An FBI affidavit and European media leaks show how Russia's Doppelganger disinformation project operated and give insights into the Kremlin's online tactics
The Country's Propagandists Target the West—but Mislead the Kremlin, Too — In early September, the infamous Russian disinformation project known … X: @b_novak , @ridt , @oajonsson , @ridt , @ridt , ...
Meta disrupts covert influence operations by Belarus- and Russia-linked actors targeting Ukrainians, like hacking Ukrainian military staff's Facebook accounts
combining computer network exploitation with influence operations, CNE & active measures, in classic terminology (to be expected historically). Meta does an exceptionally good job at reflecting this d...
Facebook says it will use the same tactics that it uses to remove bot networks to target real-user accounts engaging in tactics like mass reporting
but it's got bigger problems from its past James Farrell / SiliconANGLE : Facebook introduces new tactic to fight ‘social harm’ DW.COM : Facebook deletes accounts of German anti-lockdown group Tweets:...
Sources: US investigators say hardware and firmware of Supermicro servers were tampered with as late as 2018, via chips with backdoors sending data to China
It has been two and a half years since … John Gruber / Daring Fireball : Bloomberg, at Long Last, Follows up on ‘The Big Hack’, and It's Nothing but a Pile of Sophistic Horseshit Thom Holwerda / OSnew...
Avaaz analysis: Facebook has allowed hundreds of misleading super PAC ads, primarily spreading misinformation about Biden and USPS, with 10M+ views collectively
Donald Trump is president for four more years! MAGA!’—even if mail-in ballots haven't been fully counted.” https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... Thomas Rid / @ridt : CAUTION: today's Facebook takedown does...
CIA report: security was so lax at the time of the Vault 7 breach, that if WikiLeaks hadn't published said files, CIA may have never known they were compromised
The theft of top-secret computer hacking tools from the CIA in 2016 was the result of a workplace culture in which the agency's … Tweets: @nakashimae , @campuscodi , @ronwyden , @gossithedog , @somosp...
Experts say ransomware victims like Baltimore have not taken sufficient measures to protect against the EternalBlue exploit two years after it first leaked
Nominations are now open for 2019 Rising Star Awards. Dave Aitel / CyberSecPolitics : Baltimore is not EternalBlue Daniel Uria / UPI : Baltimore seeks answers, help for crippling cyberattack linked to...
Facebook says it has removed 82 Pages, groups, and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior that originated in Iran and targeted people in the US and UK
dodged a bunch of important Qs and didn't accept ours — so we've more to learn on this Iran stuff. Tony Romm / @tonyromm : the reality is — we can't yet say how big of a deal this is because Facebook ...
Facebook says it has removed 82 Pages, groups, and accounts for coordinated inauthentic behavior that originated in Iran and targeted people in the US and UK
dodged a bunch of important Qs and didn't accept ours — so we've more to learn on this Iran stuff. Tony Romm / @tonyromm : the reality is — we can't yet say how big of a deal this is because Facebook ...
Apple says it has never found malicious chips in its servers, calls Bloomberg reporters' claims unsubstantiated and untrue, says it is not under a gag order
Separating Legit Cryptocurrency Ideas From the Ponzi Schemes William White / InvestorPlace : Friday Apple Rumors: UK Backs Up Apple's Claim About China Hack Bloomberg : How China Used a Tiny Chip to I...