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CyberSPEAK | Learn & Connect (Session Two)
by 6Degrees Cyber 11 Jun '18

11 Jun '18

** Your are invited! ------------------------------------------------------------ 4 Topics. 4 Speakers. 3 Hours. 1 venue Are you planning to join us for CyberSPEAK Session 2? To RSVP -- click here (https://twitter.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b73212eb61bf0d9895efdfe6…) or go to Eventbrite.com (https://twitter.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b73212eb61bf0d9895efdfe6…) Well, even if you will not be able to join us, RSVP (https://twitter.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b73212eb61bf0d9895efdfe6…) and we'll be sure to send you the session materials post-event. Speakers Profiles Check out speaker's LinkedIn Profiles: 1. Lawrence Dinga, CISSP. (https://twitter.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b73212eb61bf0d9895efdfe6…) 2. Mercy Mutemi (https://twitter.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b73212eb61bf0d9895efdfe6…) 3. Steve Mambo (https://twitter.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b73212eb61bf0d9895efdfe6…) 4. William McBorrough (https://twitter.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b73212eb61bf0d9895efdfe6…) Lets meet on Friday! RSVP HERE (https://twitter.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b73212eb61bf0d9895efdfe6…) ============================================================ ** (https://twitter.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b73212eb61bf0d9895efdfe6…) ** (https://twitter.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b73212eb61bf0d9895efdfe6…) ** (https://twitter.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b73212eb61bf0d9895efdfe6…) ** (https://twitter.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b73212eb61bf0d9895efdfe6…) Copyright © 2018 6Degrees Cyber, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: 6Degrees Cyber Nairobi Nairobi 546 Kenya Want to change how you receive these emails? You can ** update your preferences (https://twitter.us18.list-manage.com/profile?u=b73212eb61bf0d9895efdfe6b&id…) or ** unsubscribe from this list (https://twitter.us18.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=b73212eb61bf0d9895efdfe6…) . Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm…

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Marcus Hutchins, WannaCry-killer, hit with four new charges by the FBI
by Julius Njiraini 08 Jun '18

08 Jun '18

Marcus Hutchins <https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/malwaretech-marcus-hutchins.html>, the British malware analyst who helped stop global Wannacry menace <https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/how-to-wannacry-ransomware.html>, is now facing four new charges related to malware he allegedly created and promoted it online to steal financial information. Hutchins, the 24-year-old better known as MalwareTech, was arrested by the FBI <https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/marcus-hutchins-arrested-fbi.html> last year as he was headed home to England from the DefCon conference in Las Vegas for his alleged role in creating and distributing Kronos between 2014 and 2015. Kronos is a Banking Trojan designed to steal banking credentials and personal information from victims' computers, which was sold for $7,000 on Russian online forums, and the FBI accused Hutchins of writing and promoting it online, including via YouTube. Hutchins pleaded not guilty <https://thehackernews.com/2017/08/malwaretech-marcus-hutchins.html> at a court hearing in August 2017 in Milwaukee and release on $30,000 bail. However, a revised superseding indictment was filed with the Wisconsin Eastern District Court, under which Hutchins faces four new charges along with the six prior counts filed against him by the FBI a month before his arrest. Marcus Accused of Creating and Selling Another Malware According to the new indictment, Hutchins created a second piece of malware, known as "*UPAS Kit*," and also lied to the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) when he was arrested and questioned last year in Las Vegas. As described by prosecutors, UPAS Kit is Spybot virus that "allowed for the unauthorized exfiltration of information from protected computers" and "used a form grabber and web injects to intercept and collect personal information," including credit card details. UPAS Kit advertised to "install silently and not alert antivirus engines," for prices ranged above $1,000 back in 2012. According to the indictment, Hutchins created UPAS Kit in 2012, when he was just 18, and sold it online to another unnamed co-defendant identified as "VinnyK" (aka Aurora123), who was also involved in promoting Kronos. VinnyK then sold UPAS Kit to another person in Wisconsin in 2012, who allegedly used the malware to attack computers in the United States. Two other charges relate to Hutchins "aiding and abetting" the distribution of invasive code in an attempt to damage "10 or more protected computers," and helping others to hack computers for financial gain. Marcus Appealed to his Followers for Donations to Cover Legal Costs As the news on the revised indictment broke, Hutchins, who has repeatedly denied any illegal activity, called the charges "bullshit" and appealed to his Twitter followers for donations to cover legal costs. "Spend months and $100k+ fighting this case, then they go and reset the clock by adding even more bullshit charges like 'lying to the FBI,'" Hutchins wrote <https://twitter.com/MalwareTechBlog/status/1004420585869332480?ref_src=twsr…> on his Twitter, calling for donations by adding a quote from Starcraft video game: "We require more minerals." Hutchins' lawyer Brian Klein called the charges "meritless" and said he expects his client to be cleared of all charges. "[We] are disappointed the govt has filed this superseding indictment, which is meritless," Klein tweeted. "It only serves to highlight the prosecution's serious flaws. We expect [Hutchins] to be vindicated and then he can return to keeping us all safe from malicious software." Hutchins, who is living in Los Angeles on bail, is unable to leave the United States since last year due to his pending criminal charges. Hutchins stormed to fame and hailed as a hero earlier last year when he accidentally stopped <https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/wannacry-ransomware-cyber-attack.html> a global epidemic of the WannaCry ransomware attack <https://thehackernews.com/2017/05/wannacry-ransomware-unlock.html> that crippled computers all across the world.

