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CREDIT: Twitter Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat most hacked social media accounts. FACEBOOK, Instagram and Snapchat most hacked social media accounts, with phishing messages being the most common tactic used by cyber criminals to lure unsuspecting victims. Between February 2020 and February 2021, the National Fraud & Cyber Crime Reporting Centre, ActionFraud, received 15,214 reports about email and social media account hacking. The majority of reports (88 per cent) were made by individuals, with 12 per cent of reports being made by businesses. Analysis of the crime reports revealed that Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat were the most affected social media accounts. The motivation behind the hacks are varied and can range from financial gain, to revenge or personal amusement, said ActionFraud. Some victims are extorted for money, whilst others have their accounts used to send malicious links to their contacts. Superintendent Sanjay Andersen, Head of the City of London Police’s National Fraud Intelligence Bureau, said: “Criminals hack people’s email and social media accounts to access a wealth of valuable personal information about the individual, which they can use to commit fraud. “This includes passwords for other accounts like online banking. Criminals also use compromised accounts to imitate the victim online and…

Instagram has announced it is taking steps to make it more difficult for strangers to contact teenagers through its app. A new feature will ban adults from sending direct messages to people under age 18 who don’t follow them. If an adult tries to do so, they’ll receive a notification explaining they can’t direct message the account. A blogpost from Instagram’s parent company Facebook explains this is just one of the updates they are implementing in their efforts to “keep our youngest community members safe.” If an adult is social media friends with a teenager, Instagram may prompt the teen to be cautious if they decide to have private messaging conversations. The safety notices will tell young people if an adult they are interacting with is exhibiting potentially suspicious behavior. For instance, if an adult is trying to send messages to a lot of people under 18, the young account holder will get a safety notification from Instagram. The notice gives teenagers the option of ending the conversation and then restricting, blocking or reporting the adult. If kids really want to chat with adult strangers, they can always lie about their age when they sign up. But Instagram says it’s…

A SCHOOLBOY said goodbye to his friends on Snapchat before he hanged himself, an inquest has heard. Talented kickboxer Kian Southway, 15, posted the Snapchat message saying "Goodbye everyone" after struggling to cope just days into the first national lockdown. 3Kian Southway, 15, posted the Snapchat message saying 'Goodbye everyone'Credit: Jolene Southway/Media Wales His parents rushed to check on Kian in March last year after his younger sister was alerted to the social media post by friends. But the tragic teenager was found hanged and despite being rushed to hospital his condition declined and he died four days later. An inquest heard he had been missing his friends and school due to lockdown and was worried about not sitting his exams. The Pontypridd hearing was told Kian, of Treorchy, Rhondda, had also had a "tiff" with a girl he had been close with. The girl told the hearing she and Kian "were more than just friends" but had not been in a formal relationship. She said: "I last saw Kian the weekend prior to his death. We had a bit of a tiff but I wouldn't say it was a fight or an argument. 3An inquest heard he had been…

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A Parma man who arranged a meeting with a girl he met on Snapchat ended up getting robbed at gunpoint in Akron, police say.AKRON, Ohio — A Parma man ended up having his car taken at gunpoint after he drove to Akron to meet with a girl he had met on Snapchat, police say.According to police, officers were called to the 1700 block of Nanaula Drive in the Goodyear Heights neighborhood at about 9:45 p.m. Friday. The 23-year-old victim told police he had driven to Akron to meet a 17-year-old girl.He tells police that when he arrived, the girl led him to a home on Nanaula Drive and two males got into the vehicle. The two males assaulted the victim and robbed him at gunpoint.The victim ran to a nearby home and the suspects drove off in the vehicle, a Chevrolet Trax. The teen girl was later found at a home on Carpenter Street. Police say she admitted to being involved in the robbery and has been charged with receiving stolen property.The Trax was found near the girl’s home on Carpenter Street, but the two males were not located. The investigation is ongoing.Anyone with information can call detectives at 330-375-2490…

