At present, you can’t escape social media. It’s always everywhere, no matter where you look, and for good reason. Globally, we have around 5.24 billion social media users. Almost 50 percent of American adults use Instagram; Facebook and Snapchat are popular as well. With such massive engagement, insurance marketing on social media has become essential … Read more
Meta declined to comment further on the company’s vision for social media’s future. In a statement, a Meta spokesperson told Ars that “the FTC’s lawsuit against Meta defies reality,” claiming that it threatens US leadership in AI and insisting that evidence at trial would establish that platforms like TikTok, YouTube, and X are Meta’s true … Read more
For many years, people would come to Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), run a search on their email address, get the big red “Oh no – pwned!” response and then… I’m not sure. We really didn’t have much guidance until we partnered with 1Password and started giving specific advice about how to secure your digital … Read more
A jury has awarded WhatsApp $167 million in punitive damages in a case the company brought against Israel-based NSO Group for exploiting a software vulnerability that hijacked the phones of thousands of users. The verdict, reached Tuesday, comes as a major victory not just for Meta-owned WhatsApp but also for privacy- and security-rights advocates who … Read more
Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a “widespread and ongoing” SMS phishing campaign that’s been targeting toll road users in the United States for financial theft since mid-October 2024. “The toll road smishing attacks are being carried out by multiple financially motivated threat actors using the smishing kit developed by ‘Wang Duo Yu,’” Cisco Talos researchers … Read more