social media

Fake technical support websites and accounts in social networks pose a real danger. How to spot and avoid them.

To hijack popular Instagram accounts, scammers are sending phishing e-mails with fake copyright infringement notifications.

When you’re ready to leave the privacy fever dream that is Facebook, make sure you have everything before you lock the door on your way out.

Here’s how to delete or temporarily disable your Instagram account and back up your photos if you want to take a break from the social media service.

Ready to delete your Twitter account? Here’s how. But you’d better back up your tweets first.

In this edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, Jeff sits down with David Jacoby to discuss the true value of online identities to crooks on the dark web.

Protecting privacy online can be good for our mental health. Two reasons: it makes more time for offline socializing and keeps distracting ads at bay.

Fake airline giveaways won’t win you a ticket, but they might steal your data.

Rumor has it that typing “BFF” as a Facebook comment checks your profile security. We investigate the claim.

Those 50 million Facebook profiles were already harvested

Attackers pretending to be acquaintances asking for money — the story is old, the approaches new. We show you how to avoid the e-bait.

Want to protect your intimate photos from ever going public? Facebook has a suggestion: Upload them yourself!

Here’s why you need to ignore the Jayden K. Smith messages.

Snapchat’s new feature raises security concerns.

When web services collapse, they bury users’ data under their ruins. How can we solve this problem?

Social media and ‘likes’ can hurt our relationships and everyday life. Here is how it happens.

How you can fix the security hole within WhatsApp.

We share our lives on social media. What happens if we get locked out?

Social networking sites know a lot more about you than what you post. These two tools can help you figure out how much more.

Millions of user logins for Tumblr and MySpace stolen, up for sale.

Aggressive moral crusaders search for porn actresses accounts on VK.com and cyberbully them along with their friends and families.