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Russia focusing on US social media stars to covertly influence voters
Russia focusing on US social media stars to covertly influence voters
Russia is increasingly turning to American social media stars to covertly influence voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to U.S. officials and recently unveiled criminal charges. “What we see them doing is relying on witting and unwitting Americans to seed, promote and add credibility to narratives that serve these foreign actors’ interest,” a senior intelligence official said in a briefing on Friday. “These foreign countries typically calculate that Americans are more likely to believe other Americans’ views.”
#reuters#EN#2024#US#social#media#stars#influence#Russia#presidential#election
·reuters.com·
Russia focusing on US social media stars to covertly influence voters
Meta nukes massive Instagram sextortion network of 63,000 accounts
Meta nukes massive Instagram sextortion network of 63,000 accounts
Meta has removed 63,000 Instagram accounts from Nigeria that were involved in sextortion scams, including a coordinated network of 2,500 accounts linked to 20 individuals targeting primarily adult men in the United States. #Computer #Facebook #InfoSec #Instagram #Media #Meta #Scam #Security #Sextortion #Social
#bleepingcomputer#EN#2024#Facebook#Sextortion#Media#Meta#Scam#Instagram#Social
·bleepingcomputer.com·
Meta nukes massive Instagram sextortion network of 63,000 accounts
How Kopeechka, an Automated Social Media Accounts Creation Service, Can Facilitate Cybercrime
How Kopeechka, an Automated Social Media Accounts Creation Service, Can Facilitate Cybercrime
In recent years, cybercriminals have become increasingly professional — fraudsters have consistently been improving their skills, making less crucial mistakes, and creating various “as-a-service” businesses to help lower-skilled threat actors launch scams and attacks, allowing the latter to run full cybercrime operations. There are different types of cybercrime services that exist today, including malware-as-a-service, where cybercriminals develop and sell malware services to other malicious actors; the service also includes creating and spreading malware types such as ransomware on compromised hosts. Meanwhile, other services require the use of multiple social media accounts to be successfully carried out, such as misinformation, spamming, and malware propagation. Indeed, it’s not uncommon for cybercriminals to send thousands of spam messages using thousands of accounts on social media platforms. But how do they manage to automate all of it?
#ltrendmicro#EN#2023#social-media#Kopeechka#Social#Media#Accounts#Creation#Service#Cybercrime
·trendmicro.com·
How Kopeechka, an Automated Social Media Accounts Creation Service, Can Facilitate Cybercrime