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A new study has shown a growing trend in which hackers are impersonating popular social networking sites in order to obtain users personal information or payment credentials via phishing attacks.

Check Point Research, the threat intelligence arm of Check Point Software Technologies and a cybersecurity solutions provider, highlighted the brands that were most frequently imitated by cybercriminals in its Brand Phishing Report for the first quarter of this year.

LinkedIn shot to the top for the first time, accounting for 52% of all phishing attempts globally in January, February and March.

This is a significant 44% jump from the previous quarter, when LinkedIn was ranked sixth and was associated with only 8% of phishing attempts.

The other most-imitated companies are DHL (14%), which ranked top in the last quarter, Google (7%), Microsoft and FedEx (both at 6% each), and WhatsApp (4%).WhatsApp remains in the top 10, the research says, and that the messaging application is responsible for nearly one in every twenty phishing-related attacks worldwide.

If there was any doubt that social media would become one of the most heavily targeted sectors by criminal groups, the first quarter has laid those doubts to rest, Check Point Research said, as social media has surpassed transportation companies and technology behemoths such as Google, Microsoft, and Apple as the most targeted category.

The firm stated that its findings are based on data obtained from Check Point ThreatCloud and its Cyber Threat Map, which analyses cyberattacks in real-time around the world.

These phishing attempts are attacks of opportunity, plain and simple.

Criminal groups orchestrate these phishing attempts on a grand scale, with a view to getting as many people to part with their personal data as possible, said Omer Dembinsky, data research group manager at Check Point Software.

Typically, a hacker would attempt to steal user data by sending malicious emails using the brands name as the sender address, taking care to include elements such as the brands logo or colour scheme to make them appear authentic.

The report highlights an example where LinkedIn users were contacted via an official-looking email in an attempt to lure them to click on a malicious link.

Once there, users would be prompted to log in via a fake portal where their credentials would be harvested, the company said, adding that criminals will attempt to imitate the official website by using a similar domain and design.

In another example, a hacker used Maersks branding and a spoofed email address to make it appear as if it was sent from Maersk Notification.

The user was asked to download an Excel document that contained the Trojan known as Agent Tesla, a type of malware that is capable of granting access to a victims computer through a backdoor.

Some attacks will attempt to gain leverage over individuals or steal their information, such as those were seeing with LinkedIn.

Others will be attempts to deploy malware on company networks, such as the fake emails containing spoof carrier documents that were seeing with the likes of Maersk, Dembinsky said.

The brands of shipping companies like DHL and Maersk, he said, are being abused by threat actors to target both companies and consumers due to the rising popularity of ecommerce, and its critical that staff be taught to be more alert when it comes to recognising phishing schemes.

Employees in particular should be trained to spot suspicious anomalies such as misspelt domains, typos, incorrect dates and other details that can expose a malicious email or text message, he said, urging LinkedIn users to be extra vigilant over the course of the next few months.

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Our Internet/social media analysis of perinatal health promotion by a multijurisdictional sample of Canadian governmental/NGO agencies reflected the emergence of COVID-19, impacts on health services and acknowledgement of considerable stress and uncertainty. Although it is well established that infectious respiratory diseases such as SARS, MERS and influenza are associated with increased disease severity and pregnancy complications including preterm birth and spontaneous abortion, [16] Canadian governmental agencies generally missed opportunities to disseminate COVID-19-associated perinatal health information via websites and social media platform-Facebook. Social media posts were regionally-relevant, included local COVID-19 restrictions, reports of outbreaks and evolving hospital/clinic access policies. Breastfeeding, infant care, labor/delivery, parenting support and healthy pregnancy were among the major perinatal themes promoted by governmental Facebook posts. NGO Facebook posts reflected the values and perspectives of host organizations, with Dad Central emphasizing fatherhood and Native Womens Association of Canada describing cultural and traditional practices associated with pregnancy.

