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ID thieves go phishing for GTalk, GMail passwords

ID thieves go phishing for GTalk, GMail passwordsStupid people yet again perpetrate their own stupidity.I generally remove people who get caught up in crap like this from any of my personal lists and generally block anything from them.RE: ID thieves go phishing for GTalk, GMail passwordsUnfortunately, in the case of...

Tags: E-mail providers, Cyberthreats, cloud computing, Spam, SECURITY, ID Thieves, Gmail password, Google Gmail, phishing, Google Talk, Meek, Bible, password

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

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Brazilian ID thieves using Twitter as botnet command channel

You have got to be kidding me?Now we have Twitter being used to command botnets? When is this going to end? Actually, I've already answered my own question: never!Not until PC's are built from the ground up to NEVER EVER automatically run something until they are given permission by the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), E-mail, Web site development, Brazilian ID, Brazilian ID thieve, Twitter, click ok

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Palm; Twitter as botnet command channel

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Exchange 2010 buzz grows louder Ryan Naraine: Brazilian ID thieves using Twitter as botnet command channel...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Palm Inc., Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Tablets, Notebooks, Digital Cameras, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-08-14

Brazilian ID thieves using Twitter as botnet command channel

Arbor Networks security researcher Jose Nazario has stumbled upon a crimeware botnet using Twitter as its command-and-control operation. The botnet, which is linked to identity thieves in Brazil, uses Twitter status messages to communicate with bots -- sending new links for the infected computers to contact and...

Tags: Twitter, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Financial Services, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-13

Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon

Do you even read your own stuff?From your quote:". . . will be releasing a $50 kit at the end of August that will make reading 125-kHz RFID chips ? the kind embedded in [b]employee access cards[/b] ? trivial." emphasis addedAnd yet you go and say that this is a...

Tags: WPA2, passport, RFID, pwnd, RFIDiocy, RFIDiocy pwnd, security, DefCon, Federal Reserve Board

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

ID Theft Calculator 2.0 (Windows)

Scans your PC and finds online accounts and personal information at risk for Identity Theft! After a quick scan, ID Theft Calculator calculates your risk score for identity theft. It alerts you to usernames and passwords that could easily be obtained by identity thieves.

Tags: Microsoft Windows, White Sky, Identity Theft, Security

Software downloads 2009-06-22

With Windows 7, 'Genuine' is out; 'Activation' is in

With Windows 7, 'Genuine' is out; 'Activation' is inLess Onerous?? How About Less Frequent???I am sick of the weekly "Genuine Windows Critical System Update".Once my copy of Windows has been validated, leave me alone. Go away, stop harassing me!Product activation is the work of Satan. And the "Genuine Horse Hockey"...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., piracy, Microsoft Windows 7, Genuine Horse Hockey, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Alpine KCE-400BT Bluetooth Adapter

The Alpine KCE-400BT is part of Alpine's series of add-on modules that, in this case, adds Bluetooth connectivity to receivers that support Alpine's proprietary Ai-NET high-speed connection cable, extending the flexibility of its line of car stereo receivers. However, the KCE-400BT not only adds hands-free calling technology powered by Parrot--makers...

Tags: adapter, Alpine KCE-400BT, Alpine, receiver

Product reviews 2009-04-28

News to know: Congress; Newser; Apple; VMware; High-speed rail

Harry Fuller: Confronting Congressional hypocrisy The U.S. is losing it Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Newser Versus The New York Times, Revisited: Who's Copying Whom? Andrew Nusca: Apple director: 'no change' in Jobs' plans Sam Diaz: No Twitter blasts...

Tags: Google Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, U.S. Congress, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Sam Diaz, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Cloud Computing, E-mail Providers, Strategy, Hardware, Internet, Management

Blog posts 2009-02-26

ID thieves go phishing for GTalk, GMail passwords

If you use Google's GMail or GTalk services, pay special attention to random e-mails or instant messages requesting your login credentials. There is a major spam run underway with a phishing scam using social engineering techniques to snag Google Account usernames and passwords and, according to multiple...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Google Talk, Password, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail Providers, Viruses And Worms, Cloud Computing, Security, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-02-25

Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammer

Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammerwhat a moronquit get ride of the moronRE: Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammerMore! More! We need lost more of this kind of thing! Why isn't the news media picking up on any of this? We need to add pressure...

