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Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2024

Misinformation and hacktivist campaigns targeting the Philippines skyrocket

Amidst rising tensions with China in the SCS, Resecurity observed a spike in malicious cyber activity targeting the Philippines in Q1 2024. Amidst rising tensions with China in the South China Sea, Resecurity has observed a significant spike in malicious cyber activity targeting the Philippines in Q1 2024, increasing nearly 325% compared to the same period […]

Pierluigi Paganini February 26, 2022

Russia restricts Twitter in the country amid conflict with Ukraine

Global internet monitor working group NetBlocks reported that Twitter has been restricted in Russia amid conflict with Ukraine. Global internet monitor working organization NetBlocks shared its metrics confirming the restriction of Twitter in Russia from early morning amid conflict with Ukraine. Multiple local providers (Rostelecom, MTS, Beeline and MegaFon) were blocking access to the popular […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 01, 2020

Twitter removed around 130 Iranian accounts for interference in US Presidential debate

Twitter removed around 130 Iranian accounts for attempting to disrupt the public recent US Presidential Debate. The social media giant Twitter announced to have removed around 130 Iranian Twitter accounts that attempted to disrupt the public conversation during the recent first Presidential Debate for the US 2020 Presidential Election. The company confirmed that it discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2020

COVID-19 disinformation and misinformation campaigns continue to proliferate

COVID-19 disinformation and misinformation campaigns continue to proliferate around the world, with potentially harmful consequences for society. During a COVID-19 crisis, while most of the people have to maintain social distancing and work from home, threat cyber are attempting to conduct disinformation and misinformation campaigns. The main difference between misinformation and disinformation is that the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2020

WhatsApp new policy limits forwarding of viral messages

WhatsApp implements limitations on message forwarding to curb the spread of misinformation about the Coronavirus pandemic. WhatsApp implements a new policy on message forwarding to curb the spread of misinformation about the Coronavirus pandemic. With COVID19 outbreak the number of fake news that is spreading through social networks and instant messaging apps is growing exponentially. […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 04, 2020

Iranian government blocked Wikipedia Farsi due Coronavirus outbreak

The Coronavirus outbreak is a global emergency, in the last hours Iran is one of the countries with the highest number of infections and Wikipedia Farsi was blocked as fears spread. The NetBlocks internet observatory, which tracks disruptions and shutdowns, revealed that Iran has blocked access to the Farsi (Persian) language edition of the Wikipedia online […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 18, 2019

Facebook banned Archimedes Group, misinformation made in Israel

A new political misinformation campaign was uncovered and blocked by Facebook, this time it was not operated by Russia but Israel’s Archimedes Group Facebook uncovered and blocked a misinformation campaign powered by Israel’ Archimedes Group, the corporation used fake accounts to manipulated political campaigns. According to Facebook, the Archimedes Group used hundreds of pages, accounts, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2018

Twitter deletes over 10,000 accounts that aim to influence U.S. voting

Twitter announced to have deleted more than 10,000 accounts managed by bots that were posting messages to influence U.S. Midterm election. Twitter announced to have deleted more than 10,000 accounts managed by bots that were posting messages to discourage people from voting in Tuesday’s U.S. Midterm election. The accounts were created to appear from Democrats, but […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 01, 2018

Facebook reported and blocked attempts to influence campaign ahead of midterms US elections

Facebook removed 32 Facebook and Instagram accounts and pages that were involved in a coordinated operation aimed at influencing the midterm US elections Facebook has removed 32 Facebook and Instagram accounts and pages that were involved in a coordinated operation aimed at influencing the forthcoming midterm US elections. Facebook is shutting down content and accounts “engaged in coordinated […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 28, 2018

Twitter removed more than 143,000 apps from the messaging service

On Tuesday, Twitter announced it had removed more than 143,000 apps from the messaging service since April in a new crackdown initiative. Last week, Twitter announced it had removed more than 143,000 apps from the messaging service since April in a new crackdown initiative aimed at “malicious” activity from automated accounts. We’re committing Twitter to […]

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Misinformation and hacktivist campaigns targeting the Philippines skyrocket

Russia restricts Twitter in the country amid conflict with Ukraine

Twitter removed around 130 Iranian accounts for interference in US Presidential debate

COVID-19 disinformation and misinformation campaigns continue to proliferate

WhatsApp new policy limits forwarding of viral messages

Iranian government blocked Wikipedia Farsi due Coronavirus outbreak

Facebook banned Archimedes Group, misinformation made in Israel

Twitter deletes over 10,000 accounts that aim to influence U.S. voting

Facebook reported and blocked attempts to influence campaign ahead of midterms US elections

Twitter removed more than 143,000 apps from the messaging service

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