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How to best fight fake news.

How to best fight fake news.

FromHacking Humans


How to best fight fake news.

FromHacking Humans

ratings:
Length:
39 minutes
Released:
May 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Guest Helen Lee Bouygues of the Reboot Foundation joins Dave to talk about social media’s effect within the misinformation ecosystem and how users can best fight fake news, Dave and Joe share some follow-up from listener Jonathan on two-factor authentication, Joe's story is about an employee in Scotland sued for making payments based on phishing emails, Dave has a story about fake order confirmation phishing messages prompting us to call rather than click, our Catch of the Day comes from a listener named Wyatt who received a phishing email from some fellow jackpot winners.
Links to stories:

Why You Should Use a Physical Key to Sign Into Your Accounts

Publishing company defrauded of over £193,000 fail to appeal decision that ex-employee was not liable for damages

Company sues worker who fell for email scam

BazarBackdoor phishing campaign eschews links and files to avoid raising red flags


Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at hackinghumans@thecyberwire.com or hit us up on Twitter.
Released:
May 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Deception, influence, and social engineering in the world of cyber crime.