The video released Thursday on social media channels of both Dubai Police and Emirates NBD bank uses Shaggy’s year 2000 hit “It wasn’t me” tune but with changed lyrics to warn users about banking fraud through social engineering techniques.

As Information security awareness professionals at CIATEC, we loved the video that got all the elements of a successful information security awareness material. It is a job well done conveying the message of keeping personal banking information safe using a 20 years well known rap song. This type of awareness material has proven to have a high penetration rate among audience.

Enjoy the video, and always remember to #SecureYourAccount.

Many organizations struggle to convey information security awareness material to users and customers. If that sound like your organization, contact us today to start your information security awareness program.

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• Information Security Management: ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security.
• IT Security: ISO/IEC 27032 Cyber Security and ISO/IEC 27035 Incident Management.
• Continuity and Resilience: ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management System.
• Service Management: ISO/IEC 20000 IT Service Management and ISO/IEC 55001 Asset Management.
• Quality Management Systems (example: ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems, ISO 13053 Six Sigma, ISO 21500 Project Management).
• Health, Safety and Environment (example: ISO 14001 Environmental Management, ISO 22000 Food Safety Management, ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management).

together we can build a strong and value-based society Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB

PECB issued an official press release announcing this partnership, where Mr. Eric Lachapelle, CEO of PECB, expressed PECB’s determination to make a renewed and positive contribution towards building a strong value-based society (Read full press release here).

At CIATEC, we truly believe that adopting and adapting internationally recognized standards and frameworks can transform organizations and lift them up to a whole new level. And this partnership with PECB will definitely contribute to CIATEC’s mission to provide our clients with the highest quality of management systems implementation, consulting and training services. We look forward to a successful long-term partnership with PECB.

About PECB 

PECB is a certification body for persons, management systems, and products on a wide range of international standards. As a global provider of training, examination, audit, and certification services, PECB offers its expertise on multiple fields, including but not limited to Information Security, IT, Business Continuity, Service Management, Quality Management Systems, Risk & Management, Health, Safety, and Environment. For more detailed information regarding PECB principal objectives and activities, visit www.pecb.com.

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“The initiative aims to measure customers happiness index through smart cameras that analyze the extent of their happiness,” Maher Shirah, director of Smart Services at RTA’s Corporate Technology Support Services Sector. The system was able to produce detailed reports of a customer’s happiness levels, with instant alerts triggered when a center’s “happiness rating” drops below a predefined level. When this happens, actions can be taken to “restore customers’ happiness level.”

As far as privacy is concerned, authorities indicated that the system analyses facial expressions and convert it into numeral value but doesn’t save the visual information.

This is one of the many uses AI can serve in service management measurement and metrics. And it will definitely contribute to raising the level of users satisfaction, the ultimate goal of successful service management system.

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If you are reading this on an iPhone, you might want to stop reading and immediately go into your settings and disable Facetime.

Apple confirmed an unpatched bug in group Facetime app that allows a caller to see and listen to you without even picking up the phone!

The bug was reported in January 21st by @MFT7500

My teen found a major security flaw in Apple’s new iOS. He can listen in to your iPhone/iPad without your approval. I have video. Submitted bug report to @AppleSupport…waiting to hear back to provide details. Scary stuff! #apple #bugreport @foxnews

— MGT7 (@MGT7500) January 21, 2019

It is worth mentioning that this major privacy issue was reported days before the world celebrated #DataPrivacyDay on January 28th.

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Careem, UBER’s main competitor in the middle east, announced today April 23rd 2018 a massive security breach affecting 14 million users and captains data.

Dear Customers, we have identified a cyber incident that took place in January 2018 involving unauthorized access to the system we use to store data. Our wider security protocol keep passwords encrypted and credit card details on a separate system. pic.twitter.com/rkcpf671ct

— Careem (@careem) April 23, 2018

Here is what you need to know from the announcement:

• Breach occurred more than three months ago, precisely on January 14th.
• If you signed up after that date, your data is supposedly safe.
• Careem announced: “On January 14th of this year, online criminals gained access to our computer systems which hold customer and captain account data.”
• “No evidence” that credit card info were stolen. However, the announcement made it clear that personal information including customers’ name, email address, phone number and trip data!

