New research suggests dating apps like Tinder can make people feel more romantically desirable, and subsequently more likely to pursue other romantic or sexual opportunities outside of their current relationship. The findings have been published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior.

I became interested in this topic because I stumbled across a couple of study findings that linked social media use with extradyadic behavior, said study author Cassandra Alexopoulos, an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Although convenience is the most obvious reason for this relationship, I thought that there must be something more going on. What about being in this online environment is so conducive to searching for alternative partners?

The study of 395 dating app users found that self-perceived desirability mediated the relationship between perceived dating app success and willingness to be unfaithful to a partner. In other words, participants who reported receiving more matches and having more people start conversations with them tended to perceive themselves being as a more desirable partner, which in turn was associated with heightened intentions to commit infidelity.

As we expected, people who received positive feedback and attention from other dating app users reported greater intentions to commit infidelity, as this kind of experience can boost ones confidence in themselves as a potential mate, Alexopoulos told PsyPost.

However, its also possible for people to feel overwhelmed by dating app responses: those who reported an increase in their number of available dating partners reported lower intentions to commit infidelity.

Most of the participants (36.5%) indicated they were single, but 23% said they were casually dating and 18.5% said they were seriously dating. About 14 percent of the participants were using a dating app while married.

A previous study of 550 college students found that 12.5 percent had spent time with someone they met on Tinder, 17.1 percent had messaged someone on Tinder, 8.9 percent had been physically intimate and 7.2 percent reported having sexual relations with someone they met on Tinder while in an exclusive relationship.

But the new study, like all research, includes some limitations.

The major caveat of interpreting these findings is that this is cross-sectional data, and longitudinal data is needed to further support these findings, Alexopoulos said. In addition, although the link between intention to commit infidelity and actually committing infidelity has been supported, there is indeed a difference between a persons intentions and a persons behavior we hope to one day measure this in follow-up studies.

The study, Swiping more, committing less: Unraveling the links among dating app use, dating app success, and intention to commit infidelity, was authored by Cassandra Alexopoulos, Elisabeth Timmermans, and Jenna McNallie.

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Do you know what a social engineering attack is? If you say you are not worried about it because you have a strong anti-virus/malware solution in place, it wont help you at all.

This video shows just how easy and scary social engineering attacks are.

This is because social engineering exploits human behavior and not the vulnerabilities of your software or hardware. And this is why your cybersecurity strategy has to change and adapt to address the different ways cybercriminals are launching attacks.

According to a new report from GetApp, only 27% of businesses are providing social engineering training for their employees. Considering October was National Cyber Security Month, the data from GetApp is timely and insightful.

The title of the report is, 10 Cybersecurity Statistics That Every Business Should Know. And according to the report, the complexities of the IT security landscape require, an array of training on many topics. Unfortunately, businesses often provide security training only on a portion of these concerns while leaving employees in the dark on others.

The FBI says social engineering is designed to get you to let your guard down. It goes on to say it is a common technique criminals, adversaries, competitors, and spies use to exploit people and computer networks. Why, because it doesnt require technical skills.

Social engineering attacks use deception to manipulate the behavior of people. The goal is to talk the person into divulging confidential, personal and protected information. When they get this information, the scammers use it to go after their final target. And the final target can be everything from sensitive data to making disparaging remarks about a person, political candidate, or even a brand.

In the past these very same criminals might have been called con artists/grifters, but the premise is the same, gain the trust of the person being scammed.

The one thing you should know about social engineering attacks is they are always evolving. For this reason, you have to train your employees on a regular basis. Because you never know what the next form of attack will be.

Some of the types of attacks which criminals use are:

Pretexting Attackers pretend to need personal or financial information to confirm the identity of the recipient.

Water-holing Attackers infect a website to compromise people who frequently visit that site to gain network access.

Diversion Theft The scammers trick delivery or courier companies to drop a package to a wrong address by intercepting the transaction.

