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• Theresa May to urge Nato to join global coalition fighting Isis

  24-05-2017 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  PM, who will attend Nato summit in Brussels and G7 meeting in Sicily, wants alliance to join international anti-terrorism groupTheresa May will push for Nato to join the global coalition against Islamic State at a summit on Thursday but is planning to cut short her attendance at a G7 summit at the end of the week because of the terrorism threat facing the UK.The prime minister will fly out as planned to the Nato gathering in Brussels on Thursday before heading to a G7 meeting in Sicily but she w
  
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• Subtitle Attack Threatens Millions of Smart TVs, Mobiles and PCs

  24-05-2017 22:42
  Subtitle Attack Threatens Millions of Smart TVs, Mobiles and PCsInternational and foreign-language film fans beware: Check Point researchers have uncovered a new attack vector that uses malicious subtitles to infect devices via their media players.
  According to Check Point, the gambit threatens millions of users worldwide via vulnerabilities found in many popular streaming platforms, including VLC, Kodi (XBMC), Popcorn-Time and strem.io. All have issued patches, and users should update immediate
  
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• Police focus on Libya amid reports of arrest of Salman Abedi's brother

  24-05-2017 21:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Hashem Abedi, 18, who lives in Libya, has reportedly been arrested by a Tripoli militia, which suspects him of Isis linksManchester attack: live
  Police and the security service are focusing upon the Libyan connections of the Manchester suicide bomber as they attempt to locate others involved in the attack that killed 22 concert-goers and injured more than 60 others.
  Salman Abedi travelled to see his mother, father, younger brother and sister in Libya last week, but Whitehall sources said they su
  
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• Independent Patch for XP Thwarts the EsteemAudit NSA Hacking Tool

  24-05-2017 21:29
  Independent Patch for XP Thwarts the EsteemAudit NSA Hacking ToolAn independent patch for older Microsoft systems has been issued for EsteemAudit—one of the notorious NSA exploits dumped by the ShadowBrokers.
  enSilo has issued the free patch, for Windows XP and Server 2003, which supports silent installation and does not require a reboot, which helps users avoid the required downtime typically associated with patch installations.EsteemAudit is a remote desktop protocol (RDP) vulnerability
  
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• Manchester attack: images reportedly show bomb components – live updates

  24-05-2017 21:27 via theguardian.com
  
  New York Times release suggests a sophisticated, powerful device984 troops to be deployed on streets around the UK
  12 victims named, including a Polish coupleSalman Abedi identified as Manchester attackerJonathan Freedland: Troops on our streets is a shock to the systemIf you’ve been affected, you can share your experiences with us 8.27pm BSTThe move to a ‘critical’ threat level will mean extra checks at ports, Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer said, and also securi
  
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• Bomber's father fought against Gaddafi regime with 'terrorist' group

  24-05-2017 21:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Ramadan Abedi fled Gaddafi regime in 1990s but fought during Libyan revolution in 2011, says fellow fighterThe father of Salman Abedi, the Manchester Arena suicide bomber, fought against the Gaddafi regime with a group that was designated a terrorist organisation by the US, according to a man who says he fought alongside him.Salman Abedi, 22, who was known to the British security services, is thought to have returned from Libya as recently as this week. His parents, Ramadan Abedi and Samia Tabba
  
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• Cloak and Dagger Android Vulnerability is Supremely Dangerous

  24-05-2017 21:06
  Cloak and Dagger Android Vulnerability is Supremely DangerousA new vulnerability for Android, dubbed Cloak and Dagger, has been discovered by the Georgia Institute of Technology. It makes it easier for bad actors to pass off trojanized apps as legitimate.According to GIT, it results not from a traditional bug, but from the malicious combination of two legitimate permissions. These underpin commonly used features in popular apps. The first permission feature supports the use of devices by disable
  
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• Photographs of Manchester bomb parts published after leak

  24-05-2017 20:50 via theguardian.com
  
  New York Times publishes series of images showing remains of bomb, detonator and what appears to be rucksack • Manchester attack – latest updatesExtraordinary details about the bomb used in the Manchester atrocity have been published in the New York Times, almost all of it forensic evidence gathered by the British police at the scene.A series of photographs of the remains of the bomb, the detonator and what appeared to be a rucksack were leaked. The preliminary investigation by the po
  
