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Credit to Author: Martyn Williams| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:34:00 -0800

SK Telecom and Nokia have developed a prototype quantum cryptography system that combines the South Korean company’s quantum key server with an encryption device from Nokia.

The system, shown Monday at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, was put together to demonstrate interoperability between the two vendors and comes as SK Telecom kicks off a push to get telecom carriers and equipment vendors working together on next-generation quantum-secured networks.

Quantum cryptography involves the transmission of encryption keys across fiber optic networks. It relies on the principles of quantum mechanics to detect if an eavesdropper has viewed a key en route.

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ComputerWorld Independent

February 24, 2017 admin

FCC puts the brakes on ISP privacy rules it passed in October

Credit to Author: Grant Gross| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 10:43:00 -0800

The new chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission will seek a stay on privacy rules for broadband providers that the agency just passed in October.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai will ask for either a full commission vote on the stay before parts of the rules take effect next Thursday or he will instruct FCC staff to delay part of the rules pending a commission vote, a spokesman said Friday.

The rules, passed when the FCC had a Democratic majority, require broadband providers to receive opt-in customer permission to share sensitive personal information, including web-browsing history, geolocation, and financial details, with third parties. Without the stay, the opt-in requirements were scheduled to take effect next week.

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ComputerWorld Independent

February 23, 2017 admin

Ransomware 'customer support' chat reveals criminals' ruthlessness

Credit to Author: Gregg Keizer| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 14:14:00 -0800

Ransomware criminals chatting up victims, offering to delay deadlines, showing how to obtain Bitcoin, dispensing the kind of customer support that consumers lust for from their cable and mobile plan providers, PC and software makers?

What’s not to love?

Finnish security vendor F-Secure yesterday released 34 pages of transcripts from the group chat used by the crafters of the Spora ransomware family. The back-and-forth not only put a spotlight on the gang’s customer support chops, but, said a company security advisor, illustrated the intertwining of Bitcoin and extortion malware.

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ComputerWorld Independent

February 23, 2017 admin

Amid cyberattacks, ISPs try to clean up the internet

Credit to Author: Michael Kan| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 06:26:00 -0800

If your computer’s been hacked, Dale Drew might know something about that.

Drew is chief security officer at Level 3 Communications, a major internet backbone provider that’s routinely on the lookout for cyberattacks on the network level. The company has linked more than 150 million IP addresses to malicious activity worldwide.

That means all of those IP addresses have computers behind them that are probably involved in distributed denial-of-service attacks, email spam, or breaches of company servers, Drew said.

Hackers have managed to hijack those computers to “cause harm to the internet,” but the owners don’t always know that, Drew said.

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Security Wired

February 23, 2017 admin

Now Anyone Can Deploy Google’s Troll-Fighting AI

Credit to Author: Andy Greenberg| Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 12:00:49 +0000

Google subsidiary Jigsaw is now offering developers access to an API for its AI-based detector for abusive comments. The post Now Anyone Can Deploy Google’s Troll-Fighting AI appeared first on WIRED.

ComputerWorld Independent

February 21, 2017 admin

Verizon knocks $350M from Yahoo deal after breaches

Credit to Author: Grant Gross| Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2017 07:23:00 -0800

Verizon Communications will pay $350 million less for Yahoo after two major data breaches reported by the struggling internet pioneer.

Verizon will pay about $4.48 billion for Yahoo’s operating business, and the two companies will share any potential legal and regulatory liabilities arising from two major data breaches announced in late 2016. The companies announced the amended terms of the deal Tuesday.

In October, one news report had Verizon seeking a $1 billion discount after the first breach was announced.

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ComputerWorld Independent

February 20, 2017 admin

Uber to investigate female engineer’s ‘abhorrent’ sexual harassment claims

Credit to Author: Darlene Storm| Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 05:51:00 -0800

If you are a woman then working at Uber sounds like hell, based upon allegations made by Susan Fowler. She worked as a site reliability engineer at Uber from Nov. 2015 to Dec. 2016; now that she works at Stripe, she has come forward with a sickening tale of sexual harassment, discrimination and an HR department that just let it happen.

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick ordered an “urgent investigation” into Fowler’s harassment and discrimination complaints, promising to fire the people who believe the disgusting behavior is permissible at Uber.

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