Maureen Wroblewitz is Asia's Next Top Model for Season 5

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That girl you once called a pretty face but with no skills just got the title of Asia's Next Top Model (ANTM) for 2017. The girl who didn't let bullying get the best of her.

The youngest, shortest and least experienced contender wins the competition. The first Ever Filipina Winner of ANTM is Maureen Wroblewitz!

Maureen broke the curse of the filipinas being runner-ups for the past 4 seasons of ANTM

How to be you po? Grabeeeeee.

With her surname, I know what you guys are thinking - We have another half-Filipina who is making our country proud. But true enough, Filipinos become a lot more attractive when mixed with another race, or is it the case for this particular lady who seemingly bears the last name of a foreigner.

Just as Pia Wurtzbach is of half-blood due to a foreigner as a father, is Maureen also of foreign blood?

Yup! He has a German father to thank for that beauty...or is it the other way around. Filipinas are known to become more beautiful when positively "infected" with another race. No matter what nationality, the fusion always has beautiful results. Lol!

Moments after she was announced as the winner of Asia's Next Top Model, "Nylon Singapore" unveiled its cover starring the Pinay-German teen. Wow! That's two achievements in succession. ..or did the magazine tried to take advantage of her win since we all know that the ANTM show is not live, and so the magazine had plenty of time to release the magazine cover at the right timing after the announcement of her win.

Regardless, we are proud of our "kababayan" for another win to put the Philippines back in the map again. Yeah, we commend all those of Filipino blood every time they are recognized for an international achievement.

"Do you know why Mauren won? Because her two competitors were so dying to win the title and so overconfident that they both overdid their performance. Tu overdid her runway walk as what the judges had commented, but did fantastic on the photoshoot. Shikin overdid the photoshoot that she turned out very edgy, but managed to slay the runway. While Maureen stayed in the middle, both of her performances have enough class, sass and elegance that were needed to be the Asia's Next Top Model. And most of all she got the best ATTITUDE. So to all the haters and bashers we wish you well. " - Ai Za

"Pinoys, please be humble. It's a victory for our country but please don't take this win as an opportunity for revenge or just to be petty, even if others started it. Naturally, fans from other countries would be disappointed or pissed and we cannot control how they react because frankly that's their prerogative. But we can control how we react and be the bigger person. Let's try to change this perception of Pinoy fans being petty and vindictive. It is possible to support Maureen without rubbing her victory in other's faces. Let us be inspired by Maureen herself, who stayed humble through all the highs and lows. Congrats, Maureen. You're living proof that humility coupled with hardwork is a winning formula." - Wyb Lumpias

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Organisations and Computer Users Must Take Immediate Action to Protect against Petya Ransomware

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Fortinet, a global leader in high-performance cyber security solutions, today advised organisations and computer users to brace and take immediate action against a new ransomware variant called Petya that is sweeping across the world. The ransomware is currently having an impact on a wide range of industries and organizations, including critical infrastructure such as energy, banking, and transportation systems.

This is part of a new wave of multi-vector ransomware attacks that we are calling “ransomworm”, which takes advantage of timely exploits. The ransomworm is designed to move across multiple systems automatically, rather than stay in one place.  It appears that the Petra ransomworm is using similar current vulnerabilities that were exploited during the recent Wannacry attack.

Unlike WannaCry which encrypts a computer’s files, however, the Petya ransomware encrypts a segment of the hard drive that renders the entire computer inoperable. Older legacy systems and critical infrastructure are particularly vulnerable to this attack.

The patch for this vulnerability was issued by Microsoft earlier this year. We advise organizations to update their systems immediately.