Tag Archives: threat
FBI sees cybercrime reports increase fourfold during COVID-19 outbreak
Twitter bans House candidate who suggested Ilhan Omar should be hanged
Twitter may be reluctant to crack down on politicians' tweets, but it still has its limits -- and one political candidate may have crossed the line. The social media giant has permanently banned Republican House candidate Danielle Stella's personal a...
Amnesty International: Facebook and Google are a threat to human rights
Amnesty International, the premiere human rights organization, says Facebook and Google pose an unprecedented systematic threat to human rights. Specifically, Amnesty is concerned with the companies' "pervasive surveillance." In a new report, the org...
Alphabet’s Chronicle finally reveals its cybersecurity moonshot
Last year, Google's parent company Alphabet announced Chronicle, a cybersecurity division spun out of X (previously Google X). Now, Chronicle has launched its first commercial product -- a global telemetry platform called Backstory. According to Chro...
Facebook reportedly tracks the location of ‘credible threats’
Facebook's security teams reportedly have a list of people they're instructed to watch out for, including ex-employees and users who have threatened the company, according to CNBC. That's a reasonable safety measure, particularly given Facebook recen...
Trolls threaten laid off reporters in coordinated online campaign
Unfortunately, sustained online harassment campaigns are still a reality. NBC News has learned that trolls have launched a coordinated threat campaign against BuzzFeed and Huffington Post (owned by Engadget parent Verizon) journalists recently let go...
For Twitter, ‘sorry’ seems to be the easiest word
Two weeks before Cesar Sayoc was arrested for mailing 13 pipe bombs (and counting) to various Democratic politicians and supporters, including President Barack Obama, he was threatening people on Twitter who opposed his nationalist, pro-Trump views....
Are Crypto Crooks An Authentic Threat To Your Coin Investments?
Speaking out against cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, John Oliver is causing people to question the security of their investments. His main point is the lack of regulation, acknowledging...
Are Crypto Crooks An Authentic Threat To Your Coin Investments?
Speaking out against cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, John Oliver is causing people to question the security of their investments. His main point is the lack of regulation, acknowledging...