If you’re on Instagram, you’ve probably received DMs inviting you to become a “brand ambassador.” You’ll get free swag in return for posting a few photos of said swag. Sounds great, right? Not so fast… You should be wary of any such offers in your DMs because they may well be a deceptive marketing tactic, […]
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Scammers are exploiting Monday’s total solar eclipse to push crypto scams on YouTube. The pair of cybersecurity researchers known as Mysk first spotted the scam videos, which are posted by accounts impersonating SpaceX. Despite claiming to be about the eclipse, the videos feature a deep fake of Elon Musk talking about a crypto “giveaway.” The
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Last week, news broke that Spoutible, a Twitter alternative, had exposed sensitive user data thanks to a leaky API. In this post, I’ll explain what data was leaked and give you some tips to protect yourself from the fallout of future breaches. What happened? Someone (we don’t know who) discovered a vulnerability in Spoutible’s API,
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If the SEC and Google owned security firm Mandiant can have their X (formerly Twitter) accounts hacked, so can you! That’s why in today’s post I’m going to walk you through how to secure your X account. In what follows, I’m going to assume you are still using a password for X. However, X is
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There were multiple reports on r/scams yesterday of fraudulent Facebook messages being sent to users with Facebook Business accounts. The messages claim the recipients have violated Facebook’s intellectual property policies and that their pages will be deleted unless they click a link to a non-official site. Users should not click the links, however, as they
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Ever seen a post from a social media influencer selling signed MacBook Pros? Priced at $600 each, you might be tempted to buy one. If you do, however, you’ll soon be disappointed because it’s a scam! How the scam works Here’s how the scam works. Fraudsters first hijack the X (formerly Twitter) account belonging to
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Social media is a scammer’s paradise. From sextortionists to crypto scammers to AI deep fakers, you’ll find them lurking on your favorite social media site. And while you’d hope social media companies would be working hard to boot scammers off their platforms, they seem to be struggling to do so. Here I’ll look at some
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Scammers are impersonating social media giant Meta and sending malicious DMs to Instagram users. The bogus DMs accuse their recipients of violating copyright rules and urge them to file an appeal to avoid their accounts being closed. But completing the fake appeal form gives scammers access to the victim’s Instagram account, allowing them to use
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If you think you’ve been scammed, it’s natural to want to ask for help or just vent on social media. Unfortunately, doing so will probably attract dozens of recovery scammers. In this post, I’ll explain how their scam works and how to avoid falling for it. How recovery scams work Recovery scammers target people who
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