Tag: Fake News
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BaitTrap: Over 17,000 Fake News Websites Caught Fueling Investment Fraud Globally
A newly released report by cybersecurity firm CTM360 reveals a large-scale scam operation utilizing fake news websites—known as Baiting …
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Scammers Are Creating Fake News Videos to Blackmail Victims
“Yahoo Boy” scammers are impersonating CNN and other news organizations to create videos that pressure victims into making blackmail …
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GLASSBRIDGE: Google Blocks Thousands of Pro-China Fake News Sites
Google has uncovered a network of over 1,000 fake news websites spreading pro-China narratives. The sites are operated by four PR firms …
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Hackers breached Ukrainian radio station to spread fake news about Zelensky ‘s health
Threat actors hacked the Ukrainian radio station TAVR Media and broadcasted fake news on the critical health condition of President …
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Website Builders Take Hands-Off Approach to Fake News
Fewer than a third of companies offering website creation tools took down potentially harmful misinformation about COVID-19, according to a …
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How to Reduce Fake News in Online Advertising
Steps can be taken to reduce the threat of fake news infiltrating online advertising. Speaking during the Westminster Forum Conference …
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Experts Call for Online Fake News to Be Addressed as #COVID19 Vaccine Emerges
There needs to be better steps taken by politicians and social media platforms to deal with fake news, especially as the COVID-19 vaccine …
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Cambridge University Releases Fake News Game
The University of Cambridge has released a new game designed to help people sort fact from cleverly faked fiction when it comes to online …
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Fake News Named Biggest Global Cybercrime Concern
Cybercrime is one of the biggest concerns of the global populace, with fake news ranking highest among such risks, according to a new …
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Black Hat 2020: Influence Campaigns Are a Cybersecurity Problem
Social media used as a cudgel for nation-states to sway opinion is a cybersecurity threat CISOs can’t ignore — and need to understand …
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New Deepfakes using GAN stirs up questions about digital fakery
Subversive deepfake campaigns that enter the party unannounced, do their thing, then slink off into the night without anybody noticing are …
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Praise for Online Harms Plan, Action Needed on Fake News
Speaking at the Westminster eForum policy conference on identifying and tackling the key issues in the online space and assessing the …
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