OVER HALF OF BITCOIN’S DAILY TRADING VOLUME FAKE GLOBALLY: REPORT

M0n 29 August 2022: Amid biggest cryptocurrency in the world continues to decline under a turbulent global economy, according to new report, more than half of all daily trading volumes in Bitcoin are false. More than half (51%) of all stated trading volume is likely to be fraudulent or non-economic, according to a Forbes investigation […]

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FOR NEW TEEN USERS, INSTAGRAM AUTOMATICALLY RESTRICTS SENSITIVE CONTENT

Sat 27 August 2022: Instagram, the photo and video sharing provider owned by Meta, has declared that it will by default restrict sensitive content for new teen users. According to Instagram, teens only have access to the “Standard” and “Less” settings under the sensitive content control. “New teens on Instagram under 16 years old will […]

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HACKER HAS GAINED ACCESS TO THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR PASSWORD MANAGER

Sat 27 August 2022: More than 33 million people use the password manager LastPass worldwide, and it recently came under attack by a hacker who stole source code and private data. The company believes that no passwords were taken as part of the breach, and users shouldn’t need to take any additional steps to secure […]

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WHATSAPP MAY SOON OFFER GROUP CHATS WITH PROFILE PHOTOS SIMILAR TO IMESSAGE

Fri 26 August 2022: WhatsApp, which is owned by Meta, is going to introduce iMessage-style profile photographs within group chats. According to WABetaInfo, the platform intends to provide a long-requested feature: profile images of group participants. In a future update of the app, when this functionality is available to beta testers, profile images of other […]

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META, TWITTER BUST ‘DECEPTIVE’ PRO-US INFLUENCE CAMPAIGN: REPORT

Thu 25 August 2022: Fake accounts promoted pro-Western narratives while trying to discredit China, Russia and Iran, researchers say. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter disrupted pro-United States covert influence operations that used “deceptive tactics” to shape opinion in Central Asia and the Middle East, according to a report by internet researchers. Dozens of fake accounts promoted […]

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3 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE WISH TO DELETE THEIR INTERNET FOOTPRINTS DUE TO PRIVACY VIOLATIONS

Wed 24  August 2022: More than a third of individuals (33%) would delete their profiles from the Internet if they could, according to a report released on Tuesday amid rising privacy thefts and hacking worries. 63% of the world’s population is reportedly online at this time. In a survey conducted by virtual private network (VPN) […]

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