Security Boulevard

AUGUST 19, 2021

Got a grudge against an Instagram user? As Joseph Cox at Motherboard reports, the criminal underground has stepped beyond the likes of offering ransomware-as-a-service and DDoS-attacks-for-hire to advertise an easy way for anyone to target an Instagram account and […]… Read More. The post Want to ban someone from Instagram?

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Malwarebytes

MAY 6, 2021

They bought advertising space on Instagram and showed visitors ads full of the characteristics that were used to target them. In an a blog post, the company explains what it tried to do and how Facebook banned their ads. It has always declined, stating that it does not record the data it is being asked to produce. Some examples.

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ForAllSecure

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

What role might the security industry have in identifying or even stopping it? They discuss how software and IoT companies can avoid becoming the next Black Mirror episode and share resources that can help survivors (and those who want to help them) deal with the technology issues that can be associated with technologically facilitated abuse.

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