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GUEST ESSAY: Scammers leverage social media, clever con games to carry out digital exploitation

The Last Watchdog

The rise of social media has added to the many user-friendly digital tools scammers, sextortionists, and hackers can leverage in order to manipulate their victims. Cybersecurity specialists here at Digital Forensics have built up a store of knowledge tracking criminal patterns while deploying countermeasures on behalf of our clients.

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FTC to Hold Open Meeting on Stealth Advertising in Digital Media Targeting Children

Hunton Privacy

The agenda of the open meeting includes a vote by the FTC on whether to release a staff perspective and recommendations on the blurring of advertising and content on digital media and its effects on children and teens. A transcript of the October 19, 2022 event is available here.

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European Commission to Investigate Meta Subscription Model

Data Breach Today

Pay or Consent' May Violate the Digital Services Act, Say EU Officials The European Commission will scrutinize Meta's pivot to a subscription model in response to a string of rulings from data protection boards limiting the social media giant's ability to legally collect user data.

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FTC Extends Public Comment Period on Advertising to Kids in Digital Media

Hunton Privacy

On August 23, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced it is seeking additional public comment on “how children are affected by digital advertising and marketing messages that may blur the line between ads and entertainment” in conjunction with its “Protecting Kids from Stealth Advertising in Digital Media” event on October 19, 2022.

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Crypto-Seeking Drainer Scam-as-a-Service Operations Thrive

Data Breach Today

$295 Million in Digital Assets Lost Last Year to Wallet Drainers, Researchers Warn Cryptocurrency phishing scams designed to send crypto owners to fake versions of legitimate sites, recently disseminated via hijacked high-profile social media accounts, highlight the ongoing use of drainer scam-as-a-service offerings, which researchers say last year (..)

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FTC Announces Agenda for “Protecting Kids from Stealth Advertising in Digital Media” Event

Hunton Privacy

On September 21, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission announced the agenda for its “Protecting Kids from Stealth Advertising in Digital Media” virtual event to be held on October 19, 2022.

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Experts Urge Congress to Combat Deepfake Technology Threats

Data Breach Today

Digitally Manipulated Media Already Poses National Security and Privacy Concerns A panel of legal experts and technologists warned lawmakers that deepfake technologies were already causing security and privacy concerns across the country, particularly for women and minority communities, as research shows that current detection systems contain biases (..)

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