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FW: [patchmanagement] WannaCry/WannaCrypt Ransomware Summary
by Watila Alex 15 May '17

15 May '17

FYI, Not sure if someone else shared the information Best Regards, Alex Watila From: Susan Bradley [mailto:sbradcpa@pacbell.net] Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 8:57 AM To: Patch Management Mailing List <patchmanagement(a)listserv.patchmanagement.org> Subject: [patchmanagement] WannaCry/WannaCrypt Ransomware Summary https://isc.sans.edu/diary/WannaCryWannaCrypt+Ransomware+Summary/22420 Indicators of Compromise: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA17-132A PowerPoint for Presentations to Management https://isc.sans.edu/presentations/WannaCry.ppt Friday SANS Webcast with technical details https://www.sans.org/webcasts/special-webcast-wannacry-ransomeware-threat-1… --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com

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Fwd: Bitcoin approaches $2,000! What's NEXT?
by Ali Hussein 15 May '17

15 May '17

Listers Email thread below refers. The gist of my posting this interesting email from BitHub Africa. I have a few queries/concerns:- 1. Is this Bitcoin 'bubble' good for the reputation of BlockChain Technology long term? 2. Will this volatility of the Bitcoin Exchange rate spur a speculative run which will be eventually hurt those who shouldn't really be dabbling in the forex market? 3. How will Central Bankers the world over react to this? Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: > From: Karanja BitHub.Africa <karanja(a)bithub.co.ke> > Date: 15 May 2017 at 3:01:43 PM EAT > To: <ali(a)hussein.me.ke> > Subject: Bitcoin approaches $2,000! What's NEXT? > Reply-To: Karanja BitHub.Africa <karanja(a)bithub.co.ke> > > > Open this newsletter in your web browser! > > Bitcoin approaches $2,000! What's NEXT? > The past few weeks have been very interesting in the Bitcoin space as the price of the crypto-currency has risen from $1,200 to over $1,800. > > Is it a bubble? or a sign that the 9 year old blockchain technology is finally coming of age? > > BitHub Africa has in past few months interacted with global experts, techpreneurs, enthusiats and developers of this growing technology to ascertain the future of a Blockchained world. > > We have come up with a 1 DAY course that explains the future of Bitcoin technology and opportunities in trading, mining, and developing solutions on its network protocol. > > Learn More & Book Your Place! > > A guide on buying Bitcoins safely. > LocalBitcoins.com is a peer-to-peer service that allows people to connect with each other to buy and sell bitcoin ‘in person’. This term ‘in person’ is a broad term that doesn’t necessarily mean that the transacting parties have to be in the same geographical location or space-time continuum. Though it is not to say that they can’t. First of all, this is wonderful and sticks to the esprit de corps of the Bitcoin world. The advantages of this are immense. You should know that unlike online exchanges, there is no waiting period. Your bitcoins are released instantly after the exchange... Read More > > > Bitcoin Mining, is it Profitable? Find out! > Mining Bitcoin has undergone quite the evolution since the days of yore when you could labour away on the edge of your seat while you typed away on a laptop. But then again, the trajectory of technology is to ever lean forward, thusly, one cannot fail to behold the smorgasbord of mining technology in the market, not to mention the political kerfuffle raging on the efficiency of the blockchain, namely the Bitcoin Classic and Bitcoin Unlimited. What usually used to happen is people would use their CPU on the laptop to mine Bitcoin. Now, this was not a profitable venture, given the cost of mining in terms of hardware and electricity was more than the seemingly worthless hundreds of thousands coins... Read More > > > Download The Blockchain Opportunity Report! > In this Report we have comprehensively reviewed 16 Blockchain platforms that we believe will DISRUPT existing Incumbents across key sectors like Finance, Technology, and Commerce. We call this The Blockchain Opportunity. This Report will be most helpful to you as a Blockchain Entrepreneur, Investor, Researcher and Enthusiast. Find out what is coming next after Bitcoin and Ethereum. You may purchase as many copies as you wish, which will enable the BitHub.Africa team drive the adoption of Bitcoin & Blockchain technology across Africa according to our roadmap. Download Here > > Questions? Click Here to Join our Whatsapp Group! > Call us on (+254) 0725 274191, 0702 008335. > > Share > Tweet > Share > +1 > Forward > > > > > > > Copyright © 2017 BitHub Africa, All rights reserved. > You are in direct contact with the BitHub Africa team for periodic updates. > > Our mailing address is: > BitHub Africa > P.O. BOX 76081 > Space Kenya Networks Ltd, 2nd Floor Timau Plaza, Argwings Kodhek Road. > Nairobi 00508 > Kenya > > Add us to your address book > > > Want to change how you receive these emails? > You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list >

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Photographer Proves End of Privacy Is Here [Photos]
by Rebecca Becky Mwangi 15 May '17

15 May '17

http://www.anonews.co/pg-proves-privacy/ ........................... Kind Regards, Rebecca Becky Mwangi ................................................... *BeckyMwandishi.wordpress.com* <http://BeckyMwandishi.wordpress.com> *.....................................*

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Re: [kictanet] Ransomware halted temporarily
by Ronald Ojino 15 May '17

15 May '17

Hero's act from a 22year old man who halts the spread of ransomware http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/revealed-22-year-old-computer-10424159 On 14-May-2017 9:00 PM, "Barrack Otieno via kictanet" < kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Listers, http://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/Manhunt-for-hackers- behind-global-cyberattack/1068-3926278-uhkity/index.html In Summary French police said there were "more than 75,000 victims" around the globe, but cautioned that the number could increase "significantly". Payment is demanded within three days or the price is doubled, and if none is received within seven days the files will be deleted, according to the screen message. Microsoft said the situation was "painful" and that it was taking "all possible actions to protect our customers". US software firm Symantec said the majority of organisations affected were in Europe, and the attack was believed to be indiscriminate. The use of the word MANHUNT leads me to ask the question, are we really prepared for potential challenges a digital nation could face? Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Twitter: http://twitter.com/kictanet Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KICTANet/ Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/ mailman/options/kictanet/ronojinx%40gmail.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.