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• Didsbury mosque distances itself from Manchester bomber

  24-05-2017 20:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Manchester Islamic Centre and mosque attended by Salman Abedi call bombing ‘act of cowardice’ and urge anyone with information to contact policeA mosque attended by Salman Abedi and members of his family has called for anyone with information about the bombing to contact the police and attempted to distance itself from the attacker.In a strongly worded statement, Didsbury mosque and Manchester Islamic Centre called the bombing an act of cowardice and insisted it had worked peacefully
  
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• Roots of the hate-filled thinking behind the Manchester bombing | Letters

  24-05-2017 19:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Ayesha Malik on our common enemy, Dr Rufus Duits on seeing the attack as an act of gender violence, Malcolm Fowler on the rule of law, Karen Laurence on promoting peace instead of war, and Elizabeth Noyes on the role of schoolingThe news of the horrifying terror attack in Manchester sent me reeling down memory lane. In Pakistan, where I was born and raised, such attacks have sadly become commonplace. On my daily commute to work, I would often witness anxious mothers escorting their toddlers thro
  
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• 'I still feel raw': nurse tells of treating Manchester bombing victims

  24-05-2017 19:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Joe O’Brien talks of a patient who smiled despite horrific injuries and a doctor, whose daughter was at the arena, returning to treat the wounded • Manchester bombing - latest updatesJoe O’Brien is a senior sister in the surgical department of Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport, where six of the 59 injured in the Manchester bombing were treated.On Monday, I worked from 8am until 6pm as a surgery sister at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport. I was in bed that night listening t
  
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• 'Basic' WannaCry Could Open Door to New Ransomware Tactics

  24-05-2017 19:07
  'Basic' WannaCry Could Open Door to New Ransomware TacticsFuture ransomware variants could adopt a time factor, whereby more money is charged the longer the victim does not pay up.Laurence Pitt, security strategy director EMEA at Juniper Networks, said that while most ransomware gives a 72-hour window, and in the case of WannaCry, it was released on a Friday so as the 72-hour deadline is on Monday, the victim is more likely to pay.Pitt said that if there were a 72-hour countdown, what if the ran
  
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• Salman Abedi: why Manchester bomber fits profile of other terrorists

  24-05-2017 18:52 via theguardian.com
  
  While experts stress there is no ‘typical’ extremist, details of the 23-year-old’s life show parallels with other Islamist attackersManchester bombing: latest updatesWhat we know so farNow details of the life of Salman Abedi, the Manchester Arena bomber, are slowly emerging, many analysts will be struck by how many key aspects of his life are familiar from the profiles of previous terrorists. Officials and experts stress that there is no single path to extremist violence, but t
  
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• Manchester attack: police say they are investigating terror network

  24-05-2017 18:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Chief constable confirms that an officer was among those killed as five more arrests are madeManchester bombing: latest updatesPolice say they are investigating a terror network over the Manchester concert attack that killed 22 people, but have refused to say whether the bombmaker is believed to be at large.After police made five further arrests and raided several properties on Wednesday, the chief constable of Greater Manchester police, Ian Hopkins, said: “I think it’s very clear th
  
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• As a Bataclan survivor, I promise: hang on to what you love, and you will heal | Kelly Le Guen

  24-05-2017 17:47 via theguardian.com
  
  I feared I would never get over my ordeal in Paris. Then I decided to stay close to the passion that had brought to me to that gig in the first placeTwo concert venues. Two music events supposed to bring joy to people. Two atrocities. And many human tragedies. I can’t help but compare what happened to people in Manchester on Monday night to what happened to me in Paris on 13 November 2015. I was lucky to, first, come out of it alive; and second in the months afterwards, to avoid post-traum
  
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• Manchester bombing: female officer died in attack, police confirm – live updates

