Tuesday, October 4, 2011

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Monday, October 3, 2011

OnStar reverses course on controversial GPS tracking plans - Computerworld

OnStar reverses course on controversial GPS tracking plans - Computerworld:

GM subsidiary OnStar has reversed course on a planned change to its privacy policies that would have let it collect and share GPS tracking and other data from vehicles -- even after their users stopped subscribing to OnStar service.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Facebook changes touch privacy nerve – USATODAY.com

Ten consumer and privacy groups have joined Reps. Ed Markey, D-Mass., and Joe Barton, R-Tex., in calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate new sharing mechanisms designed to accelerate the collection and dispersal of information about Facebook users' Internet activities.

Facebook changes touch privacy nerve – USATODAY.com

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Poisoned Google image searches becoming a problem

If you are a regular user of Google's search engine you might have noticed that poisoned search results have practically become a common occurrence.

Poisoned Google image searches becoming a problem

Friday, September 30, 2011

ISC Diary | More on Google image poisoning

The activities behind the scenes to poison Google’s image search are actually (and unfortunately) relatively simple.

ISC Diary | More on Google image poisoning

Thursday, September 29, 2011

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Feds seize $15m from scareware monger's Swiss account • The Register

Feds seize $15m from scareware monger's Swiss account • The Register:

Last year, the US Attorney's office in Chicago accused Jain of selling more than $100m worth of rogue antivirus software.

The programs carried titles such as WinFixer, WinAntivirus, DriveCleaner, and ErrorSafe and sold for $30 to $70 for each copy. The US citizen and former resident of Mountain View, California, was believed to have fled to Ukraine, authorities said at the time.

Feds seize $15m from scareware monger's Swiss account • The Register

Feds seize $15m from scareware monger's Swiss account • The Register:

Jain had originally surrendered to ICE agents, but was declared a fugitive in January 2009 when he failed to appear for a scheduled appearance in federal court in San Jose, California.

Hackers breach Sony's password reset system | Security | News | PC Pro

Hackers breach Sony's password reset system | Security | News | PC Pro:

“A new hack is currently doing the rounds in dark corners of the internet that allows the attacker the ability to change your password using only your account’s email and date of birth,” the website reported. “Without any shadow of a doubt this is real.”

Monday, September 26, 2011

Modern Warfare, Too - by Michael Tanji - Tablet Magazine - A New Read on Jewish Life

Modern Warfare, Too - by Michael Tanji - Tablet Magazine - A New Read on Jewish Life:

"If you’re not actually going to bomb your adversaries back into the Stone Age, you don’t want to destroy the power plant, you just want to turn it off, because eventually you want the lights to come back."

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Masterminds of far-reaching scareware scam charged - SC Magazine US

Masterminds of far-reaching scareware scam charged - SC Magazine US:

A trio of men have been indicted for their alleged role in a highly profitable, Ukraine-based "scareware" scheme that tricked unwitting users into purchasing more than one million fake anti-virus programs, resulting in an estimated $100 million in losses to victims.

Shaileshkumar Jain
Bjorn Sundin
James Reno
Chicago

CyberCrime & Doing Time

CyberCrime & Doing Time:

We've already seen nearly 500 copies of the new Government-related Zeus spam campaign so far this morning in the UAB Spam Data Mine. As has been typical in this campaign that we first started tracking on July 13th, the detection has been fairly horrible each morning for the new malware version.

(ISC)2 Security Transcends Technology

(ISC)2 Security Transcends Technology:

There is an immediate need from the public to better understand information security safety issues

Security sector on the attack - The Irish Times - Fri, Sep 23, 2011

Security sector on the attack - The Irish Times - Fri, Sep 23, 2011:

At the opposite end of the spectrum, attacks are now being created specifically to exploit flaws in just one organisation’s systems, or to target particular individuals.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Cyber-Security Can't Ignore Human Behavior - James Fallows - Technology - The Atlantic

Cyber-Security Can't Ignore Human Behavior - James Fallows - Technology - The Atlantic:

Here's a quote we can't agree with:

"On the positive side, the cyber-universe can be thought of as reduced to the 0s and 1s of binary data. Actions in this universe consist of sequences of changes to binary data, interleaved in time, and having some sort of locations in space. One can speculate as to why mathematics is so effective in explaining physics, but the cyber-world is inherently mathematical."

Noooo, cyber-world is inherently human, humans doing things with binary data.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Health Data Management: Security

Data Security: With increasing federal scrutiny of health care data breaches, maintaining a secure network and clinical infrastructure is crucial for both payers and providers. Topics here include: data breaches, data encryption and other security techniques, access and authentication issues, and regulatory requirements.

Craigslist Apartment Scams Target Renters Seeking Deals | Internet Scams & Phishing | Identity Theft & Online Fraud | SecurityNewsDaily

This particular listing in question, in San Diego, was spotted by Stephen Cobb, who came across it while looking to relocate from upstate New York for a new job that began Sept. 1 in the sunny Southern California city.
It's the job Cobb was moving to take, as a researcher for the cybersecurity firm ESET, that helped him recognize and avoid falling victim to the alluring apartment scam.


