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New UK legal guidelines for law enforcement and social media

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The UK’s Crown Prosecution Services (CPS) has recently updated its social media guidelines for prosecutors and law enforcement in an effort to aid them in deciding on whether charges can be pressed against internet users based on certain online behaviors.

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Multiple scam centers raided in India for IRS fraud

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Over 600 fake call center employees in India were detained early last week for suspicion of conducting fraudulent or scam calls to US taxpayers while posing as IRS agents.Categories: Business
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Malware “Eko” affecting French Facebook users

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French Facebook users have been falling victim to a new Facebook Messenger “Trojan horse” arriving into their private message (PM) inboxes from network contacts.

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Lesser known tricks of spoofing extensions

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It is a well-known fact that malware using social engineering tricks is designed to hide itself from being an obvious executable. In this short article, we will present two other less common tricks used to deceive users.Categories: Cybercrime
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Vendor Security Alliance formed to improve cybersecurity of third-party providers

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A new security alliance is created to address concerns surrounding third-party providers who are associated with some of the biggest brands users trust. They aim to increase their compliance to cybersecurity standards and lessen the risks they may pose… Continue reading Vendor Security Alliance formed to improve cybersecurity of third-party providers→

Snapchat rebrands, introduces new ad platform and hardware

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Snapchat is now called Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel talks about 3V advertising, the platform his company adapted for ad monetization. Then he unveils a new “toy” you can wear like Google Glass, but works more like GoPro. Boom.Categories: Privacy
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Think tank summarizes what happens to healthcare records after breach

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The ICIT, an American cybersecurity research institute, made a case on the importance of healthcare security in an age where the threat landscape is rapidly changing yet medical institutions continually fail or are slow to adapt. As a result, patients … Continue reading Think tank summarizes what happens to healthcare records after breach→

A week in security (Sep 11 – Sep 17)

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A compilation of notable security news and blog posts from September 11th to September 17th. This week, we talked about DetoxCrypto ransomware, a tax fraud campaign, malvertisement on adult sites, and phishers having a bad day.Categories: Security wor… Continue reading A week in security (Sep 11 – Sep 17)→

Unpacking the spyware disguised as antivirus

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Recently we got access to several elements of the espionage toolkit that has been captured attacking Vietnamese institutions. During the operation, the malware was used to dox 400,000 members of Vietnam Airlines.Categories: Malware
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