---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <18298458-2EB9-4797-A1A6-04CE733B5023@roscom.com> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 21:27:31 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Actually, every single Yahoo account got hacked in 2013 Actually, every single Yahoo account got hacked in 2013 The updated figure triples the scope of the breach. All of Yahoo's 3 billion user accounts in 2013 were affected by its massive data breach - not the 1 billion accounts that were initially reported, the company said Tuesday. The revised number vastly expands the scope of the historic hack, which had previously broken records as the world's largest data breach. The updated figure comes as the public is still reeling from back-to-back reports of data breaches at Equifax and the fast-food chain Sonic. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/03/yahoos-2013-data-breach-affected-all-3-billion-accounts-tripling-its-previous-estimate/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <4657237D-1D32-4096-9C86-22B92A5388B6@roscom.com> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 21:27:14 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: White House wants to end Social Security numbers as a national ID White House wants to end Social Security numbers as a national ID US government is examining the use of a "modern cryptographic identifier." Rob Joyce, the White House cybersecurity czar, said on Tuesday that the government should end using the Social Security number as a national identification method. "I believe the Social Security number has outlived its usefulness," said Joyce, while speaking at The Washington Post's Cybersecurity Summit. "Every time we use the Social Security number, you put it at risk." https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/10/white-house-wants-to-end-social-security-numbers-as-a-national-id/ ***** Moderator's Note ***** When I was in the Army, they used my SSN as my Army serial number. I still have my Army duffel bag, and it's stenciled on the side. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <125CE197-201F-4885-8BF3-5EEB6868F1F2@roscom.com> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 21:49:48 -0400 From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Code-execution flaws threaten users of routers, Linux, and other OSes Code-execution flaws threaten users of routers, Linux, and other OSes Bugs in widely used Dnsmasq give attackers remote control of Google researchers have discovered at least three software bugs in a widely used software package that may allow hackers to execute malicious code on vulnerable devices running Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and macOS, as well as proprietary firmware. Dnsmasq, as the package is known, provides code that makes it easier for networked devices to communicate using the domain name system and the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It's included in Android, Ubuntu, and most other Linux distributions, and it can also run on a variety of other operating systems and in router firmware. A blog post published Monday by security researchers with Google said they recently found seven vulnerabilities in Dnsmasq, three of which were flaws that allowed the remote execution of malicious code. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/code-execution-flaws-threaten-users-of-routers-linux-and-other-oses/ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20171005034538.GA8087@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 23:45:38 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: T-Mobile agrees to stop claiming its network is faster than Verizon's By Jon Brodkin - 10/2/2017, 11:34 AM T-Mobile USA has agreed to stop claiming its 4G LTE network is faster than Verizon Wireless', after the advertising industry's self-regulation body agreed with Verizon that T-Mobile's claim was unsupported. The National Advertising Division (NAD) "recommended T-Mobile discontinue claims that it has the fastest 4G LTE network" and "also recommended that T-Mobile discontinue claims that its LTE network is 'newer' than Verizon's and that Verizon's LTE network is 'older,'" the Advertising Self-Regulatory Council said in an announcement Thursday. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/10/t-mobile-agrees-to-stop-claiming-its-network-is-faster-than-verizons/ -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20171005035010.GA8105@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 23:50:10 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: T-Mobile says it will not stop claiming its network is faster than Verizon's T-Mobile says it has new data to back up its claims By by Nick Statt Oct 2, 2017, 3:33pm EDT T-Mobile says it will continue to claim it has the country's fastest LTE network even after the National Advertising Division, a telecom industry watchdog group, "recommended" that it stop doing so in print, TV, and web advertisements. "NAD previously recognized third-party crowd-sourced data as a way to look at network performance, so we looked at the latest results, and verified what we already knew," said Janice V. Kapner, T-Mobile's senior vice president of corporate communications, in a statement given to The Verge. "T-Mobile is still the fastest LTE network and we'll continue to let consumers know that." The dispute arose earlier this year as part of a T-Mobile ad campaign that insinuated that Verizon's network was older and slower, and that its service did not feature unlimited plans. Verizon then filed a complaint with the NAD, which is a self-regulatory body of the telecom industry designed to settle disputes, avoid litigation, and protect against unwanted government regulation. https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/2/16403490/t-mobile-claim-fastest-lte-network-verizon-advertising-dispute -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20171005035854.GA8295@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 23:58:54 -0400 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Why Does Verizon Care About Telephone Poles? Opinion By Sam Liccardo SAN JOSE, Calif. - Like every other 8-year-old whom I tutored at a local school, Omar didn't know anything - and didn't care much - about high-stakes disputes over net neutrality, free speech and privacy that have consumed much of the news coverage of the telecommunications industry in recent years. Yet the inability of Omar's parents to afford broadband internet access lies at the heart of a battle that will have a far greater impact on his future: the fight over street poles. Public street poles may not look like much, but to wireless service providers, they're valuable real estate. Companies like Verizon want low-cost access to them to install equipment to handle the rapidly growing demand for mobile data. But poles are owned locally, and cities and counties aren't eager to give away access at below-market rates. Doing so would essentially subsidize an already wealthy industry - nationwide, as much as $2 billion a year, money that could otherwise go to expanding low-cost broadband access for people like Omar's family. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/03/opinion/wireless-verizon-telephone-poles.html -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Thu, 05 Oct 2017