They laughed Steve Jobs’s team out of the room…In early 2009, Apple’s founder wanted to give app developers a way to make money by allowing them to sell ads.Keep in mind, most Americans didn’t even own a smartphone at the time. Mobile ads were the Wild West.But Jobs demanded his team get the world’s best brands to sign multimillion-dollar deals.The first advertising agency execs they visited literally giggled as they made their pitch.Ads on a tiny phone screen? Are you serious?Apple’s ad team eventually met with Citibank, which bought the first ever App Store ads. The team phoned up Jobs to tell him about the $1 million contract.Jobs wasn’t impressed and told them: “I didn’t say a million dollar deal… tell them we’re not taking it unless its $10 million.”This was the starting line for one of the decade’s biggest disruptions.Jobs got exactly what he wanted.Citibank signed the first $10 million contract. And the growth of ads on smartphones has been relentless ever since.According to top media agency Zenith, companies will spend over $220 billion on mobile ads this year.Longtime RiskHedge readers know a tectonic shift completely flipped the ad industry on its head over the past decade.Before the internet took off, we…

If you've ever needed free entertainment, flipping through filters on Snapchat or TikTok certainly makes time pass a little faster. Filters have even upgraded to the point of being able to put a hilarious filter on your dog or cat. Fans of the Snapchat bald filter have been inquiring how to do the same effect on TikTok. Article continues below advertisementHere's how to use the bald filter on TikTok.It's a little tricky to get the bald filter on TikTok — but thankfully we have some insight. Some TikTok users have gotten crafty and will post videos with the bald filter they've just imported from Snapchat. While some users might think that TikTok has the same effect available, unfortunately, it looks right now the best way to get it is to grab from Snapchat. Source: Getty ImagesArticle continues below advertisementStart by recording your video using the filter on Snapchat. Next, download the video, then upload the video onto Instagram or TikTok. Currently, there is no way to use the bald head filter directly on Instagram or TikTok — but due to its popularity, it might get there soon! If you don't already have a Snapchat account, you'll need to make one in order…

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Keeping children safeShe met him on Roblox. He said he was an 11-year-old boy from Sweden. He loved role-playing adult life on this wildly popular platform for kids. He told the girl they should connect on Snapchat.Before connecting to the boy, the girl asked him to prove who he was. He directed her to his TikTok account. She looked on TikTok and found videos of Fortnite, an online game especially popular with boys.Of course, this didn’t prove he was an 11-year-old boy, but she connected to him anyway. She thought it would be fine.It wasn’t fine.She was at school when the “boy” sent her a photo. When she opened it, she wasn’t alone. Two other girls from her class were standing next to her. The photo she opened showed not a boy but a man, and he was naked.Horrified, the girl told the school. Parents were called. They were told to call the police. The mother of the girl also reported the incident to Snapchat. (Then she deleted the app). We all know what happened next.Absolutely nothing. Creepy “Swedish Boy,” also known as Ryue D of Montreal, simply moved on, no doubt, to prey on other kids.Predators Online and OffPedophiles…

The emotional bonds that people make with brands through sight, sound, and motion are undeniable. We saw that with television and streaming video. But as technology begins to develop, consumer interactions are shifting away from what consumers see to be submerged in their own brand experience.One innovation that genuinely shakes the environment is augmented reality (AR), which superimposes an image over a user’s view of the physical world and improves it with sound, touch, and even scent. Indeed, AR blurs the boundaries of fact.Of necessity, as users become more open to AR interactions, companies are still seeking to find acceptable use cases. The pledge, huh? Get a user into an interactive AR world that ignites numerous human senses and has an unparalleled degree of interaction.Augmentalk is the one and only application to support Augmented Reality. Users will explore new technology like hologram features. In which the user can see a mini goblin version of your loved one.Show. It has amazing features like augmented chat; augmented hologram call and 3d hologram. AR is coming in the chatting app for the first time. In Augmnetalk.It blends the virtual and real world. We are not saying the world is not exciting but it…