  24-05-2017 16:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Female officer from Cheshire constabulary died in attack, police sayManchester police say three men held in connection with bombing984 troops to be deployed on streets around the UK12 victims named, including a Polish coupleSalman Abedi identified as Manchester attackerMany injured and missing after terror attack on Ariana Grande concertIf you’ve been affected, you can share your experiences with us 3.17pm BSTDowning Street has sent out a read-out from the prime minister’s latest cal
  
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• Manchester attack: three arrested in south of city as more victims named

  24-05-2017 15:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Further arrests in connection with concert attack as troops deployed on UK streets after terror threat level raisedManchester bombing: latest updatesThree more people have been arrested in connection with the Manchester concert attack as troops were deployed on to the streets of the UK after the government raised the terrorist threat level to critical for the first time since July 2007. Related: Manchester bombing: more victims named as threat level is raised to critical – live news they f
  
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• GDPR - Companies Unprepared, Don't Know Where Data Is

  24-05-2017 15:26
  GDPR - Companies Unprepared, Don't Know Where Data IsCompanies don’t understand how to search data, as regulators predicted to issue fines for ‘second awakening’ of GDPR.Speaking at a Juniper press event in Amsterdam, Lee Fisher, head of security business for EMEA at Juniper Networks, said that there is a “changing demand on security for data in lifecycle” and that if you capture information, what is "duly necessary" to be captured?“We estimate that 50-60
  
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• London shares Manchester’s sorrow. Together we will root out extremism | Sadiq Khan

  24-05-2017 14:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Our great cities and our great nation stands united. Terrorism will not divide us as we redouble our efforts to destroy this poisonous ideologyThere are no words to describe the heartbreaking scenes in Manchester, following the most barbaric terrorist attack on the United Kingdom since the 7/7 bombings on London’s transport network in 2005. Innocent children and young people were indiscriminately slaughtered just after they had enjoyed watching their heroine, Ariana Grande, perform at the
  
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• Troops on the streets create unsettling terrain for our democracy | Jonathan Freedland

  24-05-2017 14:11 via theguardian.com
  
  We need our election to go ahead undisturbed, lest we give the murderers behind the Manchester atrocity even the scent of victoryThe prospect of nearly 1,000 troops emerging from their barracks and on to the streets of Britain will be a shock to the system. Other countries may be used to the sight of soldiers outside palaces and parliaments, at stations or large venues, but not Britain. This, remember, is a country that prides itself on the fact that most of its police are armed with nothing mor
  
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• Salman Abedi unlikely to have been acting alone, says Rudd

  24-05-2017 13:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Home secretary says Manchester bomber was known to security services but it remains unclear whether Isis was behind attackManchester bombing – latest updatesWhat we know so farThe suicide bomber who attacked a Manchester concert was likely to have been working with other terrorists but was known to the security services only “up to a point”, the home secretary has said.Amber Rudd said Salman Ramadan Abedi was known to the intelligence agencies but it was not yet known whether I
  
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• Target in Record $18.5m Settlement with States

  24-05-2017 12:03
  Target in Record $18.5m Settlement with StatesUS retailer Target has agreed to pay out $18.5m to 47 states and the District of Columbia following a giant 2013 breach which affected an estimated 70 million consumers.The Assurance of Voluntary Compliance between the retail giant and relevant Attorneys General also sets out various safeguards that the retailer must implement.These include: segmentation of the cardholder environment from the rest of the network; development of a risk-based pen testi
  
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• Symantec Claims Further Lazarus Links but Critics Disagree

  24-05-2017 11:06
  Symantec Claims Further Lazarus Links but Critics DisagreeSymantec has released further evidence it suggests ties the infamous North Korea-linked Lazarus Group to the WannaCry campaign, but it has already come under fire from critics who called it a premature assessment.The security giant explained in a new blog on Monday that the “tools and infrastructure” used in WannaCry have “strong links” to Lazarus, the group pegged for attacks as varied as the ones agains
  
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• Manchester bombing: more victims named as threat level is raised to critical – live updates

