President Trump signed a resolution to complete the overturning of internet privacy protections that would have prevented ISPs from tracking you online without first asking users to opt-in.
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Verizon Rebuts Critics of Data-Collecting App
The Electronic Frontier Foundation retracted a blog post today highly critical of Verizon and the upcoming rollout of an app called AppFlash made by Evie Labs.
Threatpost News Wrap, March 31, 2017
This year’s Security Analyst Summit is previewed and the news of the week is discussed, including a Microsoft IIS zero day, a new Mirai variant, and the broadband privacy ruling.
Latest Tax Scams Include Phishing Lures, Malware
Microsoft warns this year’s crop of tax scams use social engineering attacks based on fear to spread banking Trojans and collect personal info.
Zero Days Have Staying Power
A look at 200 zero day vulnerabilities reveals key details on longevity, value and how long it takes to create one after a software vulnerability has been identified.
A cat and mouse game: catch the bad guy if you can
In today’s connected world, governmental agencies spend tax money investigating new ways to breach software created to protect people, cyber-threats are getting more and more complex due to the diversity of devices, and users are less and less interested in protecting their privacy. Who’s the bad guy in this story and how can security vendors […]
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Active Defense Bill Raises Concerns Of Potential Consequences
A bill that would exclude organizations from prosecution for hacking back is already stirring up some concerns about potential unintended consequences.
Spammer’s Leaky Backup Exposes Massive Empire
A massive spam operation that sent out more than one billion messages a day was exposed by researchers who called the operation “illegal” and a “tangible threat to online privacy and security.”
Threatpost News Wrap, March 3, 2017
The news of the week is recapped, including the fallout around CloudBleed, the CloudPets breach, and a Slack token bug. The life of Howard Schmidt is also remembered.
Policy Experts Push To Make Vulnerability Equities Process Law
By making the Vulnerability Equities Process law, advocates of the idea argue there would be more reliability, transparency and accountability in the process of government vulnerability disclosure.