Tags: Cyberthreats, MESSAGE-ID, spam, Facebook, judgement, spammer, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-11-24

Fighting the battle against identity theft

Fighting the battle against identity theftMy mail and DL from Tx. and some checksThese items were taken. My apartment mail key was also snatched. Luckily the complex had old mail units and they were replaced shortly after id discovered what was going on. My license came up missing from...

Tags: Jason Ellis, bank, identity theft

Discussion threads 2008-11-20

DarkMarket ID theft message board shuts down

DarkMarket, an infamous underground message board that provides a haven for identity thieves to buy, trade and sell stolen data, plans to shut down operations. According to Threat Level's Kevin Poulsen, the three-year-old forum will go dark on October 4. The shutdown plan follows the recent...

Tags: Message Board, Forum, DarkMarket ID Theft Message Board, Shutdown Plan, Real Estate, Hacking, Security, Business Operations, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-18

An (Imaginary?) Hannaford Conspiracy

An (Imaginary?) Hannaford ConspiracyJust what is Linux?Linux is JUST the kernel, GNU Linux is the OS core. Many, many add-on packages are included in a Linux distro. Unlike Windoze, the Linux distro is made up of many different independent programs - each one with it's own ownership and licensing.There is...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Hannaford, Good security, security, point-of-sale

Discussion threads 2008-04-08

U2 manager takes Internet providers to task

U2 manager takes Internet providers to taskLike blaming the government because ...This is as bombastic and idiotic as any other idea that would the government because stolen cars are moved on public highways!Hey, he is right.Nothing else worth saying, unless your a pirate that is. They will whine endlessly..."Their...

Tags: Piracy, Internet, music industry, music

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

Government supplies SSNs to identity thefts

Government supplies SSNs to identity theftsThe problem isthat the SSN was never intended to serve any kind of identification role whatsoever. But as the nannystate grew, the government began to require it on more and more pieces of paper until it has become a de facto national ID card.RE: Government...

Tags: SSN, identity theft

Discussion threads 2008-01-07

U.K. government loses pensioner data

U.K. government loses pensioner datawow.. no backupmy career opportunities are looking better and better with each breach.network/data admin etc...yet another data loss - how can we trust them with ID cards?Yet another data loss.They want us all to have ID cards... how can we trust them to look after the...

Tags: data loss, pensioner data, U.K. Government

Discussion threads 2007-12-20

Microsoft to modify Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy scheme

Microsoft to modify Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy schemeAs the old song goes...."We won't get fooled again". Bravo Microsoft for combating software piracy! Long live WGA! Feel the WOW:http://www.microsoft.com/india/vistasongs/WoW%20is%20Now%20-%20full%20song.mp3Nice but what of XP's WGA?Anyone know what the change to XP's WGA that Windows Update has is about?RE: Microsoft to modify...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Piracy, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-12-03

The happiest Vista customers: Mac users?

The happiest Vista customers: Mac users?Could be quite a fewhowever, my niece was required to install Windows on her MacBook to run some sort of CAD software that the university was using for a class.NoneNo serious gamer is using vistaI suggest you do some researchGarmin now has some apps to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, hardware, happiest Vista customer, Vista customer, Mac-user, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-27

Anti-Real ID rebellion comes to the Senate

Anti-Real ID rebellion comes to the Senatearrrrrrrrggggggggggwe need to repeal this stupid idea.And what part of "illegal" does the washington post not get?I am so tired of people whining about "think of the families you are breaking up when you round up illegal immigrants" If you can't do the time,...

Tags: Regulations, Anti-Real ID, U.S. Senate

Discussion threads 2007-05-10