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The Bot Network Collapse That Exposed Iran’s Influence Operation
Misinformation Monthly – February 2024
Each month, our experts at Cyabra list some of the interesting articles, items, essays and stories they’ve read this month. Come back every month for...
Bots Hitch a Ride on Bolt’s PR Crisis
At the end of January, ride-hailing company Bolt faced a PR crisis with a lot of the conversation playing out on X (Twitter). As Bolt...
Rip Curl Caught in a Vortex of Fake Profiles
International surf sportswear brand Rip Curl is under attack on social media after featuring a transgender surfer in its latest women’s campaign. But the massively...
#BoycottWoolworths Enhanced by Fake Profiles
Woolworths Supermarkets, AKA “Woolies”, is Australia's biggest supermarket chain, sometimes referred to as “the Aussie Walmart”. Founded in 1924, Woolworths holds a market share of...
Phone-y Business: Imposter CEO Risks T-Mobile
Let’s talk about impersonations online, and more importantly, about the connection between impersonations and brand reputation: in the past year, Cyabra has witnessed a steady...
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Joins Cyabra’s Board
Cyabra is thrilled to announce the appointment of 70th Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to its Board of Directors. As a prominent figure in the...
Unveiling Online Threats to Individuals
High-profile individuals in important roles across companies and organizations are frequently subject to risks emerging from the online world. You don’t have to be Elon...
Misinformation Monthly – January 2024
Each month, our experts at Cyabra list some of the interesting articles, items, essays and stories they’ve read this month. Come back every month for...
Hashtag Hijacked: Bots Amplify #BoycottZara
#BoycottZara isn’t a classic tale of PR fiasco and crisis management. It may seem like one. But what it is, in fact, is a case...
McWho? Bad Actors Impersonating McDonald’s
McDonald’s is one of the most impersonated brands online. McDonald’s Impersonations didn’t start in 2023. A 2017’s imposter account fooled not only the entirety of...
Time of Arrival: Never! The Luggage Scam
In 2023, Facebook is still the most popular social network online, with 3.030 billion monthly active users. its massive user base has always made it...
Misinformation Monthly – November 2023
Each month, our experts at Cyabra list some of the interesting articles, items, essays and stories they’ve read this month. Come back every month for...
Bin Laden’s Bot Army: “Letter to America” Fake Spreaders
The Beginning of the Trend – and the Forced Ending It’s been over two decades since Osama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda leader responsible for 9/11,...
Three Examples of GenAI Used for Disinformation
AI-generated texts and images unintentionally offer great value and great opportunities for bad actors online. With one single click, they can create millions of texts,...
Chinese Bots Infiltrate Taiwanese Election Discourse
The presidential elections in Taiwan (officially the Republic of China) will be held on 13 January 2024. The two leading candidates are Hou Yu-ih and...
GenAI: A Weapon of Mass Disinformation
This blog post explores the 5 different ways in which bad actors utilize GenAI to make disinformation spread more easily and effectively, and explains why,...
GenAI: The New Weapon for Bad Actors
The introduction of GenAI altered the online threat landscape significantly. Bad actors have long ago learned to harness social media for their needs – conducting...
1 in 4 Profiles Are Pro-Hamas Fake Accounts: The Online Battlefront
Hamas' assault on Israel is aided by a coordinated influence operations campaign involving tens of thousands of fake profiles. In their efforts to gain worldwide...
