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...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Personal Sharing Email Messages on October 17, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 31344 First Published: 2013 October 17 20:11 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a personal photos for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipient to open...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Personal Photos Attachment Notification Email Messages on July 6, 2013

Medium Alert ID: 29969 First Published: 2013 July 8 15:08 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain an attachment of personal photos for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipie...

"Real" Osama bin Laden Death Photos? Yeah, They're Fake, Too.

You’ve heard about the tidal wave of spam e-mail and scammy Web links that followed the killing of Osama bin Laden by U.S. Special Forces on Sunday. But what about the latest round of e-mails offering death photos of the slain terrorist leader? Well, turns out they’re fake, also. Security firm...