Perinatal health promotion may be addressed in secondary school sexual education, prenatal classes, targeted interventions for communities marginalized by poverty, racism, xenophobia and other structural inequities, and generalized public health messaging. Generalized public health messaging is a cost-effective strategy that can work in concert with individualized counseling, targeted interventions and community-based programs to mitigate modifiable pregnancy risk factors. Such health communication campaigns typically increase uptake of desired health behavior by about 5% [21]. In the context of perinatal health promotion, online public health messaging may reinforce mass media campaigns and social norms about health-risk behaviors such as smoking, drug and alcohol use, and obesity/sedentary behavior, [21, 22] however only two municipal and one provincial government hosted-Facebook posts addressed lifestyle risk factors for perinatal health. As lifestyle risk behaviors are often concordant within couples/families, [23] generalized health promotion targeted to all household members would mitigate pregnancy risks, and increase likelihood of behavior modification.

Major Facebook perinatal-themed posts were positive in tone- emphasizing pregnancy/birth, breastfeeding and parenting. Although all organizations included in our sample promoted perinatal health, their use of Facebook was varied in terms of breadth of topics posted. Breastfeeding was promoted by municipal/regional health both actively (e.g. description of benefits, subject of classes/presentations) and passively (e.g. job titles for profiled staff members, resources). Several organizations used World Breastfeeding Week as a basis to promote breastfeeding, services and staff profiles, previously described as an example of social breastfeeding campaigns [24]. Such promotion campaigns translate to about 18% increase in breastfeeding, proving to be quite effective [21].

Social media is fairly ubiquitous among commercial organizations, with government agencies slower to capitalize on the benefits of established and emerging media platforms for health promotion[11, 25]. As perinatal health promotion is encompassed within a broader public health mandate by Canadian governments included in our sample, we were unable to assess the general use of social media by these organizations. It was evident that perinatal-themed post frequency varied considerably across jurisdictions, perhaps reflecting only limited use by some agencies. Conceptually, social media health promotion falls within the evolving promise of e-government to best use information technologies to enhance activities [26]. The universal reach of Internet- and social media communications in industrialized countries serves to democratize government messaging by widespread accessibility [25, 26]. Governmental public health agencies use of social media is primarily unidirectional, used to ensure transparency and accountability through dissemination of organizational updates, health promotion and health policy news [25]. Although we can confirm that Canadian government Facebook posts provided promotion and updates related to perinatal health, we did not assess public response to these posts. Similar to mass media campaigns, [22] Facebook followers (Table 2) receive updated posts with further study required to evaluate awareness, uptake and resulting behavior changes from these perinatal-themed posts.

Social medias public reach and timeliness make these platforms ideal for emergency communications [27]. Prior to the emergence of COVID-19, government agencies have used social media for emergency communications related to H1N1, [28] Ebola,[29] Zika virus [30] and a broad spectrum of localized natural disasters and emergencies [27]. As with the Zika outbreak, COVID-19 has serious implications for pregnancy, necessitating perinatal-specific public health guidance [30, 31]. Pregnancy emerged gradually as a risk factor for severe COVID-19 illness [32]. COVID-19 vaccine roll-out across much of the Western world began in late 2020, including Canada, however this was complicated by the initial recommendation by the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) and other agencies, to withhold COVID-19 vaccination from pregnant people pending further evidence [33]. As our social media analysis was restricted to 2020, we did not capture public health government-Facebook promotion of COVID-19 vaccines, however our review of Canadian government health website content into early 2021 did yield updated NACI-messaging regarding vaccine safety during pregnancy and breastfeeding [34]. Whereas a limited number of government websites addressed COVID-19 risks of pregnancy complications/disease severity, Facebook posts predominantly focussed on disruptions to health services and related visitor restrictions/need for infection control masks, physical distancing at healthcare centers.

Government agencies can respond to trending myths or barriers to health behaviors through amplification of evidence-based directives that specifically address rumors and misinformation [27]. Although adverse pregnancy outcomes are now well-established sequelae of COVID-19 [35, 36], throughout 2020, often contradictory public health guidance and misinformation regarding COVID-19 and risks to pregnancy appeared on social media [31]. COVID-19-themed perinatal Facebook posts peaked in the second quarter (AprilJune) of 2020, with only municipal/regional health authorities exhibiting a modest rebound of activity in the final quarter, indicating missed opportunities by public health agencies to reinforce messaging. Pre-emptive risk communication about COVID-19 vaccines and pregnancy by these public health agencies was warranted, as rumors and misinformation related to infertility, menstrual cycle irregularities and miscarriages accompanied COVID-19 vaccination programs and the eventual prioritization of pregnant people in 2021 [35,36,37]. Social media provides the opportunity for public health agencies to monitor real-time responses to emergency management and related intervention, but also to curtail the spread of misinformation.