Quid Pro Quo As the name implies attackers promise the victim something in return for information or help.

Phishing and SMishing Phishing attacks use email and SMishing uses text messages to get the end-user to click on a malicious link or download. Considering 91% of successful attacks start out as a phishing email, it is especially important to increase awareness of these types of attacks.

Honey Trap Attackers pretend to be an attractive person and they start a fake online relationship to get sensitive information.

Baiting Attackers leave a device infected with malware, such as a flash drive in a place where it can be found easily. When the drive connects to a computer, it installs the malware.

These are just some of the social engineering attacks scammers use, but there are others and undoubtedly the criminals are creating new ones this very moment.

Awareness is key for protecting your business against all forms of attack, whether it is in the physical or digital world. Conversely, social engineering attacks rely on the complacency of the people they target.

With that in mind, you have to eliminate the behaviors which are responsible for any complacency in your organization. And this means going against innate traits people have, such as trust and willingness to help others. Given these points, you have to insist your employees verify, verify, verify.

The three-step system to verify a request by Kevin D. Mitnick comes from a real-life hacker and his book, The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security.

At first glance, this may seem simplistic. However, if someone you dont know is requesting some information you will know who they are if you follow the steps.

With these three simple steps, your data will never be given out to the wrong person. It is worth repeating, your employees cant be lax in following these steps or making any changes to them.

Some of the other ways you and your employees can protect yourselves and the business include:

The criminals are going to throw everything at your employees to overlook a step, and the second they do that; your data is in danger.

A strong and strict governance with accountability can make this work. Best of all, it wont cost you anything.

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Casualty (re)insurance is often overshadowed by developments in property lines. As the last two years have shown, the human impact and devastating damage caused by catastrophes such as hurricanes, typhoons, wildfires and earthquakes tend to dominate the headlines, according to Julian Alovisi, Head of Research and Publications, Guy Carpenter.

The casualty market rarely gets the same level of attention, even though it has been the main catalyst of nearly all past market turns. Its underlying complexity, driven by human behavior and other (medical, legal and economic) factors, makes it difficult to assess financial losses and, by extension, the adequacy of underwriting. Long-tail risks are particularly vulnerable to unanticipated developments that are not priced at policy inception. Indeed, the asbestos crisis of the 1980s took seven or so decades, and a revolution in injury law, to manifest.

Claims Environment

Favorable conditions in liability lines for example, a benign inflationary environment and historically low loss experiences have nevertheless supported underwriting results for much of the current decade. This period of low loss cost inflation and frequency has enabled carriers to release redundant reserves into earnings, thereby compensating for historically low investment yields, as well as elevated catastrophe losses.

But the situation now appears to be changing as a combination of higher loss costs, increased severity and growing instances of adverse reserve development are squeezing carriers margins in a number of liability classes. Social inflation appears to be the main driving force behind these trends. Indeed, spiraling litigation, higher costs and more generous jury awards (and attitudes) have coincided with some prominent carriers rethinking underwriting appetites and pulling back or withdrawing capacity.

Although these factors can be difficult to quantify, some areas are clearly seeing increasing pressures. Federal securities class actions (and costs) in the United States, for example, have risen in recent years. The number of companies being sued for securities claims has nearly doubled in the last three years as more suits are being filed for mergers and acquisitions deals and significant stock price movements. Median settlement values jumped last year to reach a decadal high of USD 13 million, according to National Economic Research Associates. This has also coincided with rising legal services costs.

This is indicative of increased loss frequency and severity observed in a number of business classes, including the U.S. commercial motor market most prominently, but also directors and officers, medical malpractice, general liability and other liability lines.

Lurking Threats

It typically takes a significant amount of time for long-tail claims trends to emerge fully. The loss potential associated with opioid addiction is just one example that could have serious implications for the sector on this front. Multiple lawsuits have been filed against pharmaceuticals and other companies involved in the distribution and sales process, and a surge in claims has already led to coverage disputes between these companies and their insurers.

