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A Threat To Democracy? What Social Media Has Done To Us
From The Reading List The Atlantic: “The Dark Psychology of Social Networks” — “Suppose that the biblical story of Creation were true: God created the universe in six days, including all the laws of physics and all the physical constants that apply throughout the universe. Now imagine that
‘I was hacked’ – feeble excuse or real threat on social media?
Every so often somebody embroiled in a firestorm over a jarring social media post responds with three words – “I was hacked.” But how easy is it to “hack” a social media account? Take‚ for example‚ a recent racist and homophobic tweet directed at Somizi‚ which unleashed
Alleged social media threat involving Whitefish Bay Middle School reported
Whitefish Bay School District officials were notified Friday morning, Feb. 16 of an alleged social media threat involving a Whitefish Bay Middle School student and “a school.” At this time, the Whitefish Bay Police Department is working with the Whitefish Bay Public Schools in determining the existence and
How Virus Protection Software Has Evolved With the Threat Landscape
John McAfee turned some heads in the security community two years ago when he declared that the virus protection software industry, which he is widely credited with creating 30 years ago, is dead. “In 1987, new applications for the Windows platform were being developed and released at a rate
This security threat has hit almost half of UK businesses and it will get worse
A new piece of research has found that approaching half of all businesses have been hit by aransomware attack over the last year. The study from Malwarebytes questioned over 500 IT leaders from companies across the UK and Germany, as well as Canada and the US, and