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Wiretaps up, terrorism prosecutions down

Wiretaps up, terrorism prosecutions downElephant repellent[i]Extraordinary rendition, anyone?[/i]See? It works!raymarc001The far sweeping powers that GW grabbed after 911 MUST come to an end! The ability of a president to write executive orders will destroy the USA if this isn't stopped. Every executive order GW has created must be repealed....

Tags: homeland security, terrorism prosecution, terrorism, executive order

Discussion threads 2008-05-12

Wiretaps up, terrorism prosecutions down

We have been told that our very safety, our "homeland security," is dependent on the federal government having extraordinary powers to snoop, listen and search without the traditional (pronounced "constitutional") checks provided by judicial review. One part of this equation works as advertised – the incursion...

Tags: terrorism, terrorism prosecution, homeland security, government, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-05-12

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Indictments in huge hacking & theft case

Indictments in huge hacking & theft caseNo sympathy on my partThere's something terribly ironic that hackers "concealed the data in encrypted computer servers that they controlled in Eastern Europe and the United States." I thought information was suppose to be free...I'm not interested in hearing about good hackers and...

Tags: security, wi-fi, retail, hacker, hacking, huge hacking, wireless, manifesto, theft case

Discussion threads 2008-08-05

NYPD recruit victims of crime, to fight crime

I think it's fair to say, many will agree with me, that some law enforcement agencies, departments and organisations are a mere haemorrhoid, dangling from the arse of our societies. Strong statement indeed, but what can be done about it? Policy shift, cabinet change, elect a new leader, revolution? ...

Tags: crime, corporate communications, identity theft, homeland security, marketing, security, government, zack whittaker

Blog posts 2008-08-04

Gary McKinnon – 'world's most dangerous hacker' – to be extradited

The Guardian, out of the United Kingdom, is reporting that Gary McKinnon, the "world's most dangerous hacker", will be extradited to the United States to face criminal hacking charges. McKinnon, a 42 year old unemployed systems administrator from north London, allegedly hacked into systems belonging to the US army,...

Tags: hacker, gary mckinnon, hacking, security, nathan mcfeters

Blog posts 2008-07-30

Green light for hacker's extradition

Green light for hacker's extraditionUS owned server spaceWhen he hacked into our military's network's, he was trespassing on US owned server space.The EU would cry bloody murder if we had a little pasty 16 yr old hack MI6 and do what this guy did, and we didn't extradite him. book...

Tags: hacking, security, green light, extradition, hacker

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Responding to the DNS vulnerability and attacks

Responding to the DNS vulnerability and attacksThis is good to know ...[i]Furthermore, if you have a server behind a NAT device, some NAT devices will undo the UDP port randomness introduced by the patch. Fortunately, Linux iptables and OpenBSD’s pf are not vulnerable, but many popular NAT devices are.[/i]I've...

Tags: networking, linux, unix, security, operating systems, nat device, network address translation, dns

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

FSF's "Defective by Design" asks supports to mob Apple Genius Bars

FSF's "Defective by Design" asks supports to mob Apple Genius BarsThe FSF should be classified ....... as a terrorist organization. I am not a big fan of Apple but this kind of harrassment is uncalled for! If you disagree with Apple then don't buy their products. Don't...

Tags: homeland security, free software foundation, apple inc., terrorism

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

Childs rigged crazyquilt private network

The prosecution unveiled more details on the lunacy in San Francisco in court filings that urged the judge to keep rogue network administrator Terry Childs' bail at $5 million. The Chronicle reports that prosecutors say that Childs had over 1,000 modems secreted around the city, forming his own private network...

Tags: network, prosecutor, networking, productivity, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-07-24

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."My ViewFirst, no one hates Microsoft more than I do - for both practical and ethical reasons. After dealing with Microshaft's endless parade of crap for nearly two decades, I finally abandoned my PC for a Mac. It was one of the best moves of...

Tags: unix, operating systems, open source, linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-24

Another student hacks another police website

Oh the fun. Once again, another police website has been hacked by a student, showing that even the police aren't safe from all crimes. This is another link in the long chain of attacks over the years from egotistical teenagers trying to get a kick out of life without sticking...

Tags: web site, attack, web site development, web technology, internet, zack whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja

Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninjaLiberties"Mr. Future President, while you’re at it, could you also do something about all of the civil liberties we’re losing because of the ‘war on terrorism’? That’d be great. Thanks!"that is the point of Cyber Czar - censor what...

Tags: security, cyber-security measure, comprehensive cyber-security measure, obama, cybersecurity

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja

Update: It would seem that Richard Stiennon agrees with me on the concept of a group of experts to advise, also on keeping away from spending ridiculous amounts of money. Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: "The premeditated use...

Tags: john mccain, cybersecurity, security, nathan mcfeters

Blog posts 2008-07-18

Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter

Owen Thor Walker, a 18 years old ringleader of an international cybercrime group, known as AKILL, part of the A-Team, a group of 8 script kiddies which were all caught in a operation called "Operation Bot Roast II" bust executed by the FBI and several international law enforcement agencies in...

Tags: job, malware, bot, malware bot, privmsg, spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, viruses and worms, security, dancho danchev

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom

Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United KingdomDatabasesSince you're paying attention... look at bills, proclamations, edicts, etc. in other parts of the world including the USA.The senate just passed a sweeping communications bill that has the same effect as the UK's "proposal". Seems that the G8 or some other organization...

Tags: food & beverage, nate, big brother getting bigger part 2, microsoft windows nt

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom

In a move to bring direct competition to the US on who can be the bigger, badder, more blatant Big Brother, the United Kingdom has apparently decided to create a database holding the telephone numbers and email accounts of everyone in Britain.  The details of every phone conversation, SMS, and...

Tags: phone, mr., data communications bill, internet, storage, databases, telecom & utilities, hardware, enterprise software, software, data management, nathan mcfeters

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Happy 4th of July

For all of my blasting of the TSA and the US Government for our strange, inappropriate, inadequate, and sometimes unacceptable security practices, I am damn proud to be an American. There's many countries I've visited in this world, and I love many of them, but none like the good...

Tags: blog, blogging, internet, nathan mcfeters

Blog posts 2008-07-04

Autonomy CEO: Web 2.0 'under all the hype, there is something there...'

An intriguing article by 'meaning based computing' company Autonomy's CEO Mike Lynch in today's Financial Times: Embracing the friend, taming the beast – Web 2.0 in the enterprise. Autonomy are mature and stable (with a 4 billion market capitalisation), rapidly becoming the second largest pure software company...

Tags: web, autonomy corp. plc, web 2.0, channel management, internet, marketing, oliver marks

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Tech, telecom join up to beat back trolls

Seeing as how patent reform has died on the vine, several tech and telecom companies are taking matters into their own hands, the Wall Street Journal reports. Scared by the NTP v Research in Motion case, in which the BlackBerry maker came perilously close to folding...

Tags: patent, troll, ntp, telephony, telecommunications, networking, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-06-30

200,000 sites spreading web malware, China's hosting the most

200,000 sites spreading web malware, China's hosting the mostJust a guessI would suspect that most of the china sites are owned by American spammers,malware owners.I say we just cut China's segment off...Until the Chinese government seems to give a damn about poision food, poison web sites and rampant piracy, I...

Tags: tools & techniques, channel management, web site development, spam, spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, looking back, web malware, software, web

Discussion threads 2008-06-25