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• Download Hijack Flaw Patched in Slack Patches for Windows

  17-05-2019 15:08
  Download Hijack Flaw Patched in Slack Patches for WindowsSlack users have been urged to upgrade their applications and clients to the most recent version, 3.4.0, after Tenable researcher David Wells discovered a new vulnerability that would allow an attacker to share malicious hyperlinks that could alter where a victim’s files were stored.Wells discovered a download hijack vulnerability in Slack Desktop version 3.3.7 for Windows. “This vulnerability, which has been patched,
  
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• More Orgs Use Booby Traps for Counterintelligence

  17-05-2019 14:20
  More Orgs Use Booby Traps for CounterintelligenceA recent survey found that to gain counterintelligence the vast majority of organizations would allow an attacker to take decoy files rather than stop an attack in progress, according to the latest International Cyber Benchmark Index from the Neustar International Security Council (NISC).A reported one in five companies are currently employing forensic investigations, as well as setting up honey pots and repositories of fake data to lure attackers
  
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• Baltimore Won't Pay Ransom, Systems Remain Down

  17-05-2019 13:54
  Baltimore Won't Pay Ransom, Systems Remain Down The city of Baltimore’s computer systems have remained down since a ransomware attack hit more than a week ago, but the city says it will not pay the ransom despite today’s final 10-day deadline, according to copy of the ransom note obtained by the Baltimore Sun.The May 7 note warned that if the ransom were not paid within 10 days, the city would no longer be able to have its files returned. In the aftermath of the attack, Baltimor
  
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• Hacktivist Attacks Have Fallen 95% Since 2015

  17-05-2019 12:45
  Hacktivist Attacks Have Fallen 95% Since 2015The number of publicly disclosed hacktivist attacks has dropped by 95% between 2015 and 2018 thanks to the relative decline of Anonymous, new stats from IBM X-Force have revealed.The firm claimed that it recorded 35 incidents in 2015, but the number dropped to just five two years later and two by 2018, with none so far this year.The number attributed to the Anonymous dropped from eight incidents in 2015 to only one tracked in 2018. This is significant
  
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• Facebook Bans Israeli Firm For Election Meddling

  17-05-2019 11:11
  Facebook Bans Israeli Firm For Election MeddlingFacebook has banned an Israeli company from its platform after detecting a massive, coordinated attempt to influence voters in Africa.In a blog post yesterday, head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, revealed his team had been forced to remove 265 Facebook and Instagram accounts, Facebook Pages, Groups and events involved in “coordinated inauthentic behavior” managed by Archimedes Group.In total, the shadowy Israeli firm ran 6
  
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• How to counter far-right extremism? Germany shows the way | Cynthia Miller-Idriss

  17-05-2019 10:59 via theguardian.com
  Teachers are better able to identify radicalisation than most, yet in the UK they are too often ignoredDozens of heads of state, policymakers and leaders of technology companies gathered in Paris this week to discuss social media’s impact on global terrorist violence. Their goal – to eliminate terrorist and violent content online – is a laudable, necessary step toward combating extremism. But a critical group was missing from the meeting: educators.During dozens of meetings abo
  
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• Europol and US Police Disrupt $100m Cybercrime Gang

  17-05-2019 10:45
  Europol and US Police Disrupt $100m Cybercrime GangEuropol and US authorities are claiming victory after “dismantling” a major international cybercrime gang that used the GozNym banking trojan in an attempt to steal $100m from businesses.A federal indictment was unsealed yesterday charging 10 members of the group with conspiracy to commit computer fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. An eleventh has already been charged in
  
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