RSA Panel – The Loophole: Federal Crimes Not Being Addressed
On Thursday, February 28, day four of RSA Conference, people congregated at the panel The Loophole: Federal Crimes Not Being Addressed. The panel featured business professionals and academics with expertise in technology, copyright issues, and censorship law. Moderated by Impermium CEO, Mark Risher, the panel used several real-life examples to illustrate the grey area faced by...
This Week in Cybersecurity – Headlines and Highlights
It’s our second installment of our series highlighting and summarizing the week’s biggest headlines in cybersecurity. In case you missed any of the news stories this week, we’ve highlighted and summarized a few the latest in security flaws, hackings, and cyber espionage accusations for your reading pleasure. Hackers Publish Large Amount of Bank of...
Who’s Accountable for Illegal Online Content?
There’s a category of malicious and illegal activities happening every day on the Internet, yet unclear regulations and technical limitations leave site owners in a grey area regarding liability. In The Loophole, a panel of experts will take part in a heated debate surrounding these issues, covering what content is covered, who is responsible, where...
This Week in Cybersecurity – Headlines & Highlights
It seems like every week is an eventful week in cybersecurity, and this week didn’t fall short of company data breaches, celebrity hackings, and government executive orders. In case you missed any of the big news stories this week, we’ve highlighted and summarized a few for your reading pleasure. U.S. is the Target Of...
Impermium and ImageVision Partner to Protect Businesses Online
Impermium, the leading defender against account hacking and malicious user-generated content for web sites, and ImageVision, the pioneer in automated content safety for images and videos, today announce a strategic partnership to protect businesses from dangerous and explicit user-generated content. As we’ve warned before, incidents of malicious content and online abuse are rapidly increasing across...
Fake Users Are Gaming Every Popularity Contest and Social Network on the Web
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard PSY’s massive hit Gangnam Style. The catchy music video earned over a billion views on YouTube, making it the most watched video on the site. What if I told you that you could have the most watched video on YouTube for only $800K? Okay, so that’s...
Stop Social Spam Webinar: Emerging Online Threats & How to Prevent Them
Last week, Impermium partnered with TeleSign to present our first webinar, Stop Social Spam. During the discussion, Impermium CEO, Mark Risher and TeleSign VP, Forrest Hobbs gave their expertise surrounding internet security threats, particularly the dangers of social spam and online fraud. As discussed more thoroughly in our white paper, Stop Social Spam and Fraud...
Prevent Social Spam and Fraud From Sabotaging Your Brand
Social spam continues to proliferate social networks and media sites, exposing users to malicious and dangerous content, but many people foolishly don’t believe it’s a big problem. The truth is, social spam is hugely problematic – and becoming even more so. It’s not just an issue for website users, but also for online companies, who experience...
Locking the Front Door
The mass creation of bogus accounts on social media sites is a serious problem. Even with millions of dollars being spent on our site-integrity systems and hundreds of full-time employees dedicated to preventing social spam, keeping fraudsters and spammers at bay is a massive challenge for even the largest networks. Facebook estimates that 8.7 percent of...
Internet Trolls Ready to “Move On” Post-Election
In the lead-up to the election, insults and hate reached a fever pitch, particularly surrounding high-profile events, such as Hurricane Sandy and the presidential debates. In one example, Impermium researchers discovered one troller that posted over 6,600 messages in 15 days, to just a few articles. In the 24-hours post-election, aside from a brief barrage...
Kaggle Competition Helps Impermium Detect Insults in Social Commentary
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