Comcast, Verizon, AT&T Inc said Friday they would not sell customers’ individual internet browsing information, days after the U.S. Congress approved legislation reversing Obama administration era internet privacy rules. From a report on Reuters: The bill would repeal regulations adopted…
Amazon Bans Sales of Media Player Boxes That Promote Piracy
Amazon is taking a tough stance against vendors who sell fully-loaded Kodi boxes and other “pirate” media players through its platform. From a report: The store now explicitly bans media players that “promote” or “suggest” the facilitation of piracy. Sellers…
This is Why Australia Hasn't Had a Recession in Over 25 Years
Australia is close to seizing the global crown for the longest streak of economic growth thanks to a mixture of policy guile and outrageous fortune. From a report: While growth is being underpinned by population gains and resource exports to…
Next-Generation DDR5 RAM Will Double the Speed of DDR4 In 2018
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: You may have just upgraded your computer to use DDR4 recently or you may still be using DDR3, but in either case, nothing stays new forever. JEDEC, the organization in charge…
Microsoft Is Shutting Down CodePlex
Microsoft corporate vice president Brian Harry announced in a blog post today that they are shutting down CodePlex, its service for hosting repositories of open source software. “As of this post, we’ve disabled the ability to create new CodePlex projects,”…
Aviation-Related Phishing Campaigns Seeking Credentials
Researchers warn of a wave in aviation-themed phishing attacks that aim to steal credentials and install malware.
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.
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.
Falling in love online? Don’t get caught out by the Tinder scammers
Don’t join the guys who were daft enough to hand over $5 each to a woman online – here are some tips to avoid falling into a trap
Let’s Encrypt issues certs to ‘PayPal’ phishing sites: how to protect yourself
Checking that a website uses HTTPS is one way of checking if it’s legitimate – but what happens when the scammers are buying SSL certificates that include the name of the company they’re spoofing?