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Content farm impersonates 60+ major news outlets, like BBC, CNN, CNBC

BleepingComputer has discovered a content farm operating some 60+ domains named after popular media outlets, including the BBC, CNBC, CNN, Forbes, Huffington Post, The Guardian, and Washington Post, among others. These sites build SEO for their online gambling ventures and sell "press release" slots at hefty prices.
- Ax Sharma
- March 02, 2024
- 11:31 AM
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Europcar denies data breach of 50 million users, says data is fake

Car rental company Europcar says it has not suffered a data breach and that shared customer data is fake after a threat actor claimed to be selling the personal info of 50 million customers.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 31, 2024
- 02:25 PM
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Pentagon explosion hoax goes viral after verified Twitter accounts push

Highly realistic AI-generated images depicting an explosion near the Pentagon that went viral on Twitter caused the stock market to dip briefly earlier today.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- May 22, 2023
- 02:14 PM
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Meta links U.S. military with covert Facebook influence operation

Meta has removed several accounts on Facebook and Instagram associated with the U.S. military, saying they were used as part of covert influence operations targeting the Middle East and Russia.
- Bill Toulas
- November 23, 2022
- 02:38 PM
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Ukraine dismantles hacker gang that stole 30 million accounts

The cyber department of Ukraine's Security Service (SSU) has taken down a group of hackers that stole accounts of about 30 million individuals and sold them on the dark web.
- Bill Toulas
- September 23, 2022
- 09:24 AM
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Ukraine takes down 1,000,000 bots used for disinformation

The Ukrainian cyber police (SSU) has shut down a massive bot farm of 1,000,000 bots used to spread disinformation on social networks.
- Bill Toulas
- August 03, 2022
- 11:51 AM
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Hackers breach Ukrainian radio network to spread fake news about Zelenskiy

On Thursday, Ukrainian media group TAVR Media confirmed that it was hacked to spread fake news about President Zelenskiy being in critical condition and under intensive care.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- July 22, 2022
- 06:56 AM
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Ukraine dismantles 5 disinformation bot farms, seizes 10,000 SIM cards

The Ukrainian Security Service (SSU) has announced that since the start of the war with Russia, it has discovered and shut down five bot farms with over 100,000 fake social media accounts spreading fake news.
- Bill Toulas
- March 28, 2022
- 04:23 PM
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Ukraine says local govt sites hacked to push fake capitulation news

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) said today "enemy" hackers are using compromised local government and regional authorities' websites to push rumors that Ukraine surrendered and signed a peace treaty with Russia.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 03, 2022
- 01:45 PM
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Apple iOS Safari feature can be used to share "fake news" headlines

A link-sharing feature in iOS versions of Apple Safari browser makes it possible for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch users to alter headlines when sharing parts of webpages. A researcher has raised concerns this feature can be abused not only for pulling harmless pranks but for sharing "fake news" having a wider impact.
- Ax Sharma
- November 14, 2020
- 08:15 AM
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Twitter First: Trump Video Retweet Tagged as 'Manipulated Media'

For the first time, Twitter has labeled a video as 'Manipulated Media' that attempts to portray Joe Biden as stating that Donald Trump should be re-elected.
- Lawrence Abrams
- March 09, 2020
- 10:58 AM
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Facebook Cancels Russia-Linked Fake Accounts Focusing on Ukraine

Facebook this week announced that it removed multiple Pages, Groups, and accounts on its social networking platforms tied to Russian actors intending to manipulate public opinion ahead of the election in Ukraine.
- Ionut Ilascu
- July 27, 2019
- 03:47 PM
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DHS Says Foreign Meddling Is Divisive As Pineapple on Pizza

The effects of successful misinformation or disinformation campaigns from foreign state actors can be as divisive as disagreements on pineapple making a good pizza topping or not.
- Ionut Ilascu
- July 26, 2019
- 08:01 AM
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Twitter URLs Can Be Manipulated to Spread Fake News and Scams

The way Twitter creates URLs to a tweet could be abused for unscrupulous purposes that range from running disinformation campaigns to spreading malware or tricking users into landing on a malicious web page.
- Ionut Ilascu
- June 13, 2019
- 05:09 PM
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Facebook Bans Israeli Entity For Creating Fake Accounts

Facebook announced that today it removed 265 Facebook and Instagram accounts, Facebook Pages, Groups and events for fake behavior originating from Israeli commercial entity Archimedes Group.
- Ionut Ilascu
- May 16, 2019
- 12:10 PM
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UK Wants to Hold Companies Liable for Harmful Online Behavior

The UK government announced today a set of online safety laws designed to hold the companies behind social media platforms liable for the harmful behavior spreading through their platforms.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- April 08, 2019
- 08:46 AM
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Russia Passes Bill That Outlaws Disrespecting Russian Officials Online

The Russian State Duma passed a new and controversial bill which allows the authorities to jail people who disrespect the government and state officials online.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- March 07, 2019
- 05:24 PM
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NewsGuard Browser Extension Aims to Alert You to Fake News Sites

If you are having trouble keep tracking of site's that are considered reputable news sources verses ones that are not, a new browser extension from NewsGuard may be of help.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 26, 2018
- 04:19 PM
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WhatsApp Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Alter Messages in Chats

Researchers from CheckPoint have figured out a way to manipulate conversations in order to modify existing replies that were received, quoting a message so it appears that it came from another user who may not be part of the group, and sending private messages that can be seen by only one person in a group.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 08, 2018
- 07:38 PM
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WhatsApp for Windows 10 Updated With Forwarding Restriction to Reduce Fake news

Launched back in 2017, WhatsApp Desktop is a Windows 10 app that acts as a wrapper for the WhatsApp web version and it can be downloaded from the Microsoft Store. Facebook-owned WhatsApp has just rolled a new update that aims to stop the spread of fake news by restricting the amount of people you can forward a message.
- Mayank Parmar
- August 07, 2018
- 08:18 PM
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