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Fwd: 2018 Global Internet Report – Give us your input!
by Barrack Otieno 07 Jun '18

07 Jun '18

For members of Internet Society on the list. Best Regards ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Internet Society <mailer(a)comms.isoc.org> Date: Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 10:03 PM Subject: 2018 Global Internet Report – Give us your input! To: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com> Take the survey | View Online <http://link.isoc.org/p/vT31DK6uSN> [image: Internet Society] <#m_-3452545686599154990_> 2018 Global Internet Report How consolidation may impact the Future of the Internet Dear Members, Last year, the Internet Society published a comprehensive study to better understand the forces of change that will shape the Internet over the next five to seven years: *The 2017 Global Internet Report: Paths to Our Digital Future <http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739526:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB98…>*. By focusing attention on the significant potential of the Internet for innovation and sustainable development, but without denying or shirking the challenges it also introduces, the 2017 report has become a powerful tool in the global awareness and advocacy work of the Internet Society and its chapters. We now want to work with you as our most important stakeholders on a new report that takes a closer look at one of those forces and how it may impact the future, namely* Consolidation in the Internet Economy <http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739527:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB98…>*. Understood as growing forces of concentration, vertical and horizontal integration, and fewer opportunities for market entry and competition, this topic includes the impact of consolidating forces on all stakeholders as well as on the Internet’s underlying and evolving technology. We have selected this theme because findings from last year’s report, and developments since its release, indicated increasing concerns about a growing concentration of power in the Internet Economy. They point to market and technical forces that may be driving consolidation at different ‘layers’ of the Internet, from traffic to communications providers to applications, as well as processes of vertical integration that allows for some companies to own the user experience at every stage and in an increasingly wide range of human activity. As users experience the Internet through a smaller number of providers, for example, there is the potential to restrict our access, choice and future ability to innovate. On the other hand, consolidation is not a new phenomena, but can be expected as markets and industries mature. To some, it is an evolution foremost characterized by lower prices and better services available to more people. *Today we are launching a survey in **English* <http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739528:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB98…>*, **French* <http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739529:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB98…>* and **Spanish* <http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739530:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB98…>* seeking your input on this perceived trend of consolidation.* Tell us your perspective; how it might be affecting you and your community, and what you foresee for the future of the Internet in the next five years. Take the survey! <http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739528:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB98…> Best regards, Constance Bommelaer de Leusse Senior Director, Global Internet Policy and International Organizations Internet Society <#m_-3452545686599154990_> Don't miss a thing. Twitter <http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739531:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB98…> | Facebook <http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739532:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB98…> | LinkedIn <http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739533:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB98…> | YouTube <http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739534:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB98…> | Instagram <http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739535:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB98…> © Copyright 2018 Internet Society Please add us to your safelist. If you wish to manage your email preferences or unsubscribe <http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739536:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB98…> from future emails from us, please click here <http://link.isoc.org/ct/95739536:T31DK6uSN:m:1:2924843069:FE0C29F847C46DB98…> . This message was intended for: otieno.barrack(a)gmail.com You were added to the system April 17, 2015. For more information click here <http://link.isoc.org/p/iT31DK6uSN>. Update your preferences <http://link.isoc.org/p/oT31DK6uSN> Unsubscribe <http://link.isoc.org/p/oT31DK6uSN> | Unsubscribe via email <unsub-38905062988-echo4-23F5ED8E4932016CAD41C5F440CB02EE@emailsendr.net?Subject=Unsubscribe&body=Please%20remove%20me%20from%20further%20mailings> -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254733206359 Skype: barrack.otieno PGP ID: 0x2611D86A

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Looking for Adobe Creatives Suite
by Maina Samson 04 Jun '18

04 Jun '18

Ladies and gentlemenShould you know a person who can supply me with a credible and recent copy of the Adobe creatives suite, kindly box me in. Specifically am looking for:- Illustrator- Photoshop- XD Regards, Samson