  24-05-2017 10:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Soldiers on UK streets with warning further attack may be imminentFour more victims, including Olivia Campbell, 15, namedSalman Abedi identified as Manchester attackerMany injured and missing after terror attack on Ariana Grande concertIf you’ve been affected, you can share your experiences with us 9.09am BSTBritish investigators told French authorities that the suspected suicide bomber Salman Abedi had probably travelled to Syria and had links with Isis, according to the French interior m
  
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• Enisa Urges Creation of IoT “Trust Label”

  24-05-2017 10:01
  Enisa Urges Creation of IoT “Trust Label”EU security agency Enisa has teamed up with industry players to produce a new position paper on IoT security which urges policy makers to establish baseline security standards for connected devices.The report was produced in partnership with semiconductor firms Infineon Technologies, NXP Semiconductor and STMicroelectronics.It paints the picture of a market that has failed cybersecurity and privacy, where trusted solutions are so expensive tha
  
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• Seven Manchester attack victims named, as troops take to streets

  24-05-2017 10:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Alison Howe and Lisa Lees were killed as they were waiting to collect their teenage daughters from the Ariana Grande concertManchester bombing: latest updatesWhat we know so farThe names of seven of the 22 victims of the Manchester concert attack have been revealed as troops are deployed to streets after the government raised the UK terrorist threat level to critical for the first time since July 2007.Friends Alison Howe and Lisa Lees were killed by a suicide bomber in the foyer of the Mancheste
  
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• The Snap: UK threat level is raised to critical after Manchester bombing

  24-05-2017 07:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Soldiers to be deployed on British streets … highest threat level means ‘further attack may be imminent’ … election campaigning remains suspendedThe Snap: sign up for our daily election email
  With campaigning by all parties still suspended in the wake of the terrorist attack on Manchester, there is no politics as usual.Theresa May last night said the government had raised the threat level from severe to critical for the first time since July 2007. The elevation to the h
  
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• UK threat level critical

  24-05-2017 06:27
  
  The threat level from international terrorism in the UK was raised, from 'severe' to the highest, 'critical', on Tuesday evening, May 23. Soldiers can be expected to be on the streets beside police.As Met Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, pictured, Head of National Counter Terrorism Policing, said, that means that the assessment is not only that an attack remains highly likely but a further attack may be imminent.He said late last night: "The public would expect the police to do everyt...
  
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• #EnfuseCon17: Customers Are Banks' Biggest Headaches

  24-05-2017 03:44
  #EnfuseCon17: Customers Are Banks' Biggest HeadachesBanks have a problem when it comes to security: Their users.Financial institutions have gone to great lengths to make banking more convenient for consumers and businesses—but the migration to the web and mobile banking apps has come at the cost of a knock-out, drag-out fight with the cyber-criminal community. The problem of course is that banks increasingly find control to be out of their hands, as consumers use personal devices and
  
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• Guidance CMO: Time to De-Stigmatize the Breach

  24-05-2017 03:04
  Guidance CMO: Time to De-Stigmatize the BreachIf we assume that data breaches are inevitable—and continuous—what’s the best way to forge ahead? According to Michael Harris, CMO at Guidance Software, the only thing to do is to just go with it.“Embrace the breach,” he said in an interview during the Enfuse 2017 conference. “These are going to happen, and they’re going to happen more and more frequently. It will be a state of continuous compromise, and it c
  
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• Decision to raise terror level to critical will see 5,000 troops on streets

  24-05-2017 00:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Move following Manchester bombing will be third time UK has been at highest level since inception, with soldiers to be deployed under Operation TempererThe decision to raise the official threat level to critical and to deploy troops under Operation Temperer, meaning that an attack is expected imminently, is the first time for a decade that it has been set at its highest level.The last time troops under Operation Temperer were deployed was immediately after the terrorist attacks in Brussels last
  
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• Critical threat level: Who made the decision and what does it mean?

  24-05-2017 00:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Move following Manchester bombing will be third time UK has been at highest level since inception, with soldiers to be deployed under Operation TempererThe decision to raise the official threat level to critical and to deploy troops under Operation Temperer, meaning that an attack is expected imminently, is the first time for a decade that it has been set at its highest level.The last time troops under Operation Temperer were deployed was immediately after the terrorist attacks in Brussels last
  
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