses, worms, Trojans, and botnets that have crippled countless companies throughout modern history. In the future, though, what many businesses migh...
Humans Arenât Mentally Ready for an AI-Saturated âPost-Truth Worldâ
The AI era promises a flood of disinformation, deepfakes, and hallucinated âfacts.â Psychologists are only beginning to grapple with the implications...
Nowâs not the time to take our foot off the gas when it comes to fighting disinformation online
Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. In the wake of the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, it seemed like big tech companies were taking the fight against disinformation seriously. Social media outlets set up new fact-checking procedures and got more aggressive about...
Russian Cyberwarfare Documents Leaked
Now this is interesting: Thousands of pages of secret documents reveal how Vulkans engineers have worked for Russian military and intelligence agencies to support hacking operations, train operatives before attacks on national infrastructure, spread disinformation and control sections of the...
Threat Source newsletter (March 23, 2023) â Meta is threatening to ban news sharing in Canada. Good.
Welcome to this weeks edition of the Threat Source newsletter. After asking ChatGPT to write the newsletter for me two weeks ago, I was tempted to have Googles Bard do the same, but I resisted making this the newsletters new gimmick. Instead, I wanted to write about another tech giant -- Meta. Th...