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Manhunt for hackers behind global cyberattack
by Barrack Otieno 14 May '17

14 May '17

Listers, http://www.nation.co.ke/news/world/Manhunt-for-hackers-behind-global-cybera… In Summary French police said there were "more than 75,000 victims" around the globe, but cautioned that the number could increase "significantly". Payment is demanded within three days or the price is doubled, and if none is received within seven days the files will be deleted, according to the screen message. Microsoft said the situation was "painful" and that it was taking "all possible actions to protect our customers". US software firm Symantec said the majority of organisations affected were in Europe, and the attack was believed to be indiscriminate. The use of the word MANHUNT leads me to ask the question, are we really prepared for potential challenges a digital nation could face? Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Fwd: [Internet Policy] Cyber Attack on Englands NHS Hospital system
by Barrack Otieno 14 May '17

14 May '17

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Sarokin <sarokin(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, 12 May 2017 11:36:08 -0400 Subject: [Internet Policy] OUCH! To: "internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org" <internetpolicy(a)elists.isoc.org> http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/12/528119808/large-cyber-att… Large Cyber Attack Hits England's NHS Hospital System; Ransoms Demanded -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Blue Whale info
by Mark Elkins 14 May '17

14 May '17

Here is an update on the Blue Whale stuff that was in local news in South Africa http://m.ewn.co.za/2017/05/11/blue-whale-a-new-online-suicide-game-targetin… -- Mark James ELKINS - Posix Systems - (South) Africa mje(a)posix.co.za Tel: +27.128070590 Cell: +27.826010496 For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA: https://ftth.posix.co.za

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FW: Signed Press Statement on WANNACRYPT0R Ransomware Virus
by Gimode, Chiimbiru 14 May '17

14 May '17

Dear Listers, Kindly see the attached Press Statement released this afternoon by the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) on the emergence of an encryption based cyber attack WannaCrypt0r Ransomware Virus that is targeting computers running on Windows Operating System and is rapidly spreading worldwide. This is for you information and noting. Kind Regards, Chiimbiru Gimode Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) Mobile: 0703042524 |Website: www.ca.go.ke |Twitter: @CA_Kenya Facebook: Communications Authority of Kenya |YouTube: CA Kenya Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cck-kenya The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion-Thomas Paine [cid:04FE0A7D-E2FE-4F3A-929D-F318997C8D5D] Please be responsible, consider the environment before printing this e-mail. DISCLAIMER:-This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the recipient.If you are not the intended message recipient you must not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The Sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission.

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Powering our culture, the M-PESA way!
by Grace Githaiga 13 May '17

13 May '17

Listers, Beyond a tech outlook, there is also a cultural perspective. Read on! Along with our medal-hauling athletes and the urban folklore of_matatu_art, let us celebrate M-Pesa@10 as a core part of Kenyan culture. Not because cell phones ever featured in the lives of our ancestors, but because we infused the giving and sharing spirit of our forefathers and grandmothers into a modern platform of communication. We reconfigured new digital spaces with age-old practices that allow us to perform our love, to live up to our obligations, to coin new idioms, to exchange value(s), and to build our industries. https://newsroom.safaricom.co.ke/m-pesa-in-60-seconds-mpesaat10-niyanguniye… [1] Best regards Githaiga, Grace Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: ggithaiga(a)hotmail.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke "Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it. I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours"---Barrack Obama. Links: ------ [1] http://https://newsroom.safaricom.co.ke/m-pesa-in-60-seconds-mpesaat10-niya…

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Tech SMEs and human rights event
by Grace Githaiga 12 May '17

12 May '17

Listers This might be of interest to some of you. Small and medium tech entreprises (SMEs) have a crucial – and increasing – role to play in respecting user rights in Kenya, including privacy and free expression. After all, they run the platforms on which people communicate; they provide the services that get you from A to B; and they store mountains of personal data about you, from your financial information, to where you have been since you last logged on. Despite this, there’s not very much dialogue between human rights defenders and tech businesses in Kenya. To address this missed opportunity, Global Partners Digital (GPD) – in collaboration with Facebook – will be running two free workshops in Nairobi, on Thursday 25 May and Friday 26 May,aimed at bringing businesses and civil society together to talk about privacy, security and free expression. * The first event (Thursday 25 May) is a workshop for human rights defenders, which will explore ways human rights defenders can engage effectively with tech SMEs in Kenya, using a new tool developed by GPD. * In the second event (Friday 26 May), we’ll introduce the tool to some local SMES, and discuss with them the importance and value of respecting privacy, security and free expression. Afterwards, civil society actors who attend will have the opportunity to network with these SMEs, which include some of the leading lights of the emerging tech scene in Nairobi. To confirm your attendance at the first event, please email Charles Bradley on charles(a)gp-digital.org<mailto:charles@gp-digital.org>. To confirm you attendance at the second event, please follow this link.<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-protect-your-users-data-from-hackers-an…> Spaces are limited, so please register asap! ---- Charles Bradley Executive Director | GLOBAL PARTNERS DIGITAL Second Home, 68 Hanbury Street, London, E1 5JL T: +44 (0)203 818 3258 | M: +44 (0)7852 535222 | Skype: charles.globalpartners gp-digital.org<http://gp-digital.org/>

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