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Invitation to Apply to the 3rd Edition of the Kenya School of Internet Governance (KeSIG)
by Grace Githaiga 01 Jun '18

01 Jun '18

Dear Listers KICTANet in partnership with Facebook is pleased to announce an open call for participants interested in taking part in the third edition of Kenya School of Internet Governance (KeSIG), scheduled to happen from 16th-18th July, 2018. Those who will be selected will also be invited to participate in the Kenya IGF scheduled for Thursday, July 19, 2018. This is a three day face to face introductory training whose aim is to: * Get participants to understand internet governance, and * To equip participants with skills to effectively participate in internet governance discussions and forums. We are interested in getting participants from all ICT related sectors: government, academia, tech community, civil society, bloggers and journalists who are new to Internet Governance issues. Areas to be covered in the training include: * Introduction to internet governance, * Main issues in internet governance, * Internet Governance processes and how to be involved, * Kenya’s internet Governance policy /legal framework(s), internet Governance Issues in Kenya etc. The faculty is sourced from government institutions, private sector, civil society, academia and users to expose participants to different points of view as well as give them an opportunity to challenge stakeholder positions. Details of the venue will be communicated to the participants in due course. Please apply here: https://goo.gl/forms/DRASOVhLdggtVMiV2 The deadline for application is June 16, 2018 If you have any questions/clarification, please get in touch with either Grace Bomu on nmutungu(a)gmail.com or nmutungu(a)kictanet.or.ke. or Liz Orembo on lizorembo(a)gmail.com or lizorembo(a)kictanet.or.ke. 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.

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Add your Voice to Revisions to the Open Data Charter
by Muchiri Nyaggah 31 May '18

31 May '18

Greetings colleagues I’m writing to let you know about the Open Data Charter <http://www.opendatacharter.org>’s current review of their six Principles and to invite you to take part in an online survey. The Open Data Charter is a collaboration between governments and experts working to open up data. It was founded in 2015 around six principles for how governments should be publishing information. The aspiration was that data should be open by default, timely and interoperable. It’s been three years since the Charter’s Principles were launched and to ensure that they continue to reflect the highest standards in open data, the Charter is currently running a survey (open until 10 June 2018) to get your feedback on how well the current Principles have worked and your views on the future of the open data field. You can access the survey in one of three languages via these links: En: https://tinyurl.com/y7khdke8 Fr: https://tinyurl.com/yasaqggp Es: https://tinyurl.com/ycojhuja The links also contain more information about the process and overall timeline of the review. Please do take the survey and help us add Africa's voice to this process. Also please spread the word by forwarding this email on to anyone you think may be interested in these processes and (re)tweeting out links to the survey using the #ODCrefresh tag. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me directly. Thanks in advance! Kind regards, Muchiri Nyaggah @muchiri Cell: +254 722 506400 Skype: mrmuchiri

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Communications Authority could force Safaricom to share agents' network
by Dennis Memusi 30 May '18

30 May '18

This might be in good favor to curb dominance, but on Safaricom's point of view, wont this be assisting rivals to compete with them? https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/corporate/companies/CA-could-force-Safa…

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Access Gaps: What would it take? A proposal
by Collins Areba 30 May '18

30 May '18

Hi all, I have a rather interesting suggestion to the powers, power brokers and brokers that be. This is with regard to flattening the access environment countrywide. If you are at CA: Indulge me for a moment. 1) KIXP has proven over time that it is possible, from a technical standpoint to significantly drive traffic locally and in an organized manner. This works well where there is an XP, in the current scheme of things: Nairobi, and if TKL doesnt pull the plug, Msa. 2) If KIXP were operated like a distributed network, with switches in Kilifi, Mombasa, Garsen, Garissa, Thika, and all major towns in the country, so that providers would visit the nearest exchange point and get a port, loop charges would all but disappear. 3) All thats needed is for GOK to give KIXP a dark fiber pair into all major towns, and in exchange, for KIXP to offer 1G, 10G, 100G, etc at subsidized rates in any of these towns, and for NOFBI hosts to be “strongly asked” not to strong arm entrants by levying crazy cross connect or other barriers to entry. Maoni?

