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• US Joint Chiefs of Staff emails targeted by Russian hackers

  Reports say it was the same group that targeted the State Department and White House

• NSA will lose access to 'historical' phone surveillence data Nov. 29

  After Nov. 29, data requests must be made on an as-needed basis to the FISA Court

• Ad fraud Trojan updates Flash Player so that other malware can't get in

  Despite being distributed through exploit kits, the Kovter Trojan appears to be ruining their business by patching valuable flaws

• Cisco plans to buy security-as-a-service provider OpenDNS

  OpenDNS provides Web filtering and malware protection services to 65 million users

• Windows 10 will allow apps to actively scan their content for malware

  Developers will be able to have their apps talk to the locally installed antivirus programs through a new API

• In desperation, many ransomware victims plead with attackers

  TeslaCrypt creators negotiated with victims, earned over $76,000 in two months