Furthermore, the degree of change that is to come with technological disruption, the shift from tangible to intangible assets and the transfer of liability from individuals to large manufacturers has the potential to redefine liability risks like never before.

There is therefore growing evidence that loss cost pressures are starting to build in the casualty market. The recent (and often notable) pricing increases observed in several business lines support this theory. Given the smaller pool of carriers operating in the global casualty market, replacing lost or reduced capacity can be difficult, making it more vulnerable to capacity constraints should carriers claims assumptions change.

The potential implications of a tightening casualty market are clear. The difficulties posed by estimating total ultimate losses for long-tail business mean sector capital levels become uncertain when reserves, which can represent multiples of annual earned premiums and equity, begin to appear deficient even at the margin.

While reserve adequacy is notoriously difficult to predict, the analysis shown in Figure 1 implies that the sector may be in a danger phase in which carriers are continuing to release reserves even as accident year experience indicates that redundancies are diminishing. The overriding trend in recent years towards fewer reserve releases is clear to see and may partly reflect the deteriorating claims environment. Notably, the second quarter of 2019 was only the second time since 2004 that the sector experienced net reserve strengthening.

At the very least, our proprietary research indicates that carriers can no longer rely on reserve redundancies to protect or enhance profits as they have done since the mid-2000s.

Figure 1: Calendar Year Reserve Development by Quarter for Top 35 Global P&C Carriers versus Accident Year Reserve Experience 1998 to Q2 2019

Source: Guy Carpenter

Value of Reinsurance

This backdrop points to the value of reinsurance solutions. Freeing up capital can enable carriers to enhance capital management strategies and to improve capital efficiency. Transactions can take many forms, including new quota share programs, adverse development covers and loss portfolio transfers. Although market conditions are tightening in some areas, cover remains available for those with the foresight to move quickly. The obvious implication is that now is the time to seek protection.

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Mathematically, were supposed to like the show.

Fair enough, Dennis. Lets look at the suicidal guy on the bars roof episode Paddys Has A Jumper purely from the emotionless, feelings-free, Netflix-style algorithmic perspective that, at episodes start, has sent the Gang down an unlikely binge-watching rabbit-hole involving the suspiciously British period streaming drama Gainsborough Gardens. Taking our cue from Dennis approximation of the bloodless perfection of pure science and math in determining human behavior, likes, dislikes, and life and death, our appreciation of this episode of television (written here by Dannah Phirman & Danielle Schneider) should follow in lockstep progression according to how closely it adheres to the blueprint. So . . . lets go to the data.

Inciting incident: Guy on the roof. Every Sunny episode has to set the stakes, in the sense that something in the world has to annoy, fire up, enthrall, or even, in this case, marginally inconvenience the Gang. Here, after a Philly copwalks into Paddys and reasonably asks Dee, Mac, Charlie, and Dennis (Franks out getting Gainsborough Gardens-inspired fish and chips) to stay inside since the front of the bar is cordoned off, the Gang is confronted with the moral implications of a fellow human being in pain contemplating the ultimate act of self-destruction. Which, them being them, means slotting their existential thoughts immediately into Dennis three-part algorithm re: the poor bastard on the roof. They are: Could He? (kill himself by jupming the 30 feet from Paddys roof); Would he? (jump); and Should we? (do anything whatsoever to either prevent or accelerate said jumping).

Debate and planning: The algorithm. At first, everyone splits along individual character lines regarding the poor bastard on the roof. Mac brings up the whole mortal sin thing, his default faith offering one foolproof path for him to follow. Charlie, noting that the cops seemingly have the whole thing in hand, pawns off responsibility that way. Dee, falling back on the certainty offered up by clich, scoffs that the poor bastards act is just a cry for help, and, in the process, offers up graphically accurate suicide techniques in such an offhand manner that the guys assume shes clearly done some depressingly serious research into the topic. Dennis, as ever fashioning himself as the Gangs voice of cool, dispassionate reason, takes his cue from the cold, emotionless logic that brought them the sedate glories of Gainsborough Gardens, and quickly and confidently gins up his own algorithm to remove all human feeling from a deeply thorny human dilemma.

