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Dot Ransomware: Yet another Commission-based Ransomware-as-a-Service

Credit to Author: Rommel Joven| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 06:54:42 -0800

Dot ransomware is a new Ransomware-as-a-service(RaaS) that is openly available in hacking forums. And following the current trend in malware services, it uses web portals hosted in the TOR network for anonymity. Commission-based Profit While lurking in hacking forums, we came across a post for this new ransomware service. RaaS services are now switching from a one-time fee or subscription payment model to a commission based strategy. One advantage of this scheme is that the up front price for the ransomware is free, and any profits realized…

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Kids and Internet Safety: How Parents Should Have ‘The Conversation’

Credit to Author: Cara West-Wainwright| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 14:00:32 +0000

The World Wide Web (WWW) might not have been around when we were growing up, but it’s guaranteed to be an incredibly important part of your child’s life as they do. It’s a wonderful tool to help them socialize, learn, play and used in the right way it can even bring families together. But before…

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SecurityTrendMicro
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Pwn2Own – The Root of Research

Credit to Author: Dustin Childs (Zero Day Initiative Communications)| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 13:00:32 +0000

Over the last decade of Pwn2Own™ competitions, different people harbored different emotions towards the contest. It’s been referred to as a blood bath for browsers, although no actual blood has ever been spilt. It has helped launch people’s careers, or at the very least, it has helped increase their notoriety. It’s been accused of crushing…

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FCC halts data security rules

Credit to Author: John Ribeiro| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 03:59:00 -0800

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has halted new rules that would require high-speed internet providers to take ‘reasonable’ steps to protect customer data.

In a 2-1 vote that went along party lines, the FCC voted Wednesday to stay temporarily one part of privacy rules passed in October that would give consumers the right to decide how their data is used and shared by broadband providers.

The rules include the requirement that internet service providers should obtain “opt-in” consent from consumers to use and share sensitive information such as geolocation and web browsing history, and also give customers the option to opt out from the sharing of non-sensitive information such as email addresses or service tier information.

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Yahoo execs botched response to 2014 breach, investigation finds

Credit to Author: Michael Kan| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 03:42:00 -0800

If your company has experienced a data breach, it’s probably a good idea to thoroughly investigate it promptly.

Unfortunately, Yahoo didn’t, according to a new internal investigation. The internet pioneer, which reported a massive data breach involving 500 million user accounts in September, knew an intrusion had occurred back in 2014, but allegedly botched its response.

The findings were made in a Yahoo securities exchange filing on Wednesday that offered more details about the 2014 breach, which the company has blamed on a state-sponsored hacker.

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