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Android users in Egypt and Palestine beware! Arid Viper is distributing malicious third-party apps hiding the AridSpy trojan! Learn how this malware steals your data and how to protect yourself. Continue reading Arid Viper’s AridSpy Trojan Hits Android Users in Palestine, Egypt
Although we usually imagine the conditions in Ancient Egypt to be much like the Egypt of today, back during the Holocene there was significantly more rain as a result of …read more Continue reading Rediscovering The Nile: The Ancient River That Was Once Overlooked By The Egyptian Pyramids
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The US Treasury Department announced sanctions against two Egyptian nationals, Mu’min Al-Mawji Mahmud Salim and Sarah Jamal Muhammad Al-Sayyid, for running the Electronic Horizons Foundation (EHF), a platform allegedly providing cyber tools an… Continue reading U.S. Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Alleged ISIS Cybersecurity Experts
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Former Egyptian MP targeted with predator spyware ahead of 2024 presidential run – Therefore, Update your macOS Ventura, iOS, and iPadOS devices NOW, as Apple has released emergency updates to address the flaws.
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Last month, we were warned not to install Qatar’s World Cup app because it was spyware. This month, it’s Egypt’s COP27 Summit app:
The app is being promoted as a tool to help attendees navigate the event. But it risks giving the Egyptian government permission to read users’ emails and messages. Even messages shared via encrypted services like WhatsApp are vulnerable, according to POLITICO’s technical review of the application, and two of the outside experts.
The app also provides Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, which created it, with other so-called backdoor privileges, or the ability to scan people’s devices…
Ethiopia is in the midst of a major nation-building project, constructing the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Upon completion, GERD will become the largest hydropower plant in Africa, providing much …read more Continue reading Solar And Wind Could Help Support Ethiopia’s Grand Dam Project
Facebook says it removed more than 300 accounts, pages and groups last month after catching operators misrepresenting themselves in a number of ways. The social media company on Thursday announced it removed 180 Facebook accounts, 170 Instagram accounts, 160 groups and one page for violating company policies around coordinated inauthentic behavior. The activity involved unrelated campaigns targeting elections in France, Egypt and Russian efforts to launder information operations through accounts based in Africa, first detailed last month. It’s the latest in a series of monthly updates from Facebook clarifying the different ways that governments, marketing firms and individual users game the website to try to make money or influence public opinion. Most recently, the company disclosed that Russia’s Internet Research Agency, which U.S. intelligence officials say was dedicated to amplifying divisive social media activity ahead of the 2016 election, had outsourced some of its work to users in Africa. In […]
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It removed 5 networks engaged in foreign or government interference in Egypt, India, Russia, Iran, and Myanmar/Vietnam. Some targeted the US. Continue reading Facebook purges hundreds of fake accounts from state actors, marketers
Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts, pages, groups and Instagram accounts originating from India and Egypt for violating Facebook’s policy against foreign or government interference. Accounts emanating from India focused on the Gulf region, U.S., UK, and Canada while the Egyptian activity aimed at countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Facebook said one marketing firm in India, “aRep Global,” and two marketing firms in Egypt, “Waves” and “Flexell,” are responsible for the activity. The announcement Monday comes as part of Facebook’s efforts to be more transparent about how it roots out inauthentic behavior on its platforms (this is the first in what executives said will be a series of monthly reports). The social media company in recent months has identified separate campaigns associated with a Russian tycoon, the United Arab Emirates, Africa and the Middle East. But this is not the first time Waves and Flexell, the Egyptian firms, have been caught running questionable campaigns on Facebook. Facebook removed […]
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Facebook has removed hundreds of pages and accounts spreading propaganda on behalf of marketing agencies in Egypt, Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates, in the latest takedown demonstrating how so-called coordinated inauthentic behavior is not just a tactic of governments. The company scrubbed 211 accounts, 107 pages, 43 groups and 87 accounts for engaging in information operations, according to a blog post Thursday from Nathaniel Gliecher, head of cybersecurity policy. Operators of the network relied on fake accounts to spread content, promote local news and generate engagement meant to increase interest in the UAE. The activity was linked to the marketing firms Charles Communications, in UAE; Nigeria’s MintReach; and a company called Flexell in Egypt, Facebook said. Facebook’s action was the result of an independent BuzzFeed News investigation that found the network after Facebook in August announced it had removed more than 350 pages and accounts operated out of UAE and Egypt. No more […]
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