Now, theres at least a few complicating factors that lend an air of urgency even to Dennis superior logic. For one thing, Frank cant get back in with their fish and chips. For another, as the Gang spitballs, they ruminate on the pros and cons of being known as the suicide bar (as opposed to Paddys current reputation as, one can only guess, the bar where no one ever seems to be working, or the bar that occasionally and wantonly serves the underaged), with the eventual lure of lucrative infamy winning out. (Suggested theme drinks: The Last Call; The Lemon Drop; The Jump Shot; Macs game-winning Cosmo-fall-itan. Suggested jukebox songs: Free Fallin; Highway To Hell.) Plus, Charlies all in on Dees idea of a nightly haunted house, undoubtedly peopled by the spirits of the drunk and damned.

Complication and grossness: Frank. Isolated on his fish mission, Frank finds himself stuck behind police tape, happily munching from his grease-slicked paper bag of the Gangs food. Frank is often odd Gang member out, his age and own particularly atavistic brand of awfulness sending him scurrying on a parallel, if somehow more ridiculously grubby journey to the rest. Here, his panic over the Gang using the unnervingly prized and hole-bored casaba melon he keeps in the bar safe, sees him trying to bull his way past the police cordon in order to save what the rest of the Gang assumes is his own personal, low-cost sexual aid in order to test Dennis first flowchart step of whether a human head would smash open. (Charlies original egg test fails since he forgot hed hard-boiled it, and its some unidentified creature egg he found in a burrow.)

I love Danny DeVito, and love him on Sunny, but sometimes Franks shenanigans can feel extraneous, too broad, or both. Or, as here, shoehorned in by some clunky writing. It took a few views to realize that Frank never means to suggest to the obliging officer that hes the father of the poor sap on the roof, but is, instead, just babbling about his actual (sort-of) son Dennis doing something stupid like, for example, dropping his prized sex-melon on the floor. The return of Philly reporter and the Frank and Dennis lust object Jackie Denardo (Jessica Collins) only muddies the gag up further, as Franks to-camera orders to Dennis now include claiming the womans bagonzas for his own and making silly faces with his mouth jammed full of fried fish. Paddy Has Jumper sets up the pieces for a classic bottle episode with the cops initial order no one can enter or exit the building until the situation is resolved, and it probably would have been better served by focusing the action inside the bar.

Thats because Dennis mind-exercise allows for Glenn Howerton, Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, and Kaitlin Olson to do some especially funny character business as the four debate the inevitably selfish and tortuous reasoning involved. Taking the lead, Dennis gets to toss some kindling on the whole, smoldering is Dennis a serial killer debate, by bringing up damningly specific details about the falling death of his late, unlamented ex-wife, Maureen Ponderosa. (Or at least he certainly made it look that way, he ruminates ominously concerning the theory that someone was on that roof when cat-lady Maureen feel to er untimely death.) Asking the others how you can really know someone elses mind leads to some telling answers like go through their trash (Charlie), sleep with them (Dee), and a very complicated plot to blackmail their priest with sex and then blackmail him again to get into heaven. (Guess.)

Some of Sunnys best comedy comes from these situations, where an episodes plot squeezes out more buried aspects of the Gangs innermost weirdness, as, here, when Dennis perusal of the would-be jumpers social media profile turns into an elaborately embroidered tale of love gone wrong over a widening disconnect regarding a certain sexual act. (Theres a certain glint in the eyes, a certain sparkle, muses Dennis as he runs his fingers over the face of the woman hes absolutely convinced gradually soured on said sex act.)