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6th African School on Internet Governance Call for Application
by Michael ILISHEBO 30 May '18

30 May '18

Dear all Please distribute to your African networks. Thanks Applications for the 6th African School on Internet Governance https://afrisig.org/apply-now/ Closing date is 16 June 2018 *Michael L. Ilishebo,* *Kitwe, Zambia* *Social Media Handles* *Twitter: @ilishebo* *Skype: michael.ilishebo* *"walk a mile,for a while,with a smile"*

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Fwd: [ccnso-council] ICANN Files Legal Action in Germany to Preserve WHOIS Data
by Ali Hussein 30 May '18

30 May '18

Listers Interesting development. ICANN sues on GDPR specifically on WHOIS Data. See email thread below. This I will be watching closely. Regards *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *AHK & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. ------------------------------ *From: *"Joke Braeken" <joke.braeken(a)icann.org> *To: *ccnso-members(a)icann.org, ccTLDcommunity(a)cctld-managers.org, ccnso-council(a)icann.org *Sent: *Tuesday, May 29, 2018 4:38:56 PM *Subject: *[ccnso-council] ICANN Files Legal Action in Germany to Preserve WHOIS Data Dear all, ICANN on 25 May 2018 filed injunction proceedings against EPAG, a Germany-based, ICANN-accredited registrar that is part of the Tucows Group. ICANN has taken this step to ask the court for assistance in interpreting the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in order to protect the data collected in WHOIS. ICANN's "one-sided filing" in Bonn, Germany, seeks a court ruling to ensure the continued collection of all WHOIS data, so that such data remains available to parties demonstrating legitimate purpose to access it, consistent with the GDPR. EPAG recently informed ICANN that when it sells new domain name registrations it would no longer collect administrative and technical contact information, as it believes collection of that data would violate the GDPR rules. ICANN requires that information to be collected, via its contract with EPAG which authorizes it to sell generic top-level domain name registrations. ICANN recently adopted [icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_ann…> a new Temporary Specification [icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…> regarding how WHOIS data should be collected and which parts may be published, which ICANN believes is consistent with the GDPR. "We are filing an action in Germany to protect the collection of WHOIS data and to seek further clarification that ICANN may continue to require its collection. It is ICANN's public interest role to coordinate a decentralized global WHOIS for the generic top-level domain system. ICANN contractually requires the collection of data by over 2,500 registrars and registries who help ICANN maintain that global information resource," said John Jeffrey, ICANN's General Counsel and Secretary. "We appreciate that EPAG shared their plans with us when they did, so that we could move quickly to ask the German court for clarity on this important issue. We also appreciate that EPAG has agreed that it will not permanently delete WHOIS data collected, except as consistent with ICANN policy." If EPAG's actions stand, those with legitimate purposes, including security-related purposes, law enforcement, intellectual property rights holders, and other legitimate users of that information may no longer be able to access full WHOIS records. ICANN does not seek to require its contracted parties to violate the law. EPAG's position has identified a disagreement with ICANN and others as to how the GDPR should be interpreted. This lawsuit seeks to clarify that difference in interpretation. In its 17 May 2018 adoption of the Temporary Specification for gTLD Registration Data [icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_ann…>, the ICANN Board noted that the global public interest is served by the implementation of a unified policy governing aspects of gTLD registration data when the GDPR goes into effect. "The ICANN org is committed to enforcing our contracts to the fullest extent the law allows and preserving the integrity of the WHOIS system," said ICANN President and CEO Göran Marby. The Temporary Specification [icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_resource…>, effective today, still requires gTLD registry operators and registrars to collect all registration data. If you submit a WHOIS query for a registration subject to the GDPR, you will only receive "thin" data in return, which includes technical data sufficient to identify the sponsoring registrar, status of the registration, and creation and expiration dates for each registration, but not personal data. Additionally, you will have access to an anonymized email address or a web form to facilitate email communication with the relevant contact for that registration. If you are a third party with legitimate interests in gaining access to the non-public data held by the gTLD registry operator or registrar, there are still ways for you to access that data. You can look up the sponsoring registrar and contact them, and they are obligated to respond to you in a reasonable time. If you do not get a response, ICANN's complaint mechanisms [icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_complian…> will be available for you to use. If you find individual parties who you believe are not complying with their obligations under this Temporary Specification or their agreements with ICANN, you may contact ICANN's Contractual Compliance Department to file a complaint. ICANN appreciates the ongoing discussions with the European Commission, and WP29, together with all of the ICANN stakeholders. However, ICANN has seen steps taken by some of our contracted parties that violate their contractual agreements with ICANN. Thus, ICANN must file this action now to both prevent permanent harm to the public interest and seek clarification of the laws, as they relate to the integrity of the WHOIS services. Read the news alert here: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2018-05-25-en [icann.org] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.icann.org_news_ann…> Best regards, Joke Braeken ccNSO Policy Advisor joke.braeken(a)icann.org Follow @ccNSO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ccNSO Follow the ccNSO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ccnso/ http://ccnso.icann.org [image: http://click.icptrack.com/icp/track.php?msgid=1017045&act=MY1H&r=28695457&c…] _______________________________________________ Ccnso-council mailing list Ccnso-council(a)icann.org https://mm.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/ccnso-council

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