Risk perception is decreased by privilege and social status [38]- such that racialized women- most likely to experience severe COVID-19-related pregnancy outcomes [31]- are also likely to perceive COVID-19 as a high health hazard. In response to the heterogeneous public framing of any health risk issue, influenced by gender, race/ethnicity, emotions and experience, risk communication is most effective if the agency/spokesperson inspires trust [39]. Trust in government agencies may be gained by transparency, credibility, and acknowledgement of scientific uncertainty in the face of evolving information, [27, 39] however countering this trust is social medias contributions to the increasingly political polarization of science and the recognition of societys structural racism which contributes to inequities [40]. Performance indicators identified for Canadian public health emergency preparedness included credible, culturally-competent emergency leaders with bilateral crisis communication skills, community engagement, and redundant in emergency communication channels including social media [41]. Ottawa Public Healths creation of a distinct Parenting in Ottawa Facebook page with 100 perinatal-themed posts in 2020 suggests this agency has fully embraced social media and opportunities of community engagement. Ottawa Public Health consistently attributed authorship of perinatal health Facebook posts to named healthcare professionals with credentials (e.g. registered nurses, lactation consultants, nutritionists)- thereby imbuing their posts with expertise, credibility and authority. Beyond perinatal health, Ottawa Public Health emerged as the most followed local public health unit in North America on Twitter, entertaining and informing over 130,000 followers in 2021 with empathy, honesty, nuance, humor and celebrity endorsements to promote COVID-19 and other public health messaging. Although most public health social media applications emphasize community engagement, social media may also provide platforms for health professionals to network, collaborate and exchange emerging science and practices [42].

We included NGO websites and Facebook pages in our analysis, recognizing the diverse landscape of online perinatal health information. NGO content reflected the mission, values and philosophies of each organization, and unlike the governmental organizations in the sample, NGO topic areas were exclusively women, fatherhood and perinatal health. NGO websites more consistently provided COVID-19-themed perinatal health promotion, including content related to disease severity, vertical transmission, breastfeeding and pregnancy outcomes. Similarly, NGO Facebook posts more frequently mentioned infection control, breastfeeding and emotional health, in the context of COVID-19. Two NGOs profile important aspects of perinatal health that are often overlooked- fatherhood and the realities facing Indigenous pregnant people in Canada. Cohabitating fathers and non-biological partners, contribute to both the physical and psychosocial environments of pregnant people. The impact of the non-pregnant partner on pregnancy outcomes has been largely studied heteronormatively, using marriage status among the determinants of concordant health behaviors [43]. Bringing attention to fathers, and non-biological partners recognizes their contributions to modifiable risks to pregnancy such as smoking, exposure to second-hand smoke, physical activity [23] and intimate partner violence and social support [44]. Perhaps due to social support and relationship integrity, fathers involvement in pregnancy is associated with better pregnancy outcomes and improved maternal health behaviors [45]. Influenza vaccination exhibits spousal concordance, with female partners generally influenced by positive health behaviors exhibited by male partners, [46] suggesting similar dynamics may occur with COVID-19 protective behaviors, although this remains to be studied.

