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In A Historic First, Ukraine To Join NATO’s Largest Cyber Security Exercise, Locked Shields 2024

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For the very first time, Ukraine will debut in NATO’s flagship cybersecurity exercise, Locked Shields 2024, announced by the National Cyber Security Coordination Center (the first working body of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council). 

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Locked Shields, organized by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE), is the world’s largest cybersecurity exercise. It will take place between April 22 and April 26.

The exercise serves as a crucible for honing cyber defense capabilities, fostering an environment where participants leverage their collective expertise to develop robust defense strategies. 

Since its inception in 2010, the exercise has evolved into the world’s largest and most realistic cyber defense drill, setting the standard for comprehensive cyber readiness.



This annual event convenes experts from diverse backgrounds to tackle cyber threats through realistic scenarios, emphasizing the importance of international cooperation in defending against cyber-attacks.

The National Cyber Security Coordination Center of Ukraine stressed the growing importance of Locked Shields in strengthening international collaboration in cyber defense, which is evident from the increasing number of participating countries each year. 

In its previous iteration in 2023, Locked Shields saw the participation of 33 countries forming 24 different teams. This year’s exercise, hosted in Estonia, is expected to draw around 4,000 experts from over 40 nations tasked with safeguarding a fictional nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber threats.

According to the National Cyber Security Coordination Center, Kyiv is forming a joint team with the Czech Republic for the exercises. The goal is to cultivate skills, share experiences, and foster cooperation in countering modern cyber threats. 

In March 2022, Ukraine became a member of the NATO Cyber Center in response to Russia’s large-scale invasion. 

Serhiy Demedyuk, Deputy Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense…

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Meta says it locked pro-Palestinian accounts after signs of security compromise

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Palestinians take part in a protest in support of the people of Gaza, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, October 25, 2023.

Mussa Issa Qawasma | Reuters

Meta, the owner of Instagram and Facebook, said Wednesday that its security staff had detected a possible hacking attempt on pro-Palestinian accounts with millions of followers and locked the accounts while it tries to reach the account owners. 

The account @eye.on.palestine had more than 6 million followers on Instagram before it suddenly went dark Wednesday, according to an archived description on Google’s search engine. A backup account, @eye.on.palestine2, was also unavailable Wednesday, as were a related Facebook account and a Threads account. 

The accounts focused on posting media from Gaza, including videos and images of injured people. The material was generally unverified by international journalists. It’s not clear who or how many people posted to the pages. 

When they were visited Wednesday, the Instagram pages returned the message: “Sorry, this page isn’t available.” 

The disruption to the accounts has sparked anger among followers. In posts on X, some followers interpreted the disappearance of the pages as an example of anti-Palestinian censorship. 

But Meta said late Wednesday that it had disabled the accounts because of security concerns. 

“These accounts were initially locked for security reasons after signs of compromise, and we’re working to make contact with the account owners to ensure they have access,” Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in a statement. 

“We did not disable these accounts because of any content they were sharing,” he said. 

Stone didn’t provide any other details about Meta’s investigation into the signs of compromise. He said the investigation was continuing. 

The account owners couldn’t be reached by NBC News for comment Wednesday, including by email.

In an update Thursday morning, Stone said the company had been able to reach the accounts’ administrators and that the accounts would be able to reactivate.

“These accounts were initially locked for security reasons after signs of compromise,” Stone said in a…

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AI and cybersecurity: locked in an ongoing battle – TechHQ

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AI and cybersecurity: locked in an ongoing battle  TechHQ

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Windows Defender Security warning Computer locked

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When surfing the Internet via a browser, you may see an error stating that your computer is locked and that you must contact Microsoft to resolve the issue. If you have not guessed already, this is a scam, and you should not contact the number listed on any condition. However, we still need to do something to get rid of the error message that keeps popping up. In this post, we will see what should be done if we keep getting Windows Defender Security warnings that the Computer is locked.

Windows Defender Security warning Computer locked

Why do I get a message saying my computer is locked?

That’s because a scammer is trying to scam you and hack into your computer. They do this by forcing your browser or some other app to go full-screen and stop you from doing anything on your computer. Once you contact the number, you will be asked to give remote access to your PC to them, and they will promise to fix the issue remotely.

Fix Windows Defender Security warning Computer locked

Cybercriminals send fake messages to you to scam and steal your money and they sound just like genuine tech experts and con you into transferring money to their bank account or accessing your account credentials and taking whatever they want. If you see a Windows Defender Security warning saying the Computer is locked, ignore the instructions in the message and then follow the suggestions mentioned below:

  1. Close your web browser
  2. Run Windows Defender Offline Scan at boot time
  3. Remove the browser’s cache
  4. Check your browser addons
  5. Reset the browser to its default settings

Let us see this in more detail.

1] Close your web browser

You may get scam messages when browsing malicious websites. They try to take over your computer and make your browser acquire the whole screen by switching to full-screen mode so that you don’t see the cross icon to close the browser and conclude that it is a genuine process. To do the same, hover over the center-top part of the window and see if a cross button appears. In case, no cross button appears, hit Win, right-click on the browser icon from the Taskbar and then click on Close window.

After closing the app from Taskbar, we need to close all its running instances. For that, open Task Manager by Ctrl + Shift + Esc, right-click on the browser…

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