It turns out that it’s surprisingly easy to create a fake Harvard student and get a harvard.edu email account. Scammers are using that prestigious domain name to shill brands: Basically, it appears that anyone with $300 to spare can – or could, depending on whether Harvard successfully shuts down the practice — advertise nearly anything … Read More “Using Fake Student Accounts to Shill Brands” »
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Excellent article on fraudulent seller tactics on Amazon. The most prominent black hat companies for US Amazon sellers offer ways to manipulate Amazon’s ranking system to promote products, protect accounts from disciplinary actions, and crush competitors. Sometimes, these black hat companies bribe corporate Amazon employees to leak information from the company’s wiki pages and business … Read More “Amazon Is Losing the War on Fraudulent Sellers” »
There are a lot of them. In a world where the number of fans, friends, followers, and likers are social currency — and where the number of reposts is a measure of popularity — this kind of gaming the system is inevitable. Powered by WPeMatico
Interesting research from Sasha Romanosky at RAND: Abstract: In 2013, the US President signed an executive order designed to help secure the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyberattacks. As part of that order, he directed the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop a framework that would become an authoritative source for information security … Read More “The Cost of Cyberattacks Is Less than You Might Think” »
Yet another leaked catalog of Internet attack services, this one specializing in disinformation: But Aglaya had much more to offer, according to its brochure. For eight to 12 weeks campaigns costing €2,500 per day, the company promised to “pollute” internet search results and social networks like Facebook and Twitter “to manipulate current events.” For this … Read More “Internet Disinformation Service for Hire” »