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- Selling customer information leads to prosecution
- What's the big deal?Isn't this how everyone does it? My boss would routinely buy millions of data records from companies to conduct email campaigns.Ah, but in Great BritainThey have made it TOTALLY illegal to sell data records. You cannot do stuff like this period over there, and I applaud...
- Tags: Asset management, INTERNET, Big Deal, asset, customer information
- Discussion threads 2009-11-18
- Google trying not to cross 'the creepy line'
- RE: Google trying not to cross 'the creepy line'google crossed that line several squares back unlike M$ Google is openGoogle is transparent and does not cross the criminal line.That you know of. I, on the otherhandknow that they have crossed that criminal line many a time.You see, the best criminals...
- Tags: Backups, Google Inc., creepy line
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded
- ... WHAT?Who in their right mind keep a server running with default usernames/passwords on the default port....I doubt that jailbroken iPhones are alone in this. It's possible, specially if iPhones have a ssh server running, that this could happen on non-jailbroken iPhones also.Just one question...Has this person been remanded yet?...
- Tags: Smart phones, extortion, Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-on
- RE: Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-onIf it had to be blacklisted or not I really don't care now. Implementing code without end user permission is enough reason. We all know MS ways so I am glad Mozilla people used this way and hope they keep doing it in...
- Tags: Web browsers, .NET, Linux Distro, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Corp., MS .NET Firefox add-on, MS .NET, vunerability, plug-in
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- i4i vs. Microsoft appeal heard; Trash talk ensues
- i Just hope taht MS will have it in the jaw big time For once a little guy could give the knock-out to MS would be a joy ....Would be so niceWould love to see this one almost bankrupt Microsoft.Would love it even more if the next one wipes them...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Custom XML, Microsoft Corp., I4i
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?
- Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?I've been saying this for a while.[i]When it comes to trade-offs between security and convenience, convenience always wins.[/i]security = 1 / convenienceRE: Who's to blame for unsecured WiFi connections?I can't believe that you're endorsing having the police in any country "wardriving" around to detect...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless and Mobility, LANs, Wi-Fi, WLAN, router, Wi-Fi connection
- Discussion threads 2009-07-23
- A tragic tale of cyber crime: This could be your mom
- A tragic tale of cyber crime: This could be your momMcAfee, rightWould have been better comming from a non security / software company.RE: A tragic tale of cyber crime: This could be your momUnfortunatly this story rings all to clear to me. A very close friend whoat the time was...
- Tags: tragic tale, tale
- Discussion threads 2009-05-19
- Pirate Bay defendant urges DDo$ attack on lawyer
- Pirate Bay defendant urges DDo$ attack on lawyerBrave but silly manHe has yet to realise the golden rule in life, **NEVER** go up against lawyers.Especially, if they have just smacked you down in court.Revenge is sweete, except it will be the lawyer taking it all.. Yeah, sounds like Pirate Bay...
- Tags: Piracy, SECURITY, Revenge, Pirate Bay, DDo$ attack, DDo$, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-05-12
- Recording VoIP Calls: Is it Legal?
- Recording VoIP Calls: Is it Legal?Nooooo, VOIP is a telephone callThe FCC "First report and Order" regarding CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act clearly puts VOIP within the wiretap statute, which, for the purposes of recording a call, treats VOIP like any other telephone call - with the same...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Federal government, voip call, Pure Digital, phone, Is it Legal, VoIP-calls, VoIP, IS IT
- Discussion threads 2009-05-07
- Craigslist becomes political pinata
- Craigslist becomes political pinataCraigs List Last time I checked The Washington Post and the Yellow Book in this area the ads there were nothing like what is posted in the Wash DC Erotic Services section of Craigs. A photo of a naked woman on her knees giving a blow...
- Tags: Craigslist, Craigs List, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2009-05-06
- Botnet hijack: Inside the Torpig malware operation
- Security researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara have broken into the nerve center of the Torpig botnet also called Sinowal or Mebroot to find a 10-day stash of 10,000 bank accounts and credit card numbers worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. During the botnet hijack,...
- Tags: Credit Card, Malware, Torpig, Card Number, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Sales, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-05-04
- From Fun to Profit: The Evolution of Malware
- Digital threats have evolved from a bizarre hobby for computer geeks into a huge source of profit for organized cyber-crime. From a technical point of view, malware has diversified to enable pursuit of a wide variety of criminal objectives and has increased its capabilities for penetration into victim systems. Recognizing...
- Tags: Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- White papers 2009-04-16
- Students sue over "sexting" case
- Students sue over "sexting" caseAmster, Amster, d@m-d@m-d@mCould it be that puritanical American society is becoming closer to European society? Every new generation seems to be less conservative and more willing to explore/experiment. The "free love" of the 1960's is a good example of this behavior.Kids today are realizing just how...
- Tags: pornography law, R@PE, nudity
- Discussion threads 2009-03-26
- TomTom tells Ballmer tear down this wall
- TomTom tells Ballmer tear down this wallwell said!No it's time for OIN members to honor their agreement and counter sue M$ for patent violations.Just say..."I'm a doughnut". That's what the translation will be anyway.Microsoft will find inself increasingly isolated trying to preventcompetition and maintain the proprietary model. Companies all...
- Tags: Construction, TomTom, Steve Ballmer, wall, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- BBC: Botnet purchase experiment was in 'public interest'
- BBC: Botnet purchase experiment was in 'public interest'These so-called security firmsought to be doing the same. To uncover the people behind the sale of botnets, while at the same time removing a few thousand from malicious use.I guess they are 'dependents' on this sort of thing. And that's why they...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, British Broadcasting Corp., computer, botnet, BotNet, public interest, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- Will Google be targeted by new Attorney General for Antitrust?
- Will Google be targeted by new Attorney General for Antitrust?It's probably inevitableAs Google continues to grow, it will increasingly step on competitors' toes, and more and more of them will start complaining to antitrust regulators. See below:http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2009/02/b2b-search-engine-accuses-google-of-anticompetitive-prices.arsI think it's good to be proactiveIt seems to me that is all she...
- Tags: Corporate law, Google Inc., antitrust, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-19
- Can the smartphone beat down violent crime?
- Can the smartphone beat down violent crime?RE: Can the smartphone beat down violent crime?Depends on how much the smartphone weighs, and where you strike the assailant :)Technically not hard to accomplish MurphFor example, my cell phone a Nokia N95 has an [url=http://mymobilesite.net/]Apache Web server built in[/url], with Python and Perl...
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, violent crime, smart phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2009-01-22
- Microsoft study debunks phishing profitability
- Microsoft study debunks phishing profitabilityTwo points1. Phishing may or may not be profitable, but the victim loses nonetheless.2. One of the functions of organized crime is to reduce/eliminate competition in illegal enterprises in order to maximize profit.Ergo, if there is too much competition now, then it's only a...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., phishing
- Discussion threads 2009-01-08
- China gives jail time to Windows counterfeiters
- China has cracked down on a global software-counterfeiting syndicate, with 11 'ringleaders' each facing up to six-and-a-half years in jail. Eleven counterfeiters have been given jail sentences of between one-and-a-half and six-and-a-half years by a Chinese court after being found guilty of producing fake Microsoft software. ...
- Tags: Software, China, Syndicate, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Management, Microsoft, counterfeit, legal, Windows, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2009-01-05
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