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After shots rang out at a Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania on 13 July, social media became a hotbed for claims, counter-claims and conspiracy theories.

Images of a bloodied Donald Trump raising his fist would lead news coverage in the days after the attempted assassination attempt, which killed attendee Corey Comperatore. At the time of writing two others are in a serious condition.

The FBI named Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as the “subject involved”. He was shot dead at the scene.

World leaders including President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Keir Starmer were quick to condemn the attack on Mr Trump, which left him with a wound but no stitches to his right ear, according to his son Eric.

But online, many people were sharing their own…

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new cyber-threat involving fraudulent Skype, Google Meet and Zoom websites aimed at spreading malware. 

The campaign, uncovered in December 2023 by Zscaler’s ThreatLabz, saw perpetrators distributing the SpyNote remote access Trojan (RAT) to Android users and NjRAT and DCRat to Windows users. These malicious URLs and files were identified on fake online meeting websites, posing significant risks to users.

The attackers utilized shared web hosting, housing all fake meeting sites on a single IP address, all in Russian. The fake sites closely mimicked genuine platforms, making them more convincing to unsuspecting users.

“When a user visits one of the fake sites, clicking on the Android button initiates the download of a malicious APK…

A threat actor is creating fake Skype, Google Meet, and Zoom meetings, mimicking these popular collaboration applications to spread various commodity malware that can steal sensitive data from both Android and Windows users.

The campaign, which began in December, demonstrates an emerging cybersecurity threat for corporate users, researchers from Zcaler’s ThreatLabz revealed in a blog post on March 6. The attackers are using shared Web hosting to host fake online meeting sites on a single IP address, leveraging various URLs that are convincingly similar enough to the actual websites of the services being impersonated. The Skype campaign, for instance, used “join-skype[.]info,” while Google Meet users were enticed to join meetings via “online-cloudmeeting[.]pro.” The Zoom campaign uses…

A hoax alert about an elderly missing man with dementia named Gerald has been shared more than 1,600 times in Facebook groups across the UK. 

Full Fact has seen examples of this post in social media groups serving Stockport (Greater Manchester), Grimsby (Lincolnshire), Staines (Surrey), Caerphilly (Wales), Folkestone (Kent), Harrogate (North Yorkshire), Port Talbot (Wales) and the Isle of Wight. 

The posts all use very similar text, with one example saying: “FLOOD YOUR FEEDS ~ MISSING!! in Stockport.

“Our Dad, Gerald Robertson aged 76 drove out last night with his dog Jack and he still hasn’t returned. He doesn’t know where he’s going, he has dementia. 

“There is a silver alert activated on him. Please help bump this post so we can get him home…

INNISFAIL – Iggy knows best about budgets.

And in his child-like way he’s spreading the word in easy-to-understand language, without any complex bureaucratizing.

The five-minute video entitled ‘How the Municipal Budget Works’ was presented to Innisfail town council on May 1 by Erica Vickers, the town’s corporate services director.

And Iggy and his big adventure received rave reviews.

“It’s great for kids. But it’s also great for some of us who need some kind of explanation at that level,” said Coun. Cindy Messaros. “But because it’s done from a child’s point of view it’s not embarrassing for those of us who might not understand all of the ins and outs of…