Careful of malware that’s been spreading from social media

https://cyberguy.com/security/troubling-malware-threat-spreading-on-facebook-and-twitter/

Facebook is baaaaaaack!

It’s not just you. Looks like #Facebook is down

Meta removed accounts associated with covert U.S. military “influence operations” targeting the Middle East and Russia

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/meta-links-us-military-with-covert-facebook-influence-operation/

Meta’s Adversarial Threat Report, Third Quarter 2022

Phishing for fake “blue check marks” or “verified accounts”. Already verified targeted too.

Fake Instagram Verification & Twitter Badge Phishing

Android apps with malware was installed from Google Play 3,000,000 times

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-android-malware-on-google-play-installed-3-million-times/

Report: Hospital websites used to schedule Dr appts send medical info to… Facebook

HIPAA FAIL: ~33% of Hospital Websites Send PII to Facebook

Is that email really from who you thought sent it? Fake Facebook emails lead the way, but Financial Services is the most impersonated industry.

https://cybernews.com/news/new-report-reveals-a-sharp-rise-in-facebook-phishing/

https://cybernews.com/

Two Iranian hackers charged by the US Department of Justice for emails pretending to be “Proud Boys” by sending threatening emails to US voters

https://therecord.media/us-charges-iranian-hackers-for-spoofed-proud-boys-emails-threatening-us-voters/

What lessons can be learned from Facebook’s outage from a DR/BC perspective? How reliable is your business on Social Media, the internet, outside contact?