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1. SASR, WFBI: 
$WFBI Sandy Spring Bancorp $SASR Announces Acquisition of WashingtonFirst Bankshares – SI
$WFBI Sandy Spring Bancorp $SASR Announces Acquisition of WashingtonFirst Bankshares – SI2. AKBA: $AKBA Akebia Secures Exclusive Access to U.S. Dialysis Patients With Vifor-Fresenius Pact – AF
$AKBA Akebia Secures Exclusive Access to U.S. Dialysis Patients With Vifor-Fresenius Pact – AF6. BDSI: $BDSI BioDelivery Sciences Reports1st Q 2017 Financial Results & Provides Corporate Update – PRN
$BDSI BioDelivery Sciences Reports1st Q 2017 Financial Results & Provides Corporate Update – PRN9. BSX: $BSX Boston Scientific announces positive results from the Reprise III clinical trial – Reuters
$BSX Boston Scientific announces positive results from the Reprise III clinical trial – Reuters12. IBM, NTNX: $NTNX Nutanix and IBM $IBM Team Up on Data Center Hardware for Artificial Intelligence – Fortune
$NTNX Nutanix and IBM $IBM Team Up on Data Center Hardware for Artificial Intelligence – Fortune13. SGMO: $SGMO Sangamo Receives Fast Track Designation From For SB-525 Hemophilia A Gene Therapy – PRN
$SGMO Sangamo Receives Fast Track Designation From For SB-525 Hemophilia A Gene Therapy – PRN20. DLPH, INTC, MBLY: $DLPH BMW, Intel $INTC and Mobileye $MBLY bring Delphi in on their self-driving platform – TC
$DLPH BMW, Intel $INTC and Mobileye $MBLY bring Delphi in on their self-driving platform – TC21. BHP: $BHP BHP: Elliott Backs Down On Australia Listing, Says Support For Review Of Petroleum Business
$BHP BHP: Elliott Backs Down On Australia Listing, Says Support For Review Of Petroleum Business25. DIS: 
$DIS Hackers claim to have stolen a Disney movie for ransom, CEO Bob Iger reportedly says – CNBC
$DIS Hackers claim to have stolen a Disney movie for ransom, CEO Bob Iger reportedly says – CNBC28. PFE: $PFE Citi Downgrades Pfizer to Sell; Risk to EPS Consensus, Needs Major Deal to Hit Numbers, $31 PT
$PFE Citi Downgrades Pfizer to Sell; Risk to EPS Consensus, Needs Major Deal to Hit Numbers, $31 PT36. VOXX: $VOXX VOXX International Reports Its Fiscal 2017 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results – PRN
$VOXX VOXX International Reports Its Fiscal 2017 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Financial Results – PRN38. PTX: $PTX Pernix Therapeutics Reports 1st Q 2017 Financial Results and Provides Business Update – GN
$PTX Pernix Therapeutics Reports 1st Q 2017 Financial Results and Provides Business Update – GN
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3. MATN:$MATN downgraded from Buy to Hold at Maxim
4. NK:$NK downgraded to Sell from Neutral at Citi. PT $3
5. PFE:$PFE Citi Downgrades Pfizer to Sell; Risk to EPS Consensus, Needs Major Deal to Hit Numbers, $31 PT
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- However as part of our ongoing investigation today we confirmed that a malicious third party had gained temporary access to a separate system that allows us to communicate announcements to users via email.
- As a leader in online eSignature security and compliance DocuSign has a policy for this type of malicious email and is fully prepared to ensure minimal impact to our customers and company.
- As a leader in online eSignature security and compliance DocuSign has a policy for this type of malicious email and is fully prepared to ensure minimal impact to our customers and company.
2. A good lesson for ALL software devs (including malware authors) on the perils of hard-coded data:
- So finally found enough time between emails and Skype calls to write up on the crazy events which occurred over Friday which was supposed to be part of my week off I made it a total of days without working so that.
- While the domain was propagating I ran the sample again in my virtual environment to be met with WannaCrypt ransom page but more interestingly was that after encrypting the fake files I left there as a test it started connecting out to random IP addresses on port used by SMB.
- I contacted Kafeine about this and he linked me to the following freshly posted tweet made by ProofPoint researcher Darien Huss who stated the opposite that our registration of the domain had actually stopped the ransomware and prevent the spread.
- Continue reading the main story Le Thi Thu Hang a spokeswoman for the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry called the findings of the report and said the country looked forward to working internationally to fight digital breaches.
- and more companies have to hire experts and train the staff to understand the security risks that are part of their everyday working routine said Amanuel Flobbe the chairman of the Information and Communications Technology Sector Committee at the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam.
- This year the president of Microsoft Brad Smith called for a digital Geneva Convention to push back against a raft of political hackings that have targeted elections in the United States and Europe.
- The emails the DocuSign brand in an attempt to trick recipients into opening an attached Word document that when clicked installs malicious software.
- As part of our process in response to phishing incidents we confirmed that core eSignature service envelopes and customer documents remain secure.
- However as part of our ongoing investigation today we confirmed that a malicious third party had gained temporary access to a separate system that allows us to communicate announcements to users via email.
- Outlook and Implications Based on incident response investigations product detections and intelligence observations along with additional publications on the same operators FireEye assesses that is a cyber espionage group aligned with Vietnamese government interests.
- While the motivation for each private sector compromise varied and in some cases was unknown the unauthorized access could serve as a platform for law enforcement intellectual property theft or anticorruption measures that could ultimately erode the competitive advantage of targeted organizations.
- While actors from China Iran Russia and North Korea remain the most active cyber espionage threats tracked and responded to by FireEye reflects a growing host of new countries that have adopted this dynamic capability.
- The camera filter known on the service as a Lens let them see their heads in the shape of a giant wobbling hardshell taco with lettuce and tomato poking out and the logo in the corner of the shot.
- On May Snapchat began rolling out a slate of promotional Lenses that superimpose corporate logos as well as silly tacos on buildings horizon lines and other elements of a photos and videos not just faces.
- This kind of deluxe advertising may buoy Snap temporarily but it remains to be seen whether Facebook can learn the same whether the Lenses will drive the to Taco Bell says Harry Kargman CEO of maker Kargo.
- Facebook asked for viewer feedback and heard that users find these static images or pools to be interesting or engaging Live content.
- But if publishers who post thes keep getting negative feedback their reach could shrink and Facebook seays it will continue to monitor this trend.
- Facebook has poured a ton of engineering and marketing resources into owning the verb go Keeping the quality of these broadcasts high is critical to it recouping those costs over the by being the the premier place to record and watch Live social content.
- By end the Pentagon wants computers to be leading the hunt for Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria through turning countless hours of aerial surveillance video into actionable intelligence.
- part of Project Maven a effort launched last month by Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work to accelerate improve and put to wider use the use of machine learning.
- have to tackle the problem a different way said Air Force John Shanahan director for defense intelligence for warfighter support and the man tasked with finding the new technology.