Resolution: Do nothing and go back to watching TV. Thats what happens when Franks unintentional ploy lures the jumper down with the promise of reunion with his estranged father. And that just as the rest of the Gang has really (if algorithmically) warmed to the idea that the only logical move here is to send the obliging Cricket up to the roof with a broom to ensure that Paddys becomes Phillys cool new suicide bar hotspot. (Oh, Crickets lurking around the bar all episode.) And while its ever in keeping with Sunnys commitment to both darkly comic callousness and the futility of looking for meaningful resolution in the Gangs quickly heating-and-extinguishing passions, Paddys Got A Jumper pushes its conceit a bit too far into irrelevance, ultimately. Again, I think really focusing up on Dennis would-be mathematical approach to understanding and predicting messy humanity would have helped. Theres a window into Dennis own hardening need for control and mastery in the exercise that goes beyond the initial Netflix jokes into some promising dark comedy territory. (The Gang finally realizes thatalgorithmic perfection be damnedGainsborough Gardens sucks.) Sure, it might not have approached the D.E.N.N.I.S. System as far as chillingly hilarious Dennis Reynolds oversized-notepad presentation material goes, but it had that sort of vibe.

In the end, the jumper is at least temporarily safe, the Gangs inaction alowing things to play out as they will. Charlie, coming as close to deconstructing just how horrifying the Gang is when left to figure out the right thing to do, admits, I think this is for the best. We were goin down a road I was not totally comfortable with. Meanwhile, Frank, digging his fingers grotesquely into that melon-hole, reveals that thats where he hides his weed. (Pots pretty much legal now, man, observes Mac.) Oh, and he totally does have sex with it, as he, taking a bong hit, helpfully advises the hungry Cricket, I wouldnt eat it, Cricks. Its full o loads.

Airtight, mathematical conclusion: Funny, a little shaky, full o loads. As Dennis says at the end, Perhaps the science just isnt there yet.

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Though Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a hot topic for businesses right now, it has so far failed to shake up the real estate industry and the use of property software in the same way it has transformed sectors such as banking and healthcare. Tom Shrive explains how the sector is ripe for AI disruption, and why this burgeoning tech will not jeopardise jobs.

AI is an inescapable buzzword at the moment and has become an essential part of the technology industry. However, the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has not come without controversy, provoking polarized responses from the general public.

By definition, artificial intelligence is technology that can perform human-like tasks. AI mimics human behavior and learns to adapt through machine learning and problem solving.

For many, there are fears that our increasing dependence on AI will generate widespread unemployment in jobs that could, in theory, be automated.

Yet AI has already made a huge impact within diverse sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing, without eliminating jobs. In reality, the introduction of AI to these industries has helped individuals carry out their jobs more efficiently, reducing the time spent on tedious and time-consuming tasks with office software, which could be better handled automatically.

In light of this, the property industry seems comparatively stagnant due to its reliance on traditional methods, making it well positioned for disruption with the successful implementation of AI.

Tom Shrive is the CEO of Google-backed askporter.

Having managed a small property portfolio, I discovered that there are numerous administrative tasks that could be better managed with the assistance of automated technology.

Though straightforward, tasks such as collecting rent, updating accounting software and organising and logging household maintenance, are hugely time-consuming.

Traditional property management methods mean that it can take days or even weeks of toing and froing between tenant and contractor to organise a suitable time for a repair, waiting for parts, and handling billing and invoicing software.

The efficacy of the property management industry could be vastly improved if irreplaceable human experts worked in tandem with sophisticated AI technology to simplify certain aspects of the job.

AI has the potential to make managing spaces simple and remove laborious legwork. With AI, a boiler repair, for example, could be organised automatically, so that property managers could focus on issues that cannot be resolved by automated solutions.

AI has already improved and simplified so many aspects of our everyday lives. Though we may not realise it, millions of us interact with AI in some way every day.

