Scams Starting on Social Media and Targeting Your Business

Social media is no stranger to scams. However, recent trends show scammers have started to show more aggression toward businesses since the beginning of the pandemic. Being able to recognize these scams can help you prevent injury to your business. Social Media as a Newer Cybercrime Platform for Targeting Businesses Scammers go where the people […]

Hacking is not a crime – and the media should stop using ‘hacker’ as a pejorative

Hackers are friends not foes, says Alyssa Miller in this opening argument for our latest debate Register debate  Welcome to the latest Register Debate in which writers discuss technology topics, and you – the reader – choose the winning argument. The format is simple: a motion is proposed, the argument for the motion is published […]

Facebook scams: Bad ads, bogus grants, and fake tickets lurk on social media giant

We recently highlighted new steps Instagram is taking to try and clamp down on scammers sending fake messages on their platform. It turns out, other social media giants are walking a similar path for a variety of bogus ads and other attacks. Facebook scams in particular have taken off, despite the company’s efforts to stamp […]

Future Gaming: Creative Interventions in Video Game Culture (Goldsmiths Press / Future Media Series)

Future Gaming: Creative Interventions in Video Game Culture (Goldsmiths Press / Future Media Series) A sophisticated critical take on contemporary game culture that reconsiders the boundaries between gamers and games.This book is not about the future of video games. It is not an attempt to predict the moods of the market, the changing profile of […]

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