Most individuals seeking out new job opportunities use their personal e-mail address to correspond with a prospective employer, presumably keeping that job hunt secret from their current employer. However, now, Joberate, a startup that track’s an individual’s job search activity into their public social media accounts, calculates a score of how likely each individual is
Aer Lingus Warns Customers about Social Media Scam
By Kelly Frye Barnett on
Posted in Cybersecurity, Social Media
Social media users should beware of online scams purporting to offer free Aer Lingus flights.
One scam asks users to fill out a questionnaire for a chance to win Aer Lingus tickets in celebration of Aer Lingus’ 80th anniversary. Once they have completed the questionnaire, users are told they have won two free tickets…
Privacy Tip #47 – Safety Tips for Using Twitter When Anonymity Is Crucial to Your Safety
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
My Facebook account got hacked, so I am no longer on Facebook. LinkedIn was also hacked and users were told to reset their passwords, which I did immediately. I don’t use Twitter, because it’s just another way to get hacked, and those of you who know me, know I am too paranoid about my data…
CMS Issues Warning to Nursing Homes Regarding Abuse of Residents Via Social Media
On August 5, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to nursing homes in a letter to state survey agencies (Letter) that addresses nursing homes’ obligations to protect residents. The Letter focuses on potential psychosocial harm to nursing home residents caused by the sharing on social media of demeaning…
Hacker has possession of 9,000 Department of Homeland Security employee information through social engineering and threatens to release data of 20,000 FBI employees
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Data Breach
Boasting on a Twitter account, a hacker has claimed that he accessed over 9,000 Department of Homeland Security employees’ demographic information, including names, email addresses, telephone numbers, and titles.
The hacker claims that he obtained access to 1TB of data directly from the Department of Justice. The hacker explained that he gained access to a…