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AI generated Pentagon explosion photograph goes viral on Twitter

Categories: News

Categories: Personal

Tags: AI

Tags: twitter

Tags: misinformation

Tags: disinformation

Tags: fake

Tags: viral

Tags: hoax

Tags: news

Tags: verified

Tags: checkmark

Tags: debunk

We take a look at a viral hoax on Twitter which used AI generated imagery to claim an explosion had occurred close to the Pentagon.

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Sponsored Twitter post uses fake BBC News site to boost slippery oil trading app

Categories: News

Categories: Personal

Tags: forex

Tags: BBC

Tags: fake

Tags: trading

Tags: digital

Tags: reviews

Tags: website

Tags: AI

Tags: app

Tags: phone

Tags: twitter

Tags: sponsored

Tags: ad

Tags: advert

Tags: blue check

Tags: verified

We take a look at a daisy chain of links and clicks leading from a sponsored Twitter ad to a fake BBC website offering up an AI trading app.

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Big changes to Twitter verification: How to spot a verified account

Categories: News

Tags: twitter

Tags: blue

Tags: verified

Tags: verification

Tags: fake

Tags: fraud

Tags: phish

Tags: phishing

Tags: scam

Tags: imposter

Significant changes to Twitter’s verification identifiers mean new rules for ensuring whether an account is real.

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The post Big changes to Twitter verification: How to spot a verified account appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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