Our interaction with virtual assistants like Apples Siri, Amazons Alexa and Google Assistant reflects this. And this is only the beginning. New advances in AI, such as driverless cars, are well underway.

Just as Siri or a Google Assistant can help save time by ordering the weekly food shop or turning on the heating at home, AI could revolutionise the way household issues are resolved for tenants, streamlining the process for all parties.

For some, AI might conjure up frightening images of robots taking over our jobs and homes. But the increasing use of AI shouldnt be a thing to fear, nor is it far away in the distant future.

One of the foremost concerns surrounding AI in the property industry is that machines will eventually develop to outperform humans, leading to unemployment. But this is not true because AI cannot replace humans to perform all tasks. AI has been specifically developed to simplify repetitive and time-consuming processes; freeing up time for property managers, letting agents and contractors to deal with more pressing problems.

There are a number of prop-tech start-ups beginning to disrupt and reform the industry, utilising advanced technology to improve property market infrastructure and maintenance management.

There are always risks associated with new technology, especially when it aims to disrupt current practices. But the successful implementation of AI in order to accelerate processes and improve efficiencies across the board makes it a risk worth taking.

According to LSE professor of robotic process automation, Leslie Willcocks, AI: takes the robot out of the human. Companies will automate only the tedious aspects of office jobs and continue to retain staff to work alongside machines. This means that employees would be able to focus on significant tasks such as liaising with clients and managing important decisions, which require sound human judgement, rather than getting bogged down by repetitive administrative tasks.

Thus, the increasing popularity and prevalence of AI is sure to grow and develop, going on to challenge and inevitably change and improve all industries. This will lead to the creation of more efficient businesses, so that time and resources can be better prioritised, resources saved and services improved.

Tom Shrive is the CEO of Google-backed askporter.

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Heres an overview of some of last weeks most interesting news and articles:

Your suppliers BEC problem is your BEC problemBEC scammers dont care what business the potential targets are in: all they care is that they have money that can be stolen preferably lots of it and that they have vulnerabilities they can exploit to pull off the heist.

PayPal becomes phishers favorite brand, Office 365 phishing techniques evolvePayPal has overtaken Microsoft to claim the number one ranking for phishers favorites for the first time. Netflix was not far behind as the streaming giant moved up to the third spot with a 14.1 percent QoQ and 73.7 percent YoY growth in unique phishing URLs, according to Vade Secure.

Automated systems: Flag smarter, not everythingCybersecurity professionals are constantly receiving a large number of security alerts from these automated systems most of which are near-to-useless information. As opposed to flagging potential incidents in the network, these systems are flagging alerts every time it encounters anything any anomaly, any intrusion attempt, any suspicious code, any unusual data movement.

Intel releases updates to plug TPM-FAIL flaws, foil ZombieLoad v2 attacksIntels Patch Tuesday releases are rarely so salient as those pushed out this month: the semiconductor chip manufacturer has patched a slew of high-profile vulnerabilities in their chips and drivers.

Speeding MTTR when a third-party cloud service is attackedWe all know you cant stop every malicious attack. Even more troublesome is when an externally sourced element in the cloud engaged as part of your infrastructure is hit and it impacts customers using your digital service.

Enterprise cybersecurity in the Asia-Pacific regionAlmost one in five business organizations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region experienced more than six security breaches in the past two years, a new ESET enterprise cybersecurity survey has revealed.

Whitepaper: Cybersecurity is improving, but is it enough?Digital transformation initiatives are pushing many organizations into unfamiliar territory that they are not equipped to protect.

Attack tools and techniques used by major ransomware familiesRansomware tries to slip unnoticed past security controls by abusing trusted and legitimate processes, and then harnesses internal systems to encrypt the maximum number of files and disable backup and recovery processes before an IT security team catches up, according to a new Sophos report.

