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Social media in the workplace: Cybersecurity dos and don'ts for employees

Social media in the workplace: Cybersecurity dos and don'ts for employees

Social media in the workplace: Cybersecurity dos and don'ts for employees

Do you often take to social media to broadcast details about your job, employer or coworkers? Think before you share – less may be more.

Amer Owaida • 17 Jan 2022


WhatsApp announces end-to-end encrypted backups

WhatsApp announces end-to-end encrypted backups

WhatsApp announces end-to-end encrypted backups

The Facebook-owned messaging service plans to roll out the feature to both iOS and Android users in the coming weeks.

Amer Owaida • 14 Sep 2021


Twitter introduces new feature to automatically block abusive behavior

Twitter introduces new feature to automatically block abusive behavior

Twitter introduces new feature to automatically block abusive behavior

Dubbed Safety Mode, the feature will temporarily block authors of offensive tweets from being able to contact or follow users.

Amer Owaida • 02 Sep 2021


Most Twitter users haven’t enabled 2FA yet, report reveals

Most Twitter users haven’t enabled 2FA yet, report reveals

Most Twitter users haven’t enabled 2FA yet, report reveals

Twitter’s transparency report revealed that users aren’t quick to adopt 2FA and once they do enable it, they choose the least secure option

Amer Owaida • 28 Jul 2021


Twitter now lets users set security keys as the only 2FA method

Twitter now lets users set security keys as the only 2FA method

Twitter now lets users set security keys as the only 2FA method

You can now secure your account with a physical security key as your sole 2FA method, without any additional 2FA option

Amer Owaida • 02 Jul 2021


Data for 700 million LinkedIn users up for grabs on hacker forum

Data for 700 million LinkedIn users up for grabs on hacker forum

Data for 700 million LinkedIn users up for grabs on hacker forum

Information scraped from LinkedIn user profiles includes full names, gender, email addresses and phone numbers

Amer Owaida • 29 Jun 2021


WhatsApp will limit features for users who don't accept new data-sharing rules

WhatsApp will limit features for users who don't accept new data-sharing rules

WhatsApp will limit features for users who don't accept new data-sharing rules

Your account won’t be deleted, but here's what you may want to be aware of if not even repeated reminders to accept the new policy do the trick

Amer Owaida • 11 May 2021


Instagram rolls out new features to help prevent cyberbullying

Instagram rolls out new features to help prevent cyberbullying

Instagram rolls out new features to help prevent cyberbullying

The social media platform is stepping up efforts to help stomp out harassment and other abusive behavior

Amer Owaida • 23 Apr 2021


WhatsApp flaw lets anyone lock you out of your account

WhatsApp flaw lets anyone lock you out of your account

WhatsApp flaw lets anyone lock you out of your account

An attacker can lock you out of the app using just your phone number and without requiring any action on your part

Amer Owaida • 13 Apr 2021