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Operation Pharisee was an attack organized via social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube [121] against the Vatican website for World Youth Day 2011. It was unsuccessful, despite a denial-of-service attack resulting 34 times normal traffic, and well-documented [122] due to the efforts of Imperva, the security firm employed by the ...
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire.Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.
October 16: The YouTube channel of Sesame Street was hacked, streaming pornographic content for about 22 minutes. [77] November 1: The main phone and Internet networks of the Palestinian territories sustained a hacker attack from multiple locations worldwide. [78] November 7: The forums for Valve's Steam service were hacked. Redirects for a ...
The general function of social hacking is to gain access to restricted information or to a physical space without proper permission. Most often, social hacking attacks are achieved by impersonating an individual or group who is directly or indirectly known to the victims or by representing an individual or group in a position of authority. [1]
Lapsus$ uses a variety of attack vectors, including social engineering, MFA fatigue, SIM swapping, [6] and targeting suppliers. Once the group has gained the credentials to a privileged employee within the target organisation, the group then attempts to obtain sensitive data through a variety of means, including using remote desktop tools.
A national survey published this month by the media reform group Free Press found that 79% of adults in the U.S. worry that what they read online includes “fake” or “false” information ...
October 16: The YouTube channel of Sesame Street was hacked, streaming pornographic content for about 22 minutes. [38] November 1: The main phone and Internet networks of the Palestinian territories sustained a hacker attack from multiple locations worldwide. [39] November 7: The forums for Valve's Steam service were hacked. Redirects for a ...
By flooding social media channels with repeated content, bots can also alter algorithms and shift online attention to disinformation content. [17] Clickbait: The deliberate use of misleading headlines and thumbnails to increase online traffic for profit or popularity Conspiracy theories