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How to best fight fake news.

Hacking Humans

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Guest Helen Lee Bouygues of the Reboot Foundation joins Dave to talk about social media’s effect within the misinformation ecosystem and how users can best fight fake news, Dave and Joe share some follow-up from listener Jonathan on two-factor authentication, Joe's story is about an employee in Scotland sued for making payments based on phishing emails, Dave has a story about fake order confirmation phishing messages prompting us to call rather than click, our Catch of the Day comes from a listener named Wyatt who received a phishing email from some fellow jackpot winners. Links to stories: Why You Should Use a Physical Key to Sign Into Your Accounts Publishing company defrauded of over £193,000 fail to appeal decision that ex-employee was not liable for damages Company sues worker who fell for email scam BazarBackdoor phishing campaign eschews links and files to avoid raising red flags Have a Catch of the Day you'd like to share? Email it to us at [email protected] or hit us up on Twitter.

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