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Twitter security under scrutiny after former executive turns whistleblower

August 25, 2022 admin bots, cult of the dead cow, elon musk, FTC, Infrastructure, l0pht, mudge, news, SEC, Twitter, whistleblower, zatko

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Former Twitter head of security and ethical hacker Peiter Mudge Zatko has alleged some serious problems about the social media giant.

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Awful 4chan chat bot spouts racial slurs and antisemitic abuse

June 8, 2022 admin AI, algorithm, bias, bots, gpt-3, gpt-4chan, ML, Opinion, tay

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2022 15:46:31 +0000

The creation of a foul-mouthed chat bot called GPT-4chan re-triggered the discussion about how we want to use and regulate AI and ML.

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MalwareBytes Security

A week in security (October 7 – 13)

October 14, 2019 admin a week in security, Amazon, body cams, bots, chrome, cybersecurity, Facial Recognition, GitHub, google, ice, insurance, insurance cybersecurity, managed service providers, multi-factor authentication, national cybersecurity awareness month, national domestic violence awareness month, ncsam, police body cams, Security, stalkerware, Twitter, us immigration and customs enforcement, war shipping

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 15:30:38 +0000

A look at the cybersecurity news from October 7 – 13, including updates on war shipping, managed service providers, and stalkerware.

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A week in security

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Kaspersky Security

Uncovering fake news bots

May 15, 2019 admin bots, fake news, SAS, SAS 2019, Security Analyst Summit, social media, Special Projects

Credit to Author: Alex Perekalin| Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 12:18:51 +0000

How to expose fake news bots based on their behavior and what insights one can get while doing this.

MalwareBytes Security

Good bots, bad bots: friend or foe?

February 20, 2019 admin 101, ad fraud, AI, bad bots, bidding bot, bots, Business, chat bots, mindless bots, snipers

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:00:00 +0000

Bots are an endless source of debate online, but all we ever hear about are the bad ones. In this post, we look at some examples you’ve probably already run into, and explain why one person’s good bot is another organization’s bad one.

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Kaspersky Security

On the hunt for Twitter bots

August 14, 2018 admin #BHUSA, black hat, Botnet, bots, news, Special Projects, Threats, Twitter

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:22:13 +0000

How security researchers were able to track down cryptocurrency bots on Twitter.

QuickHeal Security

Want to scam an online scammer? Here’s how you can do it with Re:scam

November 15, 2017 admin bots, Cyber crime, Cyber safety, email, new zealand, Online privacy, phishing, phishing emails, Re:scam, SCAM, scams

Credit to Author: Rajib Singha| Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:28:12 +0000

How many times have you received an email congratulating you about winning a lottery of $1 Million or that your bank account will be suspended unless you take an action like clicking on a link to update your bank details? I’d guess, at least once in your lifetime. And even…

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Independent MotherBoard Security

The Bots That Are Changing Politics

November 2, 2017 admin Bot Army, bots, Donald Trump, Elections, Facebook, fake accounts, fake news, Features, google, news, online trolls, propaganda, Russia, social media, Sock Puppets

Credit to Author: Brian Anderson| Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2017 14:30:00 +0000

A taxonomy of politibots, a swelling force in global elections that cannot be ignored.

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