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US 'might' ban laptops on all international flights & TSA may make you unpack carry-ons

Credit to Author: Darlene Storm| Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 06:54:00 -0700

The US “might” ban laptops from the cabin of all international flights into and out of the US and “likely will” require air travelers to unpack carry-on bags for TSA inspections.

Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly told Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace that the US “might” ban laptops from the cabin of all international flights into and out of the US.

Pressed to reveal more, Kelly added, “There’s a real threat. Numerous threats against aviation, that’s really the thing that they are obsessed with, the terrorists, the idea of knocking down an airplane in flight, particularly if it’s a U.S. carrier, particularly if it’s full of mostly U.S. folks, people. It’s real.”

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MalwareBytesSecurity

A stolen version of DMA-locker is making the rounds

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 14:21:41 +0000

Pirated versions of DMA-locker are doing the rounds, but there is some good news. All the encrypted data can be decrypted with the same key and we can give it to you.

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SecurityTrendMicro

TippingPoint Threat Intelligence and Zero-Day Coverage – Week of May 22, 2017

Credit to Author: Elisa Lippincott (TippingPoint Global Product Marketing)| Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 18:26:02 +0000

For those of you who follow the National Football League (NFL), do you remember Super Bowl 47? I wasn’t exactly thrilled about the teams that played since I’m not a 49ers or Ravens fan. What was interesting about the game is that it was halted for over half an hour in the third quarter because…

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FortinetSecurity

FortiVets: Remembering – and Hiring – our Veterans

Credit to Author: Stephan Tallent| Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 09:19:10 -0700

Many Americans see Memorial Day in the US as the holiday that kicks off summer. Stores are loaded with shiny new grills, bags of charcoal, and rows of filled propane tanks. Patio furniture is being dusted off while refrigerators are stuffed with marinating steaks, bowls of potato salad, and chilled beer waiting for friends and family for the traditional weekend barbeque. But Memorial Day is about much more than grilling a burger with a cold beverage in your hand. Memorial Day in the United States, observed every year on the last Monday of May,…

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IndependentKrebs

Trump’s Dumps: ‘Making Dumps Great Again’

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 04:45:24 +0000

It’s not uncommon for crooks who peddle stolen credit cards to seize on iconic American figures of wealth and power in the digital advertisements for these shops that run continuously on various cybercrime forums. Exhibit A: McDumpals, a hugely popular carding site that borrows the Ronald McDonald character from McDonald’s and caters to bulk buyers. Exhibit B: Uncle Sam’s dumps shop, which wants YOU! to buy American. Today, we’ll look at an up and coming credit card shop called Trump’s-Dumps, which invokes 45’s likeness and promises to “make credit card fraud great again.”

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