GitHub Security Lab aims to make open source software more secureOur team will lead by example, dedicating full-time resources to finding and reporting vulnerabilities in critical open source projects, said Jamie Cool, VP of Product Management, Security at GitHub.

Believe the hype, but control the threat: Reducing the risk of ransomwareRansomware is becoming an epidemic for any collection or repository of data. Each day the attacks seem to be getting larger and more lucrative for cybercriminals. According to Europols annual report, the Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), file-encrypting malware attacks could become far more destructive as cybercriminals change their tactics.

When is the right time to red team?Red teaming has become increasingly popular in recent years as firms become more aware of the threats they are facing. However, because it is often thought of as an extension of pen testing, we often find that businesses are keen to jump straight into red teaming before they are ready for it.

Product showcase: SpyCloud Active Directory GuardianSpyCloud Active Directory is a browser-based application that runs locally and easily installs in minutes. It can be custom-configured to scan automatically or on-demand.

The password reuse problem is a ticking time bombPasswords, like email, seem future proof; but they are also the source of many cybersecurity problems. Key drivers of these issues are human behavior and the desire for convenience, which results in password reuse across multiple accounts.

The FBI multi-factor authentication notification that should have never beenWhile reviewing the recent Private Industry Notification from the FBI about using social engineering and technical attacks to circumvent multi-factor authentication, I was floored at how each of these account takeover scenarios seemed completely preventable.

Fraud rates increasing as criminals become more sophisticatedFraud rates have been skyrocketing, with 90 voice channel attacks occurring every minute in the U.S., Pindrop reveals.

Lateral phishing makes for dangerous waters, heres how you can avoid getting caught in the netAs companies and consumers have become more aware of phishing, hackers have refined their techniques and are now launching a more advanced form of attack known as lateral phishing. This technique is highly convincing and, consequently, highly effective.

Attackers continue to leverage greater levels of social engineering and sophisticationDespite a nearly four-month absence, the return of Emotet within the last two weeks of September accounted for nearly 12 percent of all malicious email samples in Q3, delivering millions of messages with malicious URLs or attachments, Proofpoint found.

November 2019 Patch Tuesday: Actively exploited IE zero-day fixedNovember 2019 Patch Tuesday comes with patches for an IE zero-day exploited by attackers in the wild and four Hyper-V escapes.

Download: Internal compliance assessment templatesThe Comprehensive Security Guide provides security executives with a single document that gathers standardized and easy to use templates of all main compliance frameworks: PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST Cyber Security Framework and GDPR.

5,183 breaches from the first nine months of 2019 exposed 7.9 billion recordsAccording to Risk Based Securitys Q3 2019 Data Breach QuickView Report, the total number of breaches was up 33.3% compared to Q3 2018, with 5,183 breaches reported in the first nine months of 2019.

New infosec products of the week: November 15, 2019A rundown of infosec products released last week.

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Every hunter dreams of owning the perfect canine companion.

But too often, the dream becomes a nightmare. It happens when the dog and owner arent a good match. Read on.

The right dog with the right owner can make a great team.

Of course, several factors have a place in the equation. Training, conditioning, and planned practice, weigh in but theres one thing that determines the outcome more than anything else.

The hunter and the dog must be a match and that means just any pup wont work. If the dream is to come true, it is important to consider each breed on more than its potential because before Fido can reach his, hunter and canine must bond, a connection that is easy if personalities are similar.

How about a pointer who is bred for the job of finding birds, holding them for a hunter, and fetching downed birds with a soft mouth.

But individuals from many of the pointing breeds, for the most part, come with a built-in desire to hunt big, that is, to cover a lot of real estate in a hurry. Thats perfect for big, open country, but here in the northeast most bird hunters are hunting smaller fields and heavier brush, so maybe a tighter running dog would be a better fit.

But theres more, so much more.

Each breed has potential while each pup within the breed has its own personality, just like hunters. Heres a quick rundown of todays popular hunting breeds for comparison.

