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  For organizations, email is the first line of defense from hacking, and it has to be protected the most. According to research, over three billion infected emails are sent daily — which means that it’s highly likely that you’ll receive an infected email in your inbox. Namely, emails are highly targeted by cybercriminals. The main reason is that everyone has an email address, and it’s relatively easy to obtain a lot of them as well as send malicious links that contain a virus. So, what can you do about it? Start by strengthening your email security. What is email security all about? Well, it’s about changing your password to a stronger one, but also having the tools that protect you against common cyberattacks. Which cyberattacks should you learn to recognize and how to set up a strong password to protect your email? Let’s find out. Contents [show] Recognize Obvious Phishing Attacks Emails are the number one target of phishing attacks. Therefore, it’s important to recognize a phishing

      News 1.God Mode If you have always wanted to take full control of your computer’s operating system then God Mode will definitely impress you. With this shortcut, you will get access to a master version of the Control Panel that has extended settings. To enable it, create a new folder with the name, GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Once again only use this hidden feature on Windows 10 if you are a power user or an IT professional. Using God Mode you can also customize the Windows OS as per your liking. 2. Doom’s Dedicated Port Next on the list, we have game-related Windows Easter Eggs. If you were born in the 90s then you might know that Doom95 was one of the first mainstream first-person shooters available for the Windows platform. When the game got released for Windows it used port 666. Well, this is a reference to the Number of the Beast. To this day, even in Windows 10 port 666 is the only port reserved for doom. To check out this gaming Windows 10 easter egg hea

  According to the cybersecurity firm  Zscaler ThreatLabz , threat actors are trying to install info stealing malware on users’ devices through newly registered domains. Zscaler explained that these spoofed domains were first observed in April 2022 and created to distribute “malicious ISO files” (a PE32 binary) disguised as legit MS Windows 11 OS installers. These malicious files deliver Vidar infostealer on the device. Some of the fake domains registered on 20 April include ms-win11com, win11-servcom, win11installcom, and ms-teams-appnet. It is worth noting that Vidar malware was previously used in attacks against YouTubers and in a VPN scam in which a fake VPN website was discovered delivering password-stealing malware. What is Vidar malware? It is notorious info stealing malware that can perform spying on users. Its primary job is to steal sensitive user data such as operating system information, online accounts credentials, browser history, financial or banking data, and cryptocurr

  What about Congolese Hutu? For several months, North Kivu, epicenter of ethnic conflicts and base of many wars that have bloodied the DRC for more than two decades, has started to burn again. With relentless fervor. It all started, in November 2015, with the Buleusa massacre, hitherto a peaceful city in the north of Walikale territory, in the Ikobo groupement, when Nande attacked the Hutu, killing several of them and setting fire to their houses, pushing the survivors to flee to Miriki, to take refuge in a camp for the displaced. The number of Hutu victims is not known to date, but sources speak of more than a hundred people killed. It is in Miriki that, in January 2016, 18 Nande people will be killed. Sources blamed the FDLR, which strongly denied. For many Nande, these Rwandan militiamen wanted to avenge their Congolese Hutu cousins. This region is scoured by foreign militias: as much as there are FDLR, Rwandan Hutus, there are also the ADF-NALU, Ugandan Nande known for their numer

 

  The administration of the Rebel Movement of March 23 informs the public that despite the denunciation and condemnation by the Head of State His Excellency Félix Antoine TSHISEKEDI TSHILOMBO of the alliances maintained by the FARDC with the armed groups, new meetings have took place between the FARDC and the Armed Groups extended to the administrative authorities of Rutshuru territory and the first members of the Armed Groups trained by the FARDC were deployed on the front line this Wednesday, May 18. These are: 01. 60 combatants from the NYATURA-ABAZUNGU Armed Group trained at MPATI, dressed in FARDC uniforms, loaded into Government Army trucks in BURUNGU and taken to Rutshuru territory where they were deployed in BIRUMA; 02. FDLR combatants belonging to Col. RURINDA were dumped in a battalion of the 22nd Brigade led by Colonel MUSHENGEZI and in the 3411th regiment deployed in RUMANGABO led by Colonel OMARI AMURI Léonard and assisted by Colonel TOKOLONGA BENDET Salomon in charge of

 Judging by precedent, the iPhone 14 will launch on a Tuesday in September, and a leaker has now given us a good idea of which Tuesday we should mark in our calendars. According to the Apple-focused site iDropNews, based on information from its own sources, the Apple September Event in 2022 will take place on September 13 - that's right in the middle of the month, basically when we expected it. Take this date with a pinch of salt for now, because so far in advance, it's possible that this date is just a placeholder for Apple. The company could push the date for a variety of reasons if needs be - and the leaker might just be wrong.  The leaker does say that Apple will host one event on the 13th, and it might not be the iPhone 14 launch - but since Apple tends to host its iPhone launches on Tuesdays in September, the timings line up. The leaker has suggested lots of extra gadgets are coming besides the iPhone 14, though there's nothing mentioned that we haven't heard befo

