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• Police cuts pose greatest risk to countering terrorism, says ex-chief

  03-12-2019 19:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Robert Quick rejects Johnson’s ‘cliches’ about sentencing laws after London Bridge attack
  A former head of counter-terrorism has said cuts to police numbers, not the length of sentences, have played the greater role in jeopardising public safety.Robert Quick, who led Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command from 2008-9, rejected claims made by Boris Johnson after last Friday’s attack at London Bridge in which a terrorist killed two people before being shot dead by
  
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• Labour's Ben Bradshaw claims he was targeted in Russian cyber-attack

  03-12-2019 19:20 via theguardian.com
  
  MP, who is a critic of Kremlin influence in the west, was sent suspicious email from MoscowThe Labour MP Ben Bradshaw has said he has been the victim of a suspected Russian cyber-attack after he received an email from Moscow with attachments containing sophisticated malware.Bradshaw – who has repeatedly raised the subject of Kremlin interference in British politics, including in the EU referendum – received the email at his election gmail address. The sender – “Andrei&rdq
  
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• Labour's Ben Bradshaw claims he was target of Russian cyber-attack

  03-12-2019 19:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Frequent critic of Kremlin interference in the UK was sent suspicious email from MoscowThe Labour candidate Ben Bradshaw has said he has been the victim of a suspected Russian cyber-attack after he received an email from Moscow with attachments containing sophisticated malware.Bradshaw – who has repeatedly raised the subject of Kremlin interference in British politics, including in the EU referendum – received the email at his election gmail address. The sender – “Andrei&
  
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• American SMBs Fear Cyber-Attacks from Foreign Countries

  03-12-2019 18:11
  American SMBs Fear Cyber-Attacks from Foreign Countries Almost all small and medium-sized businesses in America have executives who are living in fear of a cyber-attack from foreign adversaries, according to new research published today.The Q4 Cyberthreat Index for Business Survey by Zix-AppRiver found that 93% of SMB executives believe that as foreign adversaries attempt to breach national security or wage cyber-war, they will use small businesses such as their own
  
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• America Considers Grinch Bots Ban

  03-12-2019 17:32
  America Considers Grinch Bots Ban The US Congress is to consider a bill to block the use of Grinch bots, which buy up large quantities of toys then re-sell them at hugely inflated prices. Senator Richard Blumenthal introduced the Stopping Grinch Bots Act bill on Friday, with support from Senators Tom Udall and Charles Schumer and House Representative Paul Tonko. Cyber Grinch bots use automation technology to bypass security measures and order large batches of the mo
  
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• FBI Issues Smart TV Cybersecurity Warning

  03-12-2019 16:17
  FBI Issues Smart TV Cybersecurity Warning The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued a warning to holiday shoppers who are planning to swap some of their hard-earned cash for a smart TV.In a statement released by the Oregon branch of the FBI, members of the public were warned that an unsecured TV that is connected to the internet could be used as a conduit for cyber-criminals to gain virtual entry into a home. The FBI said: "Beyond the risk that your TV manufacturer and app de
  
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• Boris Johnson’s response to the London Bridge attack is everything the victims wouldn’t want | Ash Sarkar

  03-12-2019 14:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Jack Merritt and Saskia Jones believed in rehabilitation. And yet their deaths are being used to further a draconian agendaA while after her father died, my best friend said something that has stuck with me ever since. “When you lose someone you love, you leave the land of the living. And you want to stay there with them, with their memory. Grief is the process of reluctantly making your way back.” In the years following, my own experiences of loss proved her words to be true. When a
  
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• The London Bridge attack must not stop our vital work to tackle terrorism | Pen Mendonça

  03-12-2019 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  I’m still in shock after witnessing the terrorist act at Friday’s Learning Together event. But we must continue to strive for changeI was working at Fishmongers’ Hall on Friday at the conference attacked by Usman Khan. Those in attendance were dedicated, talented people, including some convicted of offences, who believe in the power of education and the value of collaboration. The title of the project we were celebrating was Learning Together – a programme where prisoners
  
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• Global Cops Shut 31,000 Domains in IP Crackdown

  03-12-2019 13:00
  Global Cops Shut 31,000 Domains in IP Crackdown Global police have shut down nearly 31,000 domains as part of a crackdown on IP infringement.Law enforcers from 18 EU member states including the UK joined forces with Europol, the US National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center, Eurojust and Interpol as part of operation IOS X.The 30,506 domains in question were apparently associated with selling a range of counterfeit and pirated items: from pharmaceuticals, software and electronics
  
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• When should terrorists be released from prison? | Podcast

  03-12-2019 11:54 via theguardian.com
  
  After the terrorist attack in London last week, political parties are blaming each other. Jamie Grierson reviews the evidence on sentencing and rehabilitation. Plus: Patrick Wintour on the arrival of Donald Trump for a Nato summitA man recently released from prison for a terrorism offence killed two people in a terrorist attack that has been leapt upon by politicians ahead of the election next week. The attacker, Usman Khan, had been attending a conference on the rehabilitation of offenders. He
  
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• Magecart Hackers Open Fire at Smith & Wesson Customers

  03-12-2019 11:35
  Magecart Hackers Open Fire at Smith & Wesson CustomersDigital skimming hackers have been in action again, this time targeting the website of a leading US gun-maker and its customers.Springfield, Massachusetts-based Smith & Wesson was attacked on Black Friday, during one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year, according to Sanguine Security.The security vendor’s forensics man, Willem de Groot, warned on Twitter that although the skimming code was injected into the site last We
  
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• Tens of Millions Exposed by SMS Data Leak

  03-12-2019 11:02
  Tens of Millions Exposed by SMS Data LeakTens of millions of Americans may have been caught in another data leak after business SMS provider TrueDialog left a massive database exposed online, according to researchers.The team at vpnMentor discovered the Oracle Marketing Cloud database hosted on Microsoft Azure in the US. It was apparently left wide open, exposing 604GB — or one billion entries — of sensitive information.“It’s difficult to put the size of this data leak in
  
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• Prisons put terrorists on waiting list to receive help to deradicalise

  03-12-2019 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Prof Andrew Silke says lack of prison resources means those convicted cannot get support neededConvicted terrorists are having to be put on waiting lists for the main government-backed programme that will turn them away from violent extremism, an expert has revealed.Prof Andrew Silke has studied the efforts to deradicalise those jailed for terrorism offences and his claim comes as debate rages following Friday’s attack at London Bridge in which two people were killed. Continue reading...
  
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• London Bridge attack: when should terrorists be released from prison? – podcast

  03-12-2019 04:00 via theguardian.com
  
  After the terrorist attack in London last week, political parties are blaming each other. Jamie Grierson reviews the evidence on sentencing and rehabilitation. Plus: Patrick Wintour on the arrival of Donald Trump for a Nato summitA man recently released from prison for a terrorism offence killed two people in a terrorist attack that has been leapt upon by politicians ahead of the election next week. The attacker, Usman Khan, had been attending a conference on the rehabilitation of offenders. He
  
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