Indigenous peoples face environmental, economic and health disparities due to colonialism and Canadas legacy of cultural genocide [47]. Pregnancy outcomes are similarly affected, challenged by limited prenatal and birthing care in rural and remote communities [48]. Recognized as priority communities for public health engagement during emergencies, [41, 49] Indigenous peoples were identified as key populations to receive early COVID-19 vaccinations [50]. Indigenous traditions and stories along with stark depictions of medical abuse/racism comprised the Native Womens Association of Canada (NWAC)s perinatal-themed Facebook posts. The tone of NWACs Facebook posts reveals a devastating portrayal of the experience of pregnancy and motherhood in the context of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and the lasting trauma of forced removal of Indigenous children from their families, first by nationally-run residential schools and now through the child welfare system. Social media and the Internet are useful tools for pregnancy and parenting support, particularly as these modalities enable anonymous information seeking and sharing, thereby reducing discriminatory and stereotyping treatment, and addressing rural and remote barriers to healthcare [51]. Culturally-safe perinatal care, both in-person and through public health Internet and social media messaging, developed collaboratively with Indigenous stakeholders, improves pregnancy and neonatal outcomes [52].

We acknowledge that both government and NGO groups included in our sample provide services and resources addressing a breadth of topics, in addition to the perinatal-themed social media and online content evaluated here. As data collection was completed in early 2021, we also recognize that these organizations may have deleted or modified relevant posts, and may have since updated perinatal promotion messaging with possibly increased or different emphasis. We did not ascertain the public reach of online/social media messaging, nor did we measure Facebook interactions such as post comments, likes or shares. Facebook followers for each page appear in Table 2, which provides a crude estimate of the number of people who viewed each post on their respective Facebook newsfeeds.

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A warning has been issued over a new profile picture app doing the rounds on social media. The app has reportedly been linked to data theft.

The app allows people to turn their display images on the social networking site into artwork. But it may be stealing their personal info, one expert has claimed.

The app is called NewProfilePic Picture Editor and was developed by Informe Laboratories, Inc. But the developer is based in Moscow, near the Russia MoD.

READ MOREBBC Breakfast star Dan Walker issues worrying warning to every viewer

Jake Moore, Global Cybersecurity Advisor, ESET Internet Security told MailOnline: "This app is likely a way of capturing people's faces in high resolution and I would question any app wanting this amount of data, especially one which is largely unheard of and based in another country."

"If you have it on your phone, delete it, if you gave it full permissions change your passwords warn your bank, there has been a huge uptick of bank accounts being drained and people being shut out of their accounts," one social media has warned.

Other concerned social media users also raised the alarm. On Twitter, some are linking the new app - which is going viral and becoming widely used as it takes off in popularity - with ransomware.

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SOME's (So Others Might Eat) Annual Event Returns In-Person to Support Thousands of DC Residents Experiencing Homelessness, Hunger, and Poverty

WASHINGTON, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- SOME is pleased to announce the return and rebrand of its 18th annual Young Professionals Gala at the newly renovated Schuyler DC, on May 14th at 8:00. Presented by the executive board of SOME's Young Professionals Network (YPN), the Spring Fling Gala (formerly the Winter Ball) will welcome the region's emerging professionals, philanthropists, and socialites for an enjoyable evening with their friends and colleagues in support of SOME's mission. The YPN will be joined by reality star and former Miss DC, Ashley Darby, who will emcee the event.

After the inspiring Young Professionals United for SOME event at Audi Field last year, the YPN is thrilled to partner with The Schuyler DC to once again safely host the annual black-tie gala which is slated to raise a significant amount of funds for SOME programs. The highly anticipated spring cocktail reception is sponsored by many of the region's leading businesses and associations that are dedicated to advancing SOME's mission. Spring Fling attendees can expect to mingle with rising leaders from the event's top sponsors including Carlyle, CBRE, Ernst & Young, Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, McKinsey & Co., and The U.S Chamber of Commerce Foundation, among others.

"I love the energy and enthusiasm of our YPN members who champion SOME's mission through their continued outreach and special events," said Ralph Boyd, SOME's President, and CEO. "Together, I know that SOME can help break the cycle of poverty and homelessness in our region with the support of our energetic YPN members who represent DC's next generation of leaders."

The SOME Young Professionals are a vibrant and engaged group of individuals committed to supporting SOME as fundraisers, volunteers, advocates, and ambassadors. Proceeds from the Spring Fling Gala will benefit SOME's programs, including its job training, residential substance use disorder treatment, and affordable housing with supportive services.

