The Daily Populous

Sunday October 15th, 2017 morning edition

image for Equifax rival TransUnion also sends site visitors to malicious pages

A security researcher from AV provider Malwarebytes said transunioncentroamerica.com, a TransUnion site serving people in Central America, is also sending visitors to the fraudulent updates and other types of malicious pages.

When clicked, the files infected visitors' computers with adware that was detected by only three of 65 antivirus providers.

On Thursday afternoon, Equifax officials said the mishap was the result of a third-party service Equifax was using to collect website-performance data and that the "vendor's code running on an Equifax website was serving malicious content."

Equifax initially shut down the affected portion of its site, but the company has since restored it after removing the malicious content.

Three hours after this post went live, a TransUnion spokesman sent an e-mail that said: "TransUnion is aware that our Central America website was temporarily redirecting users to download malicious software.

The common thread tying the affected Equifax and TransUnion pages is that both hosted fireclick.js, a JavaScript file that appears to invoke the service serving the malicious content.

At the same time, the incidents show that visitors to both sites remain much more vulnerable to malicious content than they should be. »

Americans are willing to pay $177 a year to avoid climate change

Authored by vox.com

As to the second, the revenue goes to dividends, i.e., it is distributed back to citizens on a per-capita basis.

First, how much are Americans willing to pay per year to fight climate change?

First off, the idea that Americans know exactly how much they’re willing to pay, in advance, to the dollar, is a little fanciful. »

Biloxi school district pulls ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ from 8th grade lesson plan

Authored by clarionledger.com

The Biloxi School District pulled Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' from an 8th-grade lesson plan after hearing complaints about the book's language.

BILOXI - The Biloxi School District got complaints about the wording in “To Kill A Mockingbird” — an American classic being taught in 8th grade English Language Arts classes — and pulled it from the curriculum.

It was an administrative and department decision, a member of the school board said, and not something that the school board voted on. »

Academy Expels Harvey Weinstein

Authored by hollywoodreporter.com
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has expelled disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein from its ranks.

Following the meeting, the Academy issued a statement saying the board had voted "to immediately expel him from the Academy.

And earlier this week, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts suspended Weinstein from its ranks. »