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The fake report message that ends with a stolen Reddit account

A direct message arrives on Reddit from a stranger, and it invites a reply. That reply is the point. This scheme runs on social engineering, with no malware and no malicious …

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LLM security advice looks solid until you check the hard cases

Plenty of people now type their security worries straight into a chatbot. A hacked account, a suspicious email, a stalker who might be tracking a phone, all of it lands in the …

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Using Reddit to manipulate AI search results is surprisingly easy

A Reddit comment that takes only a few seconds to write can end up influencing the answers generated by AI research tools. A Cornell Tech study found that a short snippet of …

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Reddit declares war on bad bot activity

Reddit is introducing changes to support interactions between people. The company is taking a bottom-up approach to help users understand when they are engaging with another …

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AI SOC vendors are selling a future that production deployments haven’t reached yet

Vendors selling AI-powered security operations platforms have built their pitches around a consistent set of promises: autonomous threat investigation, dramatic reductions in …

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Reddit fined $19.5 million for failing to protect children’s personal data

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Reddit $19.5 million after finding that the company failed to use children’s personal information lawfully, exposing …

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Reddit breached: Internal docs, dashboards, systems accessed

Popular social news website and forum Reddit has been breached (again) and the attacker “gained access to some internal docs, code, as well as some internal dashboards …

Secure Code Warrior’s growth fueled by global demand for security-skilled developers

Global secure coding company Secure Code Warrior has announced the signing of its 400th customer and strong business performance in response to an increased demand for …

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What are the traits of individuals more likely to demonstrate trolling behaviors?

As social media and other online networking sites have grown in usage, so too has trolling – an internet practice in which users intentionally seek to draw others into …

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Software vulnerabilities sometimes first announced on social media

Software vulnerabilities are more likely to be discussed on social media before they’re revealed on a government reporting site, a practice that could pose a national …

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Reddit suffers data breach despite using SMS-based 2FA

Popular social news aggregation and discussion website Reddit has suffered a breach. The attacker broke into some of its systems and got access to some user data, but did not …

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Major websites still fail to steer users towards better passwords

The death of passwords is predicted with regular frequency, but we’re still to see it actually happen. It’s possible that it will happen one day but, in the …

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