The YPN will host an after-party at Duke's Grocery in Foggy Bottom. The restaurant group known for its extensive Happy Hour, Proper Burger, and weekend brunch will transform into a late-night hotspot with DJ and the drinks will be flowing! Also, enjoy late-night appetizers including Proper Burger Sliders!

About SOME's Young Professionals Network

SOME's Young Professionals Network (YPN), co-chaired by David Vaughn of Carlyle and Kenny Roberts of Invariant, is a vibrant and engaged group of individuals committed to supporting SOME as fundraisers, volunteers, advocates, and ambassadors. Over the past 19 years, the SOME Young Professionals have raised over $3 million to support SOME's comprehensive programs to help families and individuals find pathways out of poverty and achieve long-term stability and success. Each year, the YPN participates in fundraising events, professional development activities, networking, days of service, volunteer efforts, and more - making a difference throughout the national capital region!

About SOME

SOME provides material aid and comfort to our vulnerable neighbors in the District, helping them break the cycle of poverty and homelessness through programs and services that save lives, improve lives and help transform the lives of individuals and families, their communities, and the systems and structures that affect them. Learn more at some.org.

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Ive spent most of my career studying how technology can amplify human abilities, from enhancing physical dexterity to boosting cognitive skills. In recent years Ive focused on how technology can help make human groups smarter, from small teams to large populations. And what Ive found is that social media platforms are inadvertently doing the opposite actively damaging our collective intelligence.

No, Im not talking about the prevalence of low quality content that insults our intellect.Im also not talking about the rampant use of misinformation and disinformation that deliberately deceives us.After all, these are not new problems; flawed content has existed throughout history, from foolish misconceptions to outright lies and propaganda.

Instead, I am talking about something more fundamental a feature of social media that is damaging our intelligence whether the content is factual or fraudulent. To explain this, I need to take a step back and address a few points about human cognition.So, here goes

We humans are information processing machines, spending our lives observing our world and using those observations to build detailed mental models.We start from the moment of birth, exploring and sensing our surroundings, testing and modeling our experiences, until we can accurately predict how our own actions, and the actions of others, will impact our future.

Consider this example: An infant drops a toy and watches it fall to the ground; after doing that many times with the same result, the infants brain generalizes the phenomenon, building a mental model of gravity.That mental model will allow the infant to navigate their world, predicting how objects will behave when they are toppled or dropped or tossed into the air.

This works well until the infant experiences a helium balloon for the first time. They are astonished as their model of gravity fails and their brain has to adjust, accounting for these rare objects. In this way, our mental models become more and more sophisticated over time. This is called intelligence.

And for intelligence to work properly, we humans need to perform three basic steps:

(1) Perceive our world,

(2) Generalize our experiences,

(3) Build mental models.

The problem is that social media platforms have inserted themselves into this critical process, distorting what it means to perceive our world and generalize our experiences, which drives each of us to make significant errors when we build mental models deep within our brains.

No, Im not talking about how we model the physical world of gravity.Im talking about how we model the social world of people, from our local communities to our global society. Political scientists refer to this social world as the public sphere and define it as the arena in which individuals come together to share issues of importance, exchanging opinions through discussion and deliberation. Its within the public sphere that society collectively develops a mental model of itself.And by using this model, we the people are able to make good decisions about our shared future.

Now heres the problem: Social media has distorted the public sphere beyond recognition, giving each of us a deeply flawed mental model of our own communities. This distorts our collective intelligence, making it difficult for society to make good decisions.But its NOT the content itself on social media that is causing this problem; its the machinery of distribution.

Let me explain.

We humans evolved over millions of years to trust that our daily experiences provide an accurate representation of our world. If most objects we encounter fall to the ground, we generalize and build a mental model of gravity. If a few objects float to the sky, we model those as exceptions rare events that are important to understand but which represent a tiny slice of the world at large.

An effective mental model is one that allows us to predict our world accurately, anticipating common occurrences at a far more frequent rate than rare ones.But social media has derailed this cognitive process, algorithmically moderating the information we receive about our society. The platforms do this by individually feeding us curated news, messaging, ads, and posts that we assume are part of everyones experience but may only be encountered by narrow segments of the public.

