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GUEST RESEARCH: Bitdefender has released research on a six-month analysis of Discord’s use as an attack vector by cybercriminals. The research is based on 35 million scanned URLs in which 50,000 dangerous links were detected for distributing malware, phishing campaigns and spam, along with detection from untrusted sources.

It seems the biggest online tech platforms are falling short when it comes to tackling the proliferation of child sexual exploitation, sexual extortion, and the livestreaming of child sexual abuse, according to Australia’s eSafety Commissioner’s second report.

Security vendor Bitdefender has bolstered the Bitdefender Mobile Security for Android product with the addition of real-time chat protection across WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Telegram and Discord.

Guest Opinion: As you’re surely well aware, there’s no shortage of messaging apps for our computers, phones, tablets, and more. However, perhaps the most popular application of that kind right now is – none other than Discord. It looks like everyone’s talking about Discord, especially during the last year, when much of our interaction had to transfer to the online realm.

The Discord chat system is being increasingly targeted by the malware fraternity, according to security vendor Sophos

For the second time in as many days, former Washington Post employee Brian Krebs has been caught out for making false accusations against an individual over last week's Twitter scams, with The New York Times pointing out that he had wrongly identified an individual known as PlugWalkJoe as being a pivotal player in the Twtter hack.