Following the incident, Careem provided customers with the below tips:

• Implement good password management by updating your Careem password, as well as other accounts on which you use similar details. Use a strong mix of characters, and try not to use the same password for multiple sites.
• Remain cautious of any unsolicited communications that ask for personal information or refer to a web page asking for personal information
• Avoid clicking on links or downloading attachments from unfamiliar emails
• Continue to review bank account and credit card statements for suspicious activity – if you see anything unexpected, call your bank

Read full announcement about Careem Security Breach here.

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Who joined #DeleteFacebook Movement up till now?

Since the scandal took place many corporate and public figures joined the movement #DeleteFacebook in protest for privacy protection, a concept proven to be hard to accomplish on the internet. Below are the top figures or brands that ditched facebook since March 17^th:

Will Ferrell

Comedian Will Ferrel joined #DeleteFacebook, he wrote a statement on his Facebook page on March 27th announcing it’s deletion within 72 hours. He said:

It’s important that we protect the truth, as well as those who work to bring it to light. I can no longer, in good conscience, use the services of a company that allowed the spread of propaganda and directly aimed it at those most vulnerable.

Will Ferrel

Playboy

Playboy 25 million fans pages released a statement on Tuesday March 27th announcing it’s withdrawal from Facebook.

The recent news about Facebook’s alleged mismanagement of users’ data has solidified our decision to suspend our activity on the platform at this time. There are more than 25 million fans who engage with Playboy via our various Facebook pages, and we do not want to be complicit in exposing them to the reported practices.

Playboy

Pepboys, Sonos and Mozilla

All three brands released statements expressing their disappointment by the news coming from Silicon Valley, they didn’t #DeleteFacebook though and their public profiles are still accessible but they all halted facebook ads.

SpaceX and Tesla

SpaceX and Tesla CEO and co-founder Elon Musk joined #DeleteFacebook in a funny way, claiming on twitter that he didn’t realize that Tesla and SpaceX had facebook pages, in reply to a fan daring him to delete SpaceX page.

I didn’t realize there was one. Will do.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2018

Brian Acton

Whatsapp co-founder Brian Acton tweeted to #DeleteFacebook. Brian left Whatsapp, three years after it was aquired by facebook.

It is time. #deletefacebook

— Brian Acton (@brianacton) March 20, 2018

How is #DeleteFacebook affecting the social media giant?

After such events, the first place to look at is the stock market. Facebook Inc. stock had been on the rise ever since its first public offering on May 2012, it peaked 2 months ago to 190.28 USD and dropped after the scandal to 159.79 USD on April 2 (before trading start on Monday). Forecasts expects further drop in the coming days despite all the action taken by Facebook to check thousands of third party developed apps, and raise standards of what info is shared with such apps.

Facebook Instagram and Whatsapp

Facebook Inc. has acquired Whatsapp in 2014 in the famous 19 billion dollars deal. Instagram was also acquired earlier in 2012 for 1 billion. Facebook made 65 other acquisitions along the way. How will #DeleteFacebook movement deal with those other platforms owned and operated by Facebook?

Before deciding on whether you’re going to join #DeleteFacebook movement, take a moment to think that if you really want to boycott Facebook Inc., you might also want to consider #DeleteWhatsapp and #DeleteInstagram and all other platforms owned by facebook as well, because they are all collecting your data in a very similar way. Are you ready to do it?

Read more in TechNews

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The accident raised the flag on the future of this technology said to revolutionize the transport industry. Uber said it was suspending North American tests of its self-driving vehicles, which are currently going on in Arizona, Pittsburgh and Toronto.

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Careem will begin testing a delivery capability for RoundMenu customers on a small scale later this month.

Careem annouced today Sunday the acquisition of RoundMenu, the Dubai-based restaurant listing platform, for undisclosed sum.

Careem

• Founded in 2012 in Dubai.
• Is Uber’s main competitor in the middle east.
• Operates in 53 cities across the middle east, north Africa and south Asia.
• Valued around $1 billion in 2017.
• Acquired Morocco based taxi company, Taxii in May 2015
• Acquired Saudi address coding service Enwani in June 2015.

Round Menu

• Founded in 2012 in Dubai
• Competes with Talabat, Zoomato, Hunger Station and UberEats.
• Present in 18 cities across 9 countries, including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan Lebanon, Bahrain, Oman and Egypt, according to its website.

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