As a result, we all believe were experiencing the public sphere when, really, we are each trapped in a distorted representation of society created by social media companies. This causes us to incorrectly generalize our world.And if we cant generalize properly, we build flawed mental models. This degrades our collective intelligence and damages our ability to make good decisions about our future.

And because social media companies target us with content that were most likely to resonate with, we overestimate the prevalence of our own views and underestimate the prevalence of conflicting views. This distorts reality for all of us, but those targeted with fringe content may be fooled into believing that some very extreme notions are commonly accepted by society at large.

Please understand, Im NOT saying we should all have the same views and values. I am saying we all need to be exposed to an accurate representation of how views and values are distributed across our communities. That is collective wisdom. But social media has shattered the public sphere into a patchwork of small echo chambers while obscuring the fact that the chambers even exist.

As a result, if I have a fringe perspective on a particular topic, I may not realize that the vast majority of people find my view to be extreme, offensive, or just plain absurd. This will drive me to build a flawed mental model of my world, incorrectly assessing how my views fit into the public sphere.

This would be like an evil scientist raising a group of infants in a fake world where most objects are filled with helium and only a few crash to the ground. Those infants would generalize their experiences and develop a profoundly flawed model of reality. That is what social media is doing to all of us right now.

This brings me back to my core assertion: The biggest problem with social media is not the content itself but the machinery of targeted distribution, as it damages our ability to build accurate mental models of our own society. And without good models, we cant intelligently navigate our future.

This is why more and more people are buying into absurd conspiracy theories, doubting well-proven scientific and medical facts, losing trust in well-respected institutions, and losing faith in democracy. Social media is making it harder and harder for people to distinguish between a few rare helium balloons floating around and the world of solid objects that reflect our common reality.

Personally, I believe we need to push for transparency in targeting requiring platforms to clearly disclose the targeting parameters of all social media content so users can easily distinguish between material that is broadly consumed and material that is algorithmically siloed. And the disclosure shouldbe presented to users in real time when they engage the content, allowing each of us to consider the context as we form our mental models about our world.

Currently, Twitter and Facebook do allow users to access a small amount of data about targeted ads. To get this information, you need to click multiple times, at which point you get an oddly sparse message such as You might be seeing this ad because Company X wants to reach people who are located here: the United States.Thats hardly enlightening. We need real transparency, and not just for ads but for news feeds and all other shared content deployed through targeting algorithms.

The goal should be clear visual information that highlights how large or narrow a slice of the public is currently receiving each piece of social media content that appears on our screens. And users should not have to click to get this information; it should automatically appear when they engage the content in any way.It could be as simple as a pie chart showing what percentage of a random sample of the general public could potentially receive the content through the algorithms being used to deploy it.

If a piece of material that I receive is being deployed within a 2% slice of the general public, that should allow me to correctly generalize how it fits into society as compared to content that is being shared within a 60% slice.And if a user clicks on the graphic indicating 2% targeting, they should be presented with detailed demographics of how that 2% is defined. The goal is not to suppress content but make the machinery of distribution as visible as possible, enabling each of us to appreciate when were being deliberately siloed into a narrowly defined echo chamber and when were not.

With transparency in targeting, each of us should be able to build a more accurate mental model of our society.Sure, I might still resonate with some fringe content on certain topics, but I will at least know that those particular sentiments are rare within the public sphere. And I wont be fooled into thinking that the extreme idea that popped into my head last night about lizard people running my favorite fast food chain is a widely accepted sentiment being shared among the general public.

In other words, social media platforms could still send me large numbers of helium balloons, and I might appreciate getting those balloons, but with transparency in targeting, I wont be misled into thinking that the whole world is filled with helium.Or lizard people.

Louis Rosenbergis a pioneer in the fields of VR, AR, and AI. Thirty years ago, he developed the first functional augmented reality system for the U.S. Air Force. He then founded early virtual realitycompany Immersion Corporation (1993) and early augmented reality company Outland Research (2004). He is currently CEO and Chief Scientist of Unanimous AI, a company that amplifies the intelligence of human groups. He earned his PhD from Stanford University, was a professor at California State University, and has been awarded over 300 patents for his work in VR, AR, and AI.

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