Craigslist Apartment Scams Target Renters Seeking Deals | Internet Scams & Phishing | Identity Theft & Online Fraud | SecurityNewsDaily

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Forget 2012 end of the world, the PC apocalypse comes in 2015

Forget 2012 end of the world, the PC apocalypse comes in 2015:

"Forget what we have taken for granted on how consumers use the Internet", Karsten Weide, IDC research vice president, says in a statement. "Soon, more users will access the Web using mobile devices than using PCs, and it's going to make the Internet a very different place".

Windows XP PCs breed rootkit infections - Computerworld

Windows XP PCs breed rootkit infections - Computerworld:

Machines running the decade-old Windows XP make up a huge reservoir of infected PCs that can spread malware to other systems, a Czech antivirus company said today.

Windows XP computers are infected with rootkits out of proportion to the operating system's market share, according to data released Thursday by Avast Software, which surveyed more than 600,000 Windows PCs.

While XP now accounts for about 58% of all Windows systems in use, 74% of the rootkit infections found by Avast were on XP machines.

XP's share of the infection pie was much larger than Windows 7's, which accounted for only 12% of the malware-plagued machines -- even though the 2009 OS now powers 31% of all Windows PCs.

What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com

What if the Secret to Success Is Failure? - NYTimes.com

Very stimulating article on education.

UBS Says Trading Losses Were Closer to $2.3 Billion - NYTimes.com

File under unbelievable?

UBS Says Trading Losses Were Closer to $2.3 Billion - NYTimes.com:

“The true magnitude of the risk exposure was distorted because the positions had been offset in our systems with fictitious, forward-settling, cash ETF positions, allegedly executed by the trader,” the UBS statement said. “These fictitious trades concealed the fact that the index futures trades violated UBS’s risk limits.”

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Latest Earthquakes M5.0 in the World - Past 7 days

Latest Earthquakes M5.0 in the World - Past 7 days:

Magnitude 5 and greater earthquakes located by the USGS and contributing networks in the last week (168 hours). Magnitudes 6 and above are in red. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones on the maps.)

MLK memorial ‘holy ground’ for many - The Washington Post

MLK memorial ‘holy ground’ for many - The Washington Post:

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial official unveiling on the National Mall is scheduled for Sunday, August 28.

Richard Clarke 9/11 Interview: Was There a CIA Cover-Up?

Richard Clarke 9/11 Interview: Was There a CIA Cover-Up? - The Daily Beast:

Did the CIA keep mum about two 9/11 hijackers because it tried and failed to recruit them? Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan, authors of 'The Eleventh Day,' on whether there’s any truth behind ex-Bush official Richard Clarke’s claim.

Russia Green Lights $65 Billion Siberia-Alaska Rail and Tunnel to Bridge the Bering Strait!

Russia Green Lights $65 Billion Siberia-Alaska Rail and Tunnel to Bridge the Bering Strait!

The high speed railway and tunnel will be a private public partnership whose economic impact could be startling. 100 million tons of freight could be moved per year using the most efficient known way of transport. Proposed tidal energy plants could provide 10 gigawatts of energy and a string of wind power fields could churn a constant supply of clean energy, serving as a vital link to a worldwide energy grid. The tunnel alone would take fifteen years to complete — and an energy and railway network would take many more — but the project would significantly change the shipping and energy industry.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Used KUBOTA Tractors, KUBOTA Tractors For Sale At TractorHouse.com

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2006 KUBOTA L3830HST, US $17,000, KS
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2005 KUBOTA L3830, US $25,200, GA
KUBOTA BX2350, US $10,000, MI

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Scam: Just Gorgeus 2bedrooms/2bathrooms Apartment Downtown

Only trouble is, this same place is for rent in DC, Seattle, Boston, and so on...get the picture, same in every posting.

"Fully furnished, the apartment has everything that you wished for,"

Just Gorgeus 2bedrooms/2bathrooms Apartment Downtown

Renovated spacious and clean apartment 2bd/2ba central location

Apartment scam

Renovated spacious and clean apartment 2bd/2ba central location:

"Fully furnished, the apartment has everything that you wished for,"

Clean and Spacious Apartment Scam

Apartment scam:

Clean and Spacious Apartment 2bd/2ba Great Location:

"Fully furnished, Modern kitchen and bath, cable TV, Internet WI-FI, electricity/water/local phone, Nestled in a quiet, almost suburban-like setting,"

Monday, August 15, 2011

Summary of the Amazon EC2, Amazon EBS, and Amazon RDS Service Event

Summary of the Amazon Service Events in the EU West Region:

"We would like to share more details with our customers about the events that occurred with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (“EC2”), Amazon Elastic Block Store (“EBS”), and Amazon Relational Database Service (“RDS”) earlier this week, and what we are doing to prevent these sorts of issues from happening again. The service disruption primarily affected EC2 instances, RDS instances, and a subset of EBS volumes in a single Availability Zone in the EU West Region"

What is a Violation of Privacy?

