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Nepalโ€™s Protests: Authentic Voices, Fake Calls for Violence

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Hashtag Hijacked: Bots Amplify #BoycottZara

#BoycottZara isnโ€™t a classic tale of PR fiasco and crisis management. It may seem like one. But what it is, in fact, is a case...

Fashion model in edgy Zara-style outfit stands in studio beside an illustrated social-media network filled with bot icons, angry emojis, thumbs-down symbols and a tablet reading #BoycottZara, symbolizing an automated online boycott campaign

Rotem Baruchin

December 26, 2023

McWho? Bad Actors Impersonating McDonaldโ€™s

McDonaldโ€™s is one of the most impersonated brands online.  McDonaldโ€™s Impersonations didnโ€™t start in 2023. A 2017โ€™s imposter account fooled not only the entirety of...

McDonaldโ€™s restaurant facade on a purple pixelated tech backdrop, surrounded by vulgar fake tweets and angry reaction emojis that illustrate social media impersonators tarnishing the brand

Rotem Baruchin

December 18, 2023

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...

Traveler facing airport departure boards and piles of abandoned suitcases with price tags while social-media icons float overhead, illustrating luggage sale scams

Rotem Baruchin

December 5, 2023

Misinformation Monthly – November 2023

Each month, our experts at Cyabra list some of the interesting articles, items, essays and stories theyโ€™ve read this month. Come back every month for...

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Rotem Baruchin

November 28, 2023

Bin Ladenโ€™s Bot Army: โ€œLetter to Americaโ€ Fake Spreaders

The Beginning of the Trend โ€“ and the Forced Ending Itโ€™s been over two decades since Osama bin Laden, the Al-Qaeda leader responsible for 9/11,...

Illustration of a smartphone displaying the TikTok logo and hashtag #LetterToAmerica, with a robotic hand poised to press a red Share button, surrounded by social media reaction icons and user avatars symbolizing automated amplification of content

Rotem Baruchin

November 26, 2023

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,...

Rotem Baruchin

November 22, 2023

Chinese Bots Infiltrate Taiwanese Election Discourseย 

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...

China and Taiwan highlighted on a blue digital map over a red data matrix, evoking cyber surveillance and bot activity

Rotem Baruchin

November 15, 2023

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,...

Rotem Baruchin

November 2, 2023

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 โ€“ conducting...

Three hooded humanoid robots typing on glowing laptops in a dark room, symbolizing malicious use of generative AI

Rotem Baruchin

October 26, 2023

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...

Digital wireframe map of Israel emerging from a smartphone, connected to chat bubbles that represent social media conversations and online network activity

Rotem Baruchin

October 11, 2023

Protect Your Executives From Social Media Threats

The field of executive protection has always been a challenge for enterprise companies, and is known to grow in tandem with a companyโ€™s growth. Threats...

Rotem Baruchin

October 3, 2023

Integrating Social Media Threats into MSSPs

Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) play a critical role in protecting organizations from cybersecurity threats, such as phishing, hackers, data theft, and other security breaches....

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Rotem Baruchin

September 26, 2023

Misinformation Monthly – September 2023

Each month, our experts at Cyabra list some of the interesting articles, items, essays and stories theyโ€™ve read this month. Come back every month for...

Rotem Baruchin

September 7, 2023

Companies, Watch Social Media For Event Risks

Any company, especially large corporations, needs to be aware of negative online conversations. This is especially true when these conversations manifest in the physical world...

Crowd of demonstrators with stop and strike signs emerging from a computer screen, representing social media protests and event risk monitoring

Rotem Baruchin

August 31, 2023

Fighting AI With AI: Introducing Botbusters.ai

The explosion of generative AI has brought many benefits but has also created humanity-changing risks. With the rising use, the anxiety of employees around the...

Graphic announcing botbusters.ai powered by Cyabra, featuring a desktop monitor displaying the platform interface with the slogan Bringing Trust Back

Rotem Baruchin

August 21, 2023

CEO? Youโ€™ve Got Mail. From Everyone.

The last thing anyone wants is to stumble upon their own personal information posted online. This sentiment is even stronger for individuals who are public...

Stressed office worker at a desk as a skull-marked malicious email pops out of a computer monitor while warning-flagged envelopes swarm in the background

Rotem Baruchin

August 13, 2023

Misinformation Monthly – July 2023

Each month, our experts at Cyabra list some of the interesting articles, items, essays and stories theyโ€™ve read this month. Come back every month for...

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Rotem Baruchin

July 23, 2023

Journalists, Watch Out for Impersonators

Did you hear about the Ticketmaster customer care impersonation? What about the 165 fake profiles impersonating Bank Negara? Other major companies like American Express and...

Confused people reacting to duplicate live journalist profiles emerging from a laptop displaying the Twitter logo, symbolizing social media impersonation

Rotem Baruchin

June 27, 2023