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(Cybersecurity) Group-IB: ransomware empire prospers in pandemic-hit world. Attacks grow by 150% (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini Group-IB published a report titled “Ransomware Uncovered 2020-2021”. analyzes ransomware landscape in 2020 and TTPs of major threat actors. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115268/cyber-crime/ransomware-landscape-2020.html

(USA) CISA emergency directive urges to fix Microsoft Exchange zero-days (Security Affairs)

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an emergency directive related to recently fixed Microsoft Exchange zero-days. https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/115278/security/cisa-microsoft-exchange-zero-days.html

(Georgia) Georgian journalist Vakhtang Sanaia receives concussion from assault by 3 attackers (CPJ)

Georgian authorities should thoroughly investigate the attack on journalist Vakhtang Sanaia, and ensure that the perpetrators are held to account, the Committee to Protect...

(Cuba) Staff of Cuban press freedom group ICLEP lose internet service, fear targeted disruption (CPJ)

Cuban authorities must ensure that journalists and staff at the Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and the Press (ICLEP) are able to access...

(UAE) UAE: Greater Progress Needed on Women’s Rights (HRW)

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has made important women’s rights reforms in recent years, such as passing new domestic violence protections, but significant discrimination against women...

(Europe) European Climate Change Lawsuit Spotlights Child Rights (HRW)

Juliane Kippenberg Increased heat, more frequent forest fires, and other extreme weather events fueled by climate change are already harming children in Europe today and...

(China) China’s Dangerous Game Around Covid-19 Vaccines (HRW)

Yaqiu Wang One year after the Covid-19 virus was first identified in Wuhan, China has gone from being the world’s epicenter of the pandemic to...

(Pandemic/Technology) Technology is Enabling Surveillance, Inequality During the Pandemic (HRW)

Deborah Brown, Amos Toh The Covid-19 pandemic set off a global quest to harness technology to keep us connected and curb the spread of the...

(Pandemic/Older People) Covid-19 Exposed Need to Protect Older People’s Rights (HRW)

Laura Mills Susan Robinson, a 68-year-old resident of a United States nursing facility, was lying awake one night in March when she heard her neighbor...

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