What is a Violation of Privacy?

"The problems with the privacy community are two things. First: they are creating a reality distortion field around your rights to privacy. Second: they cannot tell the difference between a potential violation and an actual violation."

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Tribeca Nylon Tri-fold Carry-on Garment Bag | Overstock.com

Tribeca Nylon Tri-fold Carry-on Garment Bag | Overstock.com:

"The Garment bag was surprisingly attractive, spacious and apparently durable. Nice to have something that is functional and will fit in approved carry-on space"

Monday, August 8, 2011

Open Directory - Computers: Security: Policy: Sample Policies

Very handy when you need security policies.

Open Directory - Computers: Security: Policy: Sample Policies

"Defines acceptable use of IT equipment and computing services, and the appropriate employee security measures to protect the organization's corporate resources and proprietary information."

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Official Website Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles

Official Website Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles:

"If you want to review the current status of your driver license, you can check that at no cost online by clicking here."

Friday, August 5, 2011

Meet Dark Tangent, the hacker behind Black Hat and DEF CON - CNN.com

"CNN: How did Black Hat and DEF CON get started?

Moss: The two are definitely interconnected. DEF CON started several years before Black Hat did because there was just no market for a commercial-type security con. Everything was underground or much more informal and when the Internet started growing up then all of a sudden companies were looking around for security information. A friend of mine suggested I should charge a lot more money and make a professional version of DEF CON."

Meet Dark Tangent, the hacker behind Black Hat and DEF CON - CNN.com:

China Suspected Of Shady RAT Attacks -- InformationWeekChina Suspected Of Shady RAT Attacks - security Blog

China Suspected Of Shady RAT Attacks -- InformationWeekChina Suspected Of Shady RAT Attacks - security Blog:

"Shady RAT--for remote access tool--is the name of the 'low and slow' attack detected by McAfee, and detailed in a report it released on Tuesday. According to McAfee, the attack successfully compromised at least 72 organizations, including 22 governmental agencies and contractors, 13 defense contractors, 23 businesses, and think tanks, political nonprofits, and other organizations."

Thursday, August 4, 2011

SDBJ Annual Awards Programs

SDBJ Annual Awards Programs:

"San Diego is home to some of the most successful companies and business people in the world. At the San Diego Business Journal we do more than just cover these standouts, we reward them for their success. Annually, the San Diego Business Journal presents special award ceremonies and educational seminars, celebrating the beacons of our region and providing top quality mentoring from the highest levels of the national business world."

San Diego Business Journal Online Store | San Diego Business Journal

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• 51 weeks of the San Diego Business Journal
• The Annual Book of Lists [the Ultimate Reference Guide to San Diego County business
• All published Special Supplements
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Rebuilding rural America through rural philanthropy

Rebuilding rural America through rural philanthropy:

"From the Rural Tour, which I led two years ago — to the new White House Rural Council, which I chair — from broadband, to energy and microenterprises, the USDA’s ongoing focus has been jobs and opportunity for rural citizens. This kind of opportunity adds value to agricultural products, attracts industry and makes rural America competitive. But our work also goes to quality-of-life issues like education, healthcare and community services, and makes rural communities better places to live and raise families.

Rural America abounds with potential, but we must better use a powerful tool capable of also improving opportunity in rural America: philanthropic partnerships.

Our rural communities need more investment, innovation and networks.

To unleash the wealth and capital that exist in our rural communities we need funding from many sources. That is why I traveled to Kansas City this week to address the Rural Philanthropy Conference of the Council on Foundations."

White space rural broadband moves one step closer

White space rural broadband moves one step closer:

"The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the organisation that helped ignite the Wi-Fi revolution nearly a decade ago, has published a new wireless standard that promises to bring broadband access to under-served rural areas.

Called IEEE 802.22, the new specification has been designed to take advantage of those portions of the radio frequency spectrum that are increasingly available as digital television switchover schemes make progress around the world.

With support for both VHF (very-high frequency) and UHF (ultra-high frequency) TV bands, sites as far as 100 kilometres away from a single transmitter could enjoy broadband speeds typical of more densely populated areas."

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ - Roof rack cross bars

Jeep Grand Cherokee WJ - Roof rack cross bars:

"The rail end caps, two at the rear and two at the front, are attached with plastic clip tabs. To remove or install the adjustable crossrails, the two rear caps must be removed. The easiest way to remove them is to pry out one side with a trim stick or your fingers while pulling the cap up from the back (front side of vehicle). Note the location of the lock tabs in the photo above. The edges of the caps can be sharp so it's best to use a rag or glove to protect your fingers while pulling them off. When re-installing, make sure to align the end tab and check that they are completely seated on all sides."

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