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Facebook takes down inauthentic accounts from India, Egypt

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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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UAE, Egypt, Nigeria cited as sources of latest information operations blocked by Facebook

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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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An ongoing hacking campaign targets dissidents in Egypt, researchers say

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Security researchers on Thursday detailed an ongoing hacking campaign against Egyptian human rights activists and journalists, showing how the attackers have planted their own malware in the Google Play Store to track their victims. An analysis of the hacking campaign by Check Point Software Technologies highlights how the hackers have not only used third-party apps to gain access to victim emails but also employed stealthy mobile apps that log the date and duration of calls, or the location of the caller. Evidence suggests the Egyptian government could be behind the activity, which dates back to 2016 and is more multifaceted than previously documented. If definitively tied to Egyptian authorities, it would be just the latest example of an autocratic regime aiming software tools at activists and critics. Under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the Egyptian government has cracked down further on dissent, j­ailing activists and, NGOs say, abusing human rights. “We saw [the […]

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Facebook shuts down ‘coordinated inauthentic behavior’ from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE

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In the latest sign that fake accounts remain a popular tool for amplifying political messages on Facebook, the social media company says it has disrupted information campaigns emanating from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The hundreds of disabled accounts, groups and pages were involved in two unrelated operations, one originating in Egypt and the UAE, and the other in Saudi Arabia. The campaigns — which Facebook labeled as “coordinated inauthentic behavior” also included accounts on Instagram, which Facebook owns. Both campaigns used phony pages to post news in support of a political agenda, and both focused on countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Facebook said. The company linked the latter campaign, which supported Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, to the Saudi government. “We’re taking down these pages, groups and accounts based on their behavior, not the content they posted,” Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, wrote […]

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Vigilante Hacks Government-Linked Cyberespionage Group

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Earlier this month, Kaspersky published research on the so-called ZooPark group, which ran a hacking campaign towards Android devices across the Middle East. Now, a hacker has allegedly stolen ZooPark’s own data and provided it to Motherboard. Continue reading Vigilante Hacks Government-Linked Cyberespionage Group→

Android users hit by ZooPark malware stealing data & recording calls

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Kaspersky Lab has discovered a brand new cyber-spying campaign targeting
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Turkish, Egyptian ISPs help local government conduct massive spyware operation

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Canadian researchers from human rights organization Citizen Lab uncovered a major computer espionage operation spreading across Turkey, Egypt and, indirectly, Syria. The operation, which started in 2017, is a nation-state-level network injection to del… Continue reading Turkish, Egyptian ISPs help local government conduct massive spyware operation→

State Spy Programs, espionage & Monero mining – fingers point at Sandvine

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Sandvine Products and Technology Used by Egypt, Turkey, and Syrian
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