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Facebook Papers: <\/strong>A trove of insider documents from Facebook has been unveiled after journalists spent weeks pouring over the information from a noted whistleblower. The so-called “Facebook Papers”<\/a> detail how the social media site is still grabbing with misinformation around the COVID-19 vaccine and gaps in support for non-English-speaking users. Frances Haugen, the former employee who provided the documents to journalists, also testified before British parliament this week<\/a>. She detailed how Facebook’s algorithm prioritizes engagement, which can sometimes lead to the promotion of fake news articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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REvil takedown: <\/strong>Security researchers from multiple countries teamed up to take down the REvil ransomware group<\/a> last week. The group’s major victims in the past include the Colonial Pipeline in the U.S. and meatpacker JBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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‘Trickbot’ group hacker faces charges in the US: <\/strong>A Russian national had his initial appearance in federal court last week after his extradition from the Republic of Korea to the US to face charges for his alleged role in a transnational, cybercriminal organization. According to court documents, Vladimir Dunaev, 38, was a member of a transnational, cybercriminal organization that deployed a computer banking trojan and ransomware suite of malware known as \u201cTrickbot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hacks from Turkey: <\/strong>Hackers reportedly hailing from Turkey compromised a portion of former President Donald Trump’s website<\/a>. A portion of the site briefly displayed positive messages regarding Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Disinformation in Sudan: <\/strong>Two distinct Sudanese networks, recently removed by Facebook<\/a>for coordinated inauthentic behavior, posed as credible media outlets to rally support for state security services and former regime loyalists and undermine the ongoing civilian-led democratic transition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Disinformation during the 2016 US Elections:<\/strong> A well-known ethical hacker in the security community<\/a> recently unveiled himself as being part of a massive fake news operation that influenced the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. The previously undercover “Hacker X” detailed how a company recruited him into developing a large operation to spread disinformation on Facebook and other social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crypto transactions linked to cyberattacks: <\/strong>The Biden Administration took several steps over the past week to crack down on illegal cryptocurrency transactions<\/a>, especially those linked to cyber attacks. This included a warning to private companies that they could face the consequences of sanctions if they deal with virtual currencies that facilitate ransomware payment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Check out what happened in the cyberspace during the month of October and make the most of our news monitoring!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scpo-cybersecurityassociation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scpo-cybersecurityassociation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scpo-cybersecurityassociation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scpo-cybersecurityassociation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scpo-cybersecurityassociation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/scpo-cybersecurityassociation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":267,"href":"https:\/\/scpo-cybersecurityassociation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250\/revisions\/267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scpo-cybersecurityassociation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scpo-cybersecurityassociation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scpo-cybersecurityassociation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scpo-cybersecurityassociation.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}