@MetaCert

We apply Zero Trust to web links so people don't have to "stay vigilant”. Every person should be able to open links inside any app without relying on luck.

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developer.metacert.com
Joined July 2011
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It’s time for a new way to spot & avoid online impersonators inside any mobile app or service: Messages including SMS and iMessage, Mail, Gmail, Discord, WhatsApp, Telegram, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, QR Codes… All without opening a link Zero Trust for URLs apps.apple.com/us/app/metace…
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We will be publishing a new draft white paper in the coming days for community review and feedback before it moves from draft to fully approved. Finalising this white paper is an important step before Mackie Mobile launches in the coming months.
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A reminder that scams don’t take holidays. WhatsApp New Year greeting messages carrying phishing links and malicious APKs. One tap installs malware. Data is stolen. Banking fraud follows. No exploit. No zero-day. Just a trusted link. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/…

Police warn public against NY greeting scam | Ludhiana News - The Times of India

Ludhiana: The cyber crime police of Ludhiana Commissionerate have issued an alert warning the public against fraudulent New Year greeting links being .

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$3.3M lost. No malware. No breach. Just phishing and impersonation convincing enough to redirect payments. This is what link trust failure looks like in the public sector. timesunion.com/state/article…

Warren County fell for $3.3M phishing scheme despite warnings from vendor

Warren County became the victim of a $3.3 million phishing scheme recently despite a private company’s letter warning about the potential scam that was sent to county officials in July.

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Extortion is the second act of phishing. PornHub reported extortion demands linked to analytics data allegedly sourced from a phishing-enabled third-party breach. Once data is exposed, the damage compounds. bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…

PornHub extorted after hackers steal Premium member activity data

Adult video platform PornHub is being extorted by the ShinyHunters extortion gang after the search and watch history of its Premium members was reportedly stolen in a recent Mixpanel data breach.

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New EU PSD3 regulation raises fraud liability for banks and payment providers Most digital fraud begins with phishing Today’s security can’t protect people from unreported phishing threats Zero Trust for links delivers upstream protection developer.metacert.com/banks…
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Someone replied to a LinkedIn post with a tool they believe can stop phishing by rewriting links and scanning them at click time. It can’t. New links have no history or signals for detection to analyse. That’s why people are still told to stay vigilant. developer.metacert.com/when-…
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Most cyberattacks start with phishing, and most phishing begins with a dangerous link - every security vendor will tell you this. That’s why this chart might be the most important one you’ll see about AI and cybersecurity. The next one will go even further. #Smishing #APPFraud
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✍🏻 New blog post: a look at how phishing began in the mid-1990s, how trust on the web was built, lost, and is now being rebuilt. developer.metacert.com/the-e…
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Palo Alto’s new report calls a global smishing campaign “sophisticated.” It’s not. It’s the same phishing problem that’s existed for decades - fake links leading to fake websites. developer.metacert.com/the-i…
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Protect your crypto on mobile with our new service - it authenticates only legit crypto websites — check out our demo where only the official Binance site is authenticated. Say goodbye to phishing scams with URL Authenticator. apps.apple.com/us/app/metace…
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