Australia Plans Social Media Ban for Under-16s
Image: Adobe Stock X is one of the social media sites that will soon be X-cluded for a certain age group. Australia is preparing to implement a world-first restriction barring…
Fighting Fake EDRs With ‘Credit Ratings’ for Police
When KrebsOnSecurity recently explored how cybercriminals were using hacked email accounts at police departments worldwide to obtain warrantless Emergency Data Requests (EDRs) from social media firms and technology providers, many…
Fake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill
On Tuesday, KrebsOnSecurity warned that hackers increasingly are using compromised government and police department email accounts to obtain sensitive customer data from mobile providers, ISPs and social media companies. Today,…
Snap taps ex-Google exec for global operator tie-ups
Snap created a new management role looking after partnerships with global operators, hiring former Google MD Anne Laurenson to run a strategy pushing 5G and AR services. In a statement,…
PlugwalkJoe Does the Perp Walk
Joseph “PlugwalkJoe” O’Connor, in a photo from a paid press release on Sept. 02, 2020, pitching him as a trustworthy cryptocurrency expert and advisor. One day after last summer’s mass-hack…