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According to a recent Lookout report, phishing attacks are expected to more than double the week of Thanksgiving as employees spend more time online.

As another year comes to a close, cybersecurity leaders are looking back and reviewing the top trends of 2023.

We are excited to announce the new Microsoft Defender Bounty Program with awards of up to $20,000 USD.
The Microsoft Defender brand encompasses a variety of products and services designed to enhance the security of the Microsoft customer experience. The Microsoft Defender Bounty Program invites researchers across the globe to identify vulnerabilities in Defender products and services and share them with our team.

Michigan's State Capitol building is the first to deploy AI-based gun detection technology in an effort to protect against potential gun violence. 

Mobile devices have the power to enhance every step of emergency response and redefine agency operations — from initial reporting to case closure.

The FTC announced that prison communications provider Global Tel*Link Corp will now be required to disclose any future data breaches within 30 days.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Microsoft Bug Bounty Program, an essential part of our proactive strategy to protect customers from security threats. Since its inception in 2013, Microsoft has awarded more than $60 million to thousands of security researchers from 70 countries. These individuals have discovered and reported vulnerabilities under Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure, aiding Microsoft in navigating the continuously evolving security threat landscape and emerging technologies.

Affected country: Papua New Guinea
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On 20 November around 5.30 UTC (16.30 local time) the Ulawun volcano, located in the northern New Britain Island in eastern Papua New Guinea, approximately 125 km south-west of Rabaul Town, started to erupt. The explosive eruption produced a plume that reached up to 18 km above sea level dispersing ash to the west. A significant pyroclastic flow occurred during the activity. Media report, as of 21 November, a number of preventively evacuated people across the area nearby the volcano and some canceled flights from the Hoskins Town airport. On 20 November the aviation colour code has been raised to red from the Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) and as of 21 November at 7.00 UTC it remains still in force. (ECHO, 21 Nov 2023)
The volcano eruption caused mass displacement across the affected areas. IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) site assessment tool was rolled out in West New Britain (WNB) and East New Britain (ENB) within a week following the eruption and identified 8,565 persons (1,707 Households [HH]) displaced from the local villages in West New Britain (WNB) and East New Britain (ENB). (IOM, 9 Dec 2023)

Affected country: Jordan
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Starting in the evening of Sunday, 19/11/2023, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was exposed to a severe depression with the noon hours affecting all the kingdom’s governorates dropping the temperatures to below 10 degrees. The Meteorological Agency issued warnings of strong winds exceeding in some areas the barrier of 65 km / h, which leads to rising dust and low horizontal visibility, especially in the Badia regions. The rate of rainfall fell greater than usual at this time of the year, which led to the formation of torrential rains in cities, valleys, and water catchment areas, according to the report of the Ministry of Water. [...] These harsh winter conditions have impacted and continue to impact many community groups in the north and south of Jordan. Some households in Ma'an (South of Jordan) and Irbid (North of Jordan) governorates were raided by floodwaters causing damage to some of their household items with no injuries or deaths according to the social sources. Tented settlements in remote areas were heavily impacted with their tents flooded with water and were evacuated to emergency shelters by the civil defense. [...]
The affected people include vulnerable Jordanians, Syrian refugees (with different registration statuses), Iraqi refugees, Pakistani workers, and Sudanese and Yemeni asylum seekers. These groups either live in very poor conditions in households that need renovation or are living in informal tented settlements. Even though these groups are identified by the different humanitarian actors in the field, their ability to intervene to support them is still very limited. (IFRC, 1 Dec 2023)

According to a recent cybersecurity predictions report, the top 2024 risk cited by internal audit leaders is cyber and data security (80%).