The beagle is about as blue-collar as a dog can be. These little guys are the easiest of all breeds to train and hunt. A pup needs only to be exposed to the fields and briars. In time a beagle pup will get a nose full of rabbit and the rest is history.

But he is a hound and the personality of a hound is all about me. Few hounds are great listeners and in a perfect dog world a hound could do well without any human help. A beagle is driven by his nose and thats about all there is to it. It can be taught to sit, come, and do a trick or two but hell perform cuties only if hes not hunting.

The best part about beagles is that they are always happy. Cuss at them if you wish, yell at them if you want, they dont care.

Retrievers are popular with Ohio hunters. For the most part, retrievers, unlike hounds, are people-oriented. Take a Labrador for instance: a dog that wants to be under control, really wants it.

Walk away from a Lab and hell follow. Stop and hell stop. And more, a Lab will constantly look to the boss for instruction. Easy to train, easy to love and as far as personality, a Lab is like a good kid.

Punish a Lab for a misdeed, paddle it, call it names and hell forgive your indiscretion in minutes, maybe seconds. A lab could only be improved if it could walk on two legs and wear a ball cap backward.

Golden retrievers can be a little more reluctant to accept lessons and are a bit more sensitive. Chesapeake Retrievers are outstanding workers, tough as nails and a bit stubborn.

The spaniel breeds are another story. Great hunters, spaniels are compact and quick. They love the hunt and are easy to train. Spaniels like to please, and they can be taught to check in constantly making them a fun hunting companion. Brittanys are pointers and English are flushers. Both tend to be a bit soft and not quick to forgive ill behavior. That is, spaniels can be emotionally damaged by rough treatment and severe reprimands.

German shorthair pointers are right down the middle when it comes to temperament and personality. Theyll run big if encouraged or stay close if instructed. Shorthairs will tolerate about any human behavior and theyll put birds in the basket as well as any dog bred.

But bred-in personality can be toned and groomed by careful training and social interaction. A growing pup will learn from its environment very quickly and once learned, a dogs behavior and imprinted personality is hard to change.

A trainer who is calm and soft-spoken will most often raise a hunting dog that is relaxed and responsive to voice commands. On the other hand, a pup that is surrounded by loud, harsh, and demanding instruction will react accordingly. That pup will grow to be nervous and anxious to be out of earshot. Think about it.

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Cape Town - This year Empire actress Taraji P Henson has been very vocal about her battle with depression and anxiety and now she has shared how she tries to get a handle on it.

Speaking to BET at a Kinder Bueno pop-up in New York recently, the 49-year-old actress opened up about her relationship with fianc Kelvin Hayden, her holiday plans, as well as how she deals with depression.

"When I have moments when I feel the darkness creeping in, that's what I like to call it, I have friends that I can call on that, that'll pull me out of it. Sometimes I'll find it hard to motivate myself to work out. I have a friend I can call that will come make me get up and go work out. I meditate. I am into aroma therapy. Im into sound therapy. So I play Tibetan music singing bowls and that helps a lot," she told the publication.

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Although the actress says her friends pull her out of the dark place she sometimes finds herself in, she says having a therapist is also important as friends can be biased.

"You just have to find what works for you. You know, you should absolutely seek a therapist. Your friends are not your therapists. They are very biased, and they have stakes involved in you. So sometimes their opinion can be skewed a bit. So that's why it's important to seek a professional, someone who studies human behavior and the human mind, she said.

Speaking to Variety earlier this year, the actress revealed that she visits her therapist regularly but had to keep changing therapists before finding the right one.

"Going and talking to all these different therapists, thats a craft. Youve got to keep going until you find the right one. Its like a relationship. Ive got to feel comfortable because thats the only way Im going to keep coming back to you. To keep dealing with this ugly stuff, I have to feel totally safe," she explained.

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Taraji P Henson on how she deals with depression: 'You just have to find what works for you' - Channel 24