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Smooth Cybercriminals: Google Warns of Iran-Backed APT Hackers

SecureWorld News

The malicious campaigns Charming Kitten are unleashing on unsuspecting victims makes use of superior social engineering, such as creating dummy accounts on Gmail that look realistic enough to trick users into clicking through. One method this group likes to use is to create email messages to target conference goers. "One

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What newsrooms can learn from threat modeling at Facebook

The Verge

He hid his Facebook badge and spent time playing with one of those scheduling tablets outside of each conference room. He installed malware that called out and established a foothold for the team. One exercise at Facebook started with a red team member visiting an office where nobody knew him. My acting probably wasn’t great.

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Antitrust investigations aren’t the biggest threat to Facebook’s future

The Verge

Axios writes: One antitrust lawyer familiar with the workings of the FTC said the Office of Policy Planning “would not want to move the needle much” with antitrust guidelines, and is generally reluctant to consider new definitions for anticompetitive behavior. “ She said she usually discloses her clients when speaking at conferences.