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Leak: Secret Facebook rules on what violence, self-harm and child abuse can be posted

Credit to Author: Darlene Storm| Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 06:18:00 -0700

Facebook allows users to livestream self-harm, post videos of violent deaths and photos of non-sexual child abuse, but comments which threaten to harm President Donald Trump are to be deleted, according to Facebook’s secret rule books for monitoring what its 2 billion users can post.

The Guardian got hold of leaked copies of over 100 internal Facebook manuals and documents that tell moderators how to handle content which includes violence, sex, hate speech, terrorism, nudity, self-harm, revenge porn and more controversial content – even cannibalism.

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Beware of the JokerQuiz – It’s a fraud!

Credit to Author: Threat Research Labs| Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 07:20:51 +0000

Adware are unwanted programs installed on the system with or without user consent. They change your Internet browser’s settings and display unwanted and fraudulent pop-up ads. They also trick users by offering unbelievable deals. With technological advancements, adware are becoming smarter. JokerQuiz is one such adware that pretends to be…

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Windows Defender does not defend Windows 7 against WannaCry

Credit to Author: Michael Horowitz| Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 17:37:00 -0700

Thanks to Kaspersky, we now know that 98% of the Windows machines infected by WannaCry/WannaCrypt were running Windows 7. Since, once it gets a foothold, the malware can infect an entire network, most of the attention was focused on LAN based attacks. My previous blog was about using the Windows firewall as a defensive measure.

But any malware can spread in multiple ways so there is always a need for anti-malware software on Windows PCs. The May 12th blog post, Customer Guidance for WannaCrypt attacks, in which Microsoft announced the release of a bug fix for Windows XP, mentioned that 

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SSD Advisory – Synology DiskStation Manager Multiple Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Credit to Author: SSD / Maor Schwartz| Date: Sun, 21 May 2017 15:17:30 +0000

Vulnerabilities Summary The following advisory describe two (2) stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) found in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM). Cross-site scripting stored in SWF file Cross-site scripting stored in Video Station application Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM), a Linux based software package that is the operating system for the DiskStation and RackStation products. The Synology DSM is … Continue reading SSD Advisory – Synology DiskStation Manager Multiple Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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