The Pentagon plans to spend $132 million dollars on credit monitoring for current and former employees who were impacted by the breach of the US Office of Personnel Management. Ken Westin, Security Analyst for Tripwire, Lamar Bailey, leader of Tripwire's Vulnerability and Exposures Research Team (VERT) and Craig Young, Cybersecurity Researcher for Tripwire agree the money would be far better spent on actually fixing the problem instead of credit monitoring.
Security researcher Graham Cluley has today published a post on ESET’s We Live Security blog which discusses the recent announcement from the British Police that they have arrested six people in connection with distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that attempted to bring down websites belonging to – amongst others – a national newspaper, a school and a number of online retailers.
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PART FOUR
NAIVETY AND IGNORANCE ARE THE ONLY TWO DISEASES IN THE WORLD THAT ARE WORSE THAN EBOLA
Enter, Femi Adesina: Buhari will still balance his appointments
DATELINE: August 28, 2015
"The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, on Friday assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari’s political appointments will balance out very soon.
Adesina spoke while featuring on a radio programme, Political Platform, on RayPower 100.5FM, monitored by our correspondent.
He was reacting to criticisms that have trailed the President’s appointments, which are believed to favour the Northern part of the country.
Adesina said the President was aware of federal character and expressed the believe that there would be balance by the time he made more appointments in September.
JOHN ODEY ADUMA, PUBLISHER AND BRITISH CHEVENING SCHOLAR, UNITED KINGDOM
It has been reported that Humberside Police are warning people to beware of a new email scam by criminals claiming to be from Royal Mail. They've targeted businesses and personal users, persuading the victim to click on a link within the email that infects their computer with CryptoLocker ransomware. Barracuda Networks’ Wieland Alge on the story reacts:
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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