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• Ban Hasn't Stopped COVID-19 Instagram Ads

  30-03-2020 18:57
  Ban Hasn't Stopped COVID-19 Instagram AdsAdverts and listings that capitalize on the COVID-19 outbreak are appearing on Instagram and Facebook despite being banned.On March 6, Facebook and Instagram announced a temporary ban on ads and listings selling medical face masks on its marketplace. On March 19, Rob Leathern, head of trust and integrity for Facebook ads and business platform, extended the ban to include hand sanitizers, coronavirus testing kits, disinfecting wipes, and several other prod
  
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• VoIP Carriers Investigated Over Fraudulent Robocalls

  30-03-2020 18:03
  VoIP Carriers Investigated Over Fraudulent RobocallsAn American court has ordered injunctions against two telecom carriers that facilitated hundreds of millions of fraudulent robocalls to consumers in the United States.The scam calls predominantly targeted elderly and vulnerable people, successfully conning victims out of personal information, money, and property. Many of the robocalls were made by fraudsters overseas impersonating government agencies and conveying alarming messages.Victims
  
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• Carnegie Mellon Launches Cybersecurity Master's Degree

  30-03-2020 16:34
  Carnegie Mellon Launches Cybersecurity Master's DegreeCarnegie Mellon University (CMU) has launched a cybersecurity-focused master's degree program. The new program centers on building expertise in risk management, information security, and data privacy and aims to develop key skills in operations, strategy, and analysis. To earn their master's degree, student teams will have to solve real security problems for a national capital area–based organization or government ag
  
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• New MI5 head promises to focus on China and harness AI

  30-03-2020 16:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Promotion of Glaswegian career officer Ken McCallum announced by Priti Patel MI5’s deputy will take the top job at the spy agency next month promising a sharper focus on China and to work more closely with the private sector in harnessing artificial intelligence in tackling hostile state and terrorist activity.Ken McCallum, a career MI5 officer, has been the agency’s deputy director general since April 2017 and was seen by insiders as the heir apparent at an organisation that prides
  
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• North Korea slams Pompeo and says will ‘walk our way’

  30-03-2020 14:55 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkNorth Korea on Monday warned it could cut off dialogue with the United States and slammed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for urging the international community to maintain sanctions on its...
  
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• North Korea says tested ‘super-large’ rocket launchers

  30-03-2020 14:49 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkNuclear-armed North Korea successfully tested “super-large multiple rocket launchers”, state media said on Monday, but leader Kim Jong Un was not described as commanding the...
  
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• Israeli, US Air Force F-35s in First Joint Training in Israel

  30-03-2020 14:29 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkYesterday, (Sunday), the “Enduring Lightning” exercise in southern Israel – joint training between Israeli “Adir” (F-35I) aircraft from the IAF’s 140...
  
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• China Completes First Delivery of New Anti-Tank Missile

  30-03-2020 14:05 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkA leading Chinese arms firm has delivered a batch of advanced portable HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to an undisclosed foreign buyer amid the pandemic of novel coronavirus pneumonia (COVID-19)...
  
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• #COVID19 Phishing Scam Tricks People With ‘You Might Be Infected’ Warning

  30-03-2020 13:25
  #COVID19 Phishing Scam Tricks People With ‘You Might Be Infected’ WarningSecurity awareness training and simulated phishing provider KnowBe4 has announced that it has discovered a new type of phishing scam warning people that they’ve come into contact with a friend/colleague/family member who has been infected with the coronavirus and so are at risk of being infected themselves.The email, which is crafted to appear as though it has come from a legitimate hospital, instructs use
  
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• North Macedonia Joins NATO As 30th Ally

  30-03-2020 13:00 via defencetalk.com
  
  DefenceTalkBRUSSELS: North Macedonia became NATO’s newest member, upon depositing its instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty with the US State Department in Washington DC. NATO Allies...
  
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• Government Launches Response Unit to Fight #COVID19 Fake News

  30-03-2020 13:00
  Government Launches Response Unit to Fight #COVID19 Fake NewsThe British government has launched a new rapid response unit to coordinate the fight against online misinformation about COVID-19.Reports suggest that the unit, operating from within the Cabinet Office and Number 10, will help to deal with “false and misleading narratives about coronavirus.” These will include everything from phishing scams to fake ‘experts’ issuing false medical advice.Culture secretary, Olive
  
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• Maze Authors Claim to Have Hit Insurer Chubb

  30-03-2020 11:30
  Maze Authors Claim to Have Hit Insurer Chubb A leading insurance provider appears to have been targeted by a notorious ransomware group, which is threatening to release information stolen from the company if it doesn’t pay up.Chubb Insurance, which offers cyber-policies as well as other types of protection, has become the latest company singled out by the Maze group.Once organizations have been infected with Maze ransomware the group lists them on its dedicated ‘News’ site
  
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• Global E-Commerce Fraud to Top $25bn by 2024

  30-03-2020 10:51
  Global E-Commerce Fraud to Top $25bn by 2024Global online payment fraud losses are set to soar by more than 50% over the coming four years to exceed $25bn per year, according to a new report from Juniper Research.The market analyst’s report, Online Payment Fraud: Emerging Threats, Segment Analysis & Market Forecasts 2020-2024, predicted a 52% growth in merchant losses to scams over the period.The growing popularity of online shopping combined with the enhanced security of card-pre
  
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