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In case you missed it, Buffalo Wild Wings’s official Twitter account was hacked last Friday. The perpetrators sent six tweets ranging from racist to puerile before the company regained control. At first glance, this account takeover (ATO) attack appe...

Facebook's deactivation feature has been available for some time, allowing you to take a break without deleting your account. It's not uncommon for people to take a short break, but this week we learned a whole country is planning to "take a break fr...

OURSA and RSA made for a very busy week in San Francisco last week, delving into all dimensions of the state of cyber and managing digital and social media risk.  Here are some of our takeaways from visits to RSA and OURSA. Cyber continues to grow a ...

As of the writing of this article Facebook Inc. shares are on pace to post their largest percentage decline in nearly five years, wiping out $50B in market cap, a value equal to 2x Twitter’s entire market cap that also declined 9%. Facebook is under ...

Is it time to #deletefacebook? Well, the message is loud and clear and the campaign is definitely gathering momentum ­- but just how big is this campaign?  And what will its impact be?    As you can see from Twitter data collected by Social SafeGuard...

Emergency Alert BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. That horrifying message was tweeted to the cell phones of hundreds of thousands of terrified Hawaiians and tourists on January 13, 2018. Panic en...

Missed Part 1, see it here (link) Steps 2 & 3 - Protecting against hacking, account takeover and other malicious external threats Even as public agencies and large organizations implement best practices to bring their messaging systems and channels u...