    The iOS Find My feature has a safety loophole that can lead to infecting the iPhone even if the phone is off. Academic researchers from the Secure Mobile Networking Lab (SEEMOO) at the Technical University of Darmstadt have identified a unique way of infecting an iPhone by loading malware while the phone is off. Researchers will present their findings at the ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless Mobile Networks/ WiseSec 2022. How does the Attack work? The attack occurs after tampering with the iOS firmware and loading the malicious software onto a wireless Bluetooth chip with Near-field Communication and Ultra-Wideband. The attacker needs to execute the chip to infect the phone when it is off. The chip continues to operate when the system is off, and the Low Power Mode (LPM) is activated. While the three wireless chips can facilitate Find My and Express Card transaction features, these can directly access the secure element. Basically, the ultra-wideband (UWB) (support

   Last year, Facebook decided to shut down its infamous facial recognition system and delete billions of records it collected over the years. Now, the social media giant will stop offering some of its location tracking features by the end of May 2022. It is worth noting that the features that will be deleted include Time Alerts, Weather Alerts, Nearby Friends, Podcasts, Background Location, and Location History.  Apparently, these services are being terminated due to ‘low usage’, and users of these services will receive a notification about their imminent shutdown. Data to be Wiped Out before 31 May These features will no longer be available from 31 May 2022, and the platform will also stop collecting data for these functions, The Verge has confirmed. The company claims that data associated with all these location tracking tools will be wiped out from its servers. However, users can still access, delete, or download location data the social network saved prior to 1st August. For acces

  Bi-Weekly Counter-Terrorism Intelligence Brief for East and Central Africa (Somalia, Mozambique, DR-Congo, Tanzania, Uganda): Tracking Islamic State Terrorists In 1st May- 15th May 2022 INCIDENT REPORT Mozambique 1 st  May-  a bus ferrying passengers was attacked by militants outside Litingina, 10 km south of Chibau in Nangade. The militants open fired at the bus injuring 3 people. 1 st  May-  1 person was killed and another injured after the same militants attacked Litingina town. 3 rd  May-  several people were beheaded after insurgents attacked Muhia village located 10 km north of Nangade town, near the Tanzanian border. 6 th  May-  Insurgents attacked Olumbe village, Palma where they threatened the residents to leave and looted food and other supplies. 7 th  May-  insurgents attacked 3 de Fevereiro, just east of Nangade town where they attempted to kidnap a woman and her child. 8 th  May-  insurgents struck the Rovuma village lowlands, capturing several people in fields around Na

  At least 40 Islamic State Central Africa (ISCAP) insurgents surrendered to a military position and turned themselves in Namiune, Nangade District. Intelligence indicates that they approached a farmer in the area handing him a handwritten letter outlining their intentions to surrender after which they marched hands up and without weapons. The militants in the region have been suffering major losses and the latest entry of the Rwandan forces ISCAP has been feeling the pressure as they continue suffer losses and operation incapability. Bernardino Rafael, the General Commander of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM) in his most recent in Macomia extended amnesty and reintegration into society for any militants that surrendered. He urged the families and friends to persuade the jihadists to come in and they would be deradicalized without punishment and allowed to rejoin the community. The amnesty offer has worked in other countries like Somalia where al Shabaab militants surrend

  Rising Al-Shabaab Attacks Prompts Pentagon’s Decision to Redeploy US Special Forces to Somalia The rising Al-Shabaab attacks in Somalia has prompted Pentagon to make a decision to redeploy the US Special Forces back to the war-torn country. In the recent weeks, Al-Shabaab has escalated coordinated attacks on military positions especially in central and southern Somalia, with a deadly operation being recorded on March 3 rd , for El Baraf in Middle Shabelle region where scores of ATMIS-Burundian troops were killed and base overrun by the Al-Qaeda aligned militants. Last year, before leaving office, the former President Donald Trump signed an order authorizing the repositioning of the US troops and now the current US President Joe Biden has been convinced to reverse that decision, thus decision to reinstate troops to Somalia. Latest reports indicate that on Monday 16 th , President Joe Biden authorized the deployment of the fewer than 500 troops to the East African country battling with

  Galmudug Police officials have released the names and photos of 36 highly wanted people identified by the Galmudug administration as criminals and are said to be members of the Sufist militia, Ahlu Sunna Wal’Jamaa.  Among the 36 named people is the leader of Ahlu Sunna Wal’amaa (ASWJ) Sheikh Mohamed Shakir Ali Hassan, who alongside 35 followers have been accused of inciting violence in Dhusamareb and Guri’el, leading to the displacement of civilians. Fighting erupted in Dhusamareb, the capital of Galmudug state on Friday after the moderate militia attacked the town resulting in the killing of several people, including government soldiers. Calm was restored after Galmudug forces backed by SNA engaged the militants in an hours-long battle. Galmudug police spokesman Nur Elmi has called on neighboring states and internal security agencies to help in nabbing the criminals who have wreaked havoc in the region.  Galmudug has had its share of violence in the recent past, with Al-Shabaab on o