Derailed after alerting pharmaceutical companies about the unusually large shipments of opioids. Tmobile and sprint are planning to announce a merger as they gear up for what could turn into challenging antitrust negotiations with the government. The merger could create the nations thirdlargest mobile business behind verizon and at t. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, october 16th. Good morning to you. We begin this half hour with firefighters finally turning a corner in the battle against californias deadliest wildfires. Fire officials in Northern California say theyve made tremendous progress. With a little help from a shift in the weather. Right now 15 large fires are still burning and even as thousands of residents are allowed to return home, many others remain missing. The death toll has already climbed to at least 40. Abcs linzie janis has more from santa rosa. Reporter flames in every direction. Incinerating this house. Just two blocks from the nearest fire stati
Not the only person in my family who was adopted. This is this is the cbs weekend news. Share it with another researcher to stop the problem. A lot of security researchers commonly use just various methods of sharing samples and codes, sometimes it will be as simple as taking a screen shot from one of the programs that we use to reverse engineer malware such as this. Reporter he covered a kill switch for the ransomware and shared it on twitter. At the same time halfway around the world a british researcher that goes by the handle malwaretech stumbled on the same solution stopping the spread of the attack. But not before affecting 200,000 computers at hospital, bankers, europes policing agency rob wainwright. We have seen the rise of ransomware becoming the principal threat but there is something we havent seen before. The attack forces users to pay 300 or risk their data being erased. Huss says less than 48 hours after stopping the cyberattack, new code has its the ransomware to work w
Not the only person in my family who was adopted. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im elaine quijano. The global hack attack that started friday is expected to cause monday morning computer problems around the world. A second wave of socalled rans ransom ware could freeze computer as people return to work. Mireya villarreal spoke to an expert. I would say that this is the worst ransom ware attack that has ever happened. Reporter 28yearold seeker security engineer darian husk says it took him ten minutes to analyze code that helped take down the worldwide ransom ware that hit computers in more than 150 countries. Reporter how were you able to find a sample of the code and share it with another researcher . A lot of researchers use various methods of sharing samples and codes. Sometimes it will be as simple as taking a screen shot from within of the programs that we use to reverse engineer malware such as this. Reporter he discovered a kill switch and shared
A u. S. Official tells reuters it landed about 60 miles off the coast of russia. It was the First Successful test after a string of recent failures. The regime continues to test banned ballistic missiles, despite worldwide condemnation. But the u. S. Military says the flight pattern of todays launch was not consistent with an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile often icbm, the type that could reach the u. S. Mainland. In january, north korean dictator kim jong un said an icbm test was imminent, but it hasnt happened yet. This shorterrange test comes days after south korea elected a new president , who wants to engage pyongyang, not isolate it. But today his spokesman said dialog is only possible if north korea changes course. In a statement, the white house called for stronger sanctions. And pointed out that the missile landed near russian territory, adding thaes russia is pleased. Russias president expressed concern over the launch in beijing. Today china called for restraint and calm.
Settlement construction. Now some question whether trump will reverse that. That would be, in my judgment, a serious mistake and a setback toward efforts to achieve can peace in the region. The president elect got into. Another diplomatic dance after tweeting the United States must greatly strengthen and expand its Nuclear Capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding news. That came after Vladimir Putin called on his country to boost its nuclear power. Today trump also worked on his White House Team naming familiar face Kellyanne Conway as counsellor to the president. He was krit u call to the win and now going to uphold one of the top positions of the white house. Also appointed today was shaun spicer, spokesman for the Republican National committee. Im jennifer johnson. A verbal attack on ivanka trump led to an ugly incident on a flight out of new york. Today trump, her husband u and three kids were flying out of jfk when the first leg of the trip to hawaii.