More than half of all login attempts on social media are scammers

ronjor · Aug 26, 2019

By Sean Captain 08.26.19

“Bot” has become a household word, thanks to the many fraud and disinformation campaigns using fake, automated social media accounts to post or “like” bogus information. But with social media companies like Facebook and Twitter trying to crack down on fake accounts, scammers are turning to real people—or rather, hijacked accounts of real people—to get the message out.
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guest · Aug 26, 2019

Philippines is the biggest cyber attack originator, report says
August 26, 2019
https://z6mag.com/2019/08/26/philippines-is-the-biggest-cyber-attack-originator-report-says/

A recent report on online fraud and abuse revealed that more than half of the login attempts on social media are made by scammers. The data also named the Philippines as the world’s single biggest attack originator for both automated and human-driven attack.
The Philippines is the top originator of attacks
Cyber attacks come from different parts of the world. However, according to the report, the Philippines is the single biggest attack originator for both automated and human-driven attacks and the U.S. a distant second. Other top originators are Russia, the U.K., and Indonesia.

Moreover, according to the report, tech companies are the biggest targets of human-driven frauds and cyber attacks. Click-farms and sweatshops, which employ a large group of low-paid workers hired speciﬁcally to make fraudulent transactions or create fake accounts, are targeting tech companies at an alarming rate or 43%.
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