http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081008092642279
Hacker's list of online accounts spooks users
Wednesday, October 08 2008 @ 09:26 AM EDT Contributed by: PrivacyNews
WHEN Australian web users learned from the Herald that details of their online accounts had been posted on a hacker's website for all to see, they were suspicious, then alarmed, then furious at the hacker who compromised their identities.
Email addresses, matched with user names and passwords for online memberships, were offered by the hacker for anyone wanting to try their hand at identity theft or even financial fraud.
Source - Stock Journal
Related You must steal thousands of records to make any real money. Oh, wait – that's easy!
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081009064712321
Stolen card details sold for only $1.50
Thursday, October 09 2008 @ 06:47 AM EDT Contributed by: PrivacyNews
Stolen credit and debit card details have been found on sale for as little as $1.50.
An investigation by the Sydney Morning Herald has found that that almost anyone on Internet can buy stolen payment card details for as little as US$1.50 a time for Aussie details, and US$2.50 a time for US and English cardholder information.
For accounts in Britain and the United States, the salesmen claim even to be able to bypass some of the latest anti-fraud protection, including Verified by Visa. Some hackers also offer free samples of the stolen data, although key information is kept hidden to preserve its resale value.
Source - SC Magazine
[From the article:
Yuval Ben-Itzhak, chief technology officer with Finjan, said: “Our research team spotted this not inconsiderable trade in stolen payment card data back in the late spring, which we published details of in our Q2 Web Security Trends report in July.
“At that time, however, the going rate was around $15 a pop, so the rate has clearly fallen, perhaps because of the glut of this kind of data being sold on the Internet.”
Right now he has a 47-44 chance of a Presidential Pardon.
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081008091954366
Lawmaker's son indicted in Palin e-mail hacking
Wednesday, October 08 2008 @ 09:19 AM EDT Contributed by: PrivacyNews
A federal grand jury has indicted the son of a Democratic Tennessee state lawmaker in connection with the hacking of the e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
David Kernell, 20, of Knoxville, Tenn., the son of state Rep. Mike Kernell, was scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge C. Clifford Shirley, according to a statement from the Justice Department.
Source - Wired
Oh what a wicked web we weave...
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/08/1345216&from=rss
Spammer Perjury is Worth Prosecuting
Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday October 08, @12:01PM from the love-a-little-alliteration dept.
Slashdot regular Bennett Haselton summarizes his essay by saying
"Spammers really do lie more often under oath than other parties in court (surprise). Judges and prosecutors could promote respect for the law by cracking down on it, and maybe make a dent in spam in the process."
Read on to learn of his experiences with (shocking!) spammers who lie in court
A new twist.
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081008182557292
Before the RIAA Can Sue a Student, Mom and Dad Can Call a Lawyer: An Interesting Innovation Affords Some Notice to Students Accused of Illegal Downloading
Wednesday, October 08 2008 @ 06:25 PM EDT Contributed by: PrivacyNews
.... Most recently, the University of California at Santa Cruz has invoked its obligations to the students and their parents under federal educational privacy laws as grounds for delaying compliance with an RIAA subpoena.
In the case, UMG Recordings v. Doe, a Northern California federal court agreed with UC Santa Cruz in part - stating that the university needed time to notify parents and students of the RIAA probe, before it divulged any names to the recording companies. Now, parents and students will have time to decide whether to retain an attorney, and find one if needed, and parents can assist students regarding the legal proceedings.
Source - FindLaw
Because we don't have an “annoying but harmless” database? (No doubt lawyers are entered for “aiding and abetting”)
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/08/2056245&from=rss
Maryland Police Put Activists' Names On Terror List
Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 08, @05:46PM from the bad-incentive-to-remain-peaceful dept.
aaandre writes with word of a Washington Post story which begins:
"The Maryland State Police classified 53 nonviolent activists as terrorists and entered their names and personal information into state and federal databases that track terrorism suspects, the state police chief acknowledged yesterday. The police also entered the activists' names into the federal Washington-Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area database, which tracks suspected terrorists. One well-known antiwar activist from Baltimore, Max Obuszewski, was singled out in the intelligence logs released by the ACLU, which described a 'primary crime' of 'terrorism-anti-government' and a 'secondary crime' of 'terrorism-anti-war protesters.'"
According to the article, "Both [former state police superintendent Thomas] Hutchins and [Maryland Police Superintendent Terrence] Sheridan said the activists' names were entered into the state police database as terrorists partly because the software offered limited options for classifying entries." Reader kcurtis adds "The State Police say they are purging the data, but this is one more example (on top of yesterday's news that datamining for terrorists is not feasible due to false positives) of just how badly the use of these lists can be abused."
Changing concepts. In the Cloud, storage cost isn't based on volume...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10061851-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
Google broadens e-mail archiving service
Posted by Elinor Mills October 8, 2008 4:02 PM PDT
Appealing to organizations burdened by federal rules requiring electronic message retention, Google is offering hosted e-mail archiving for up to 10 years for $45 per user per year. The service works with a company's existing e-mail infrastructure and has no storage limit.
Now this could be useful!
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/finally_google_to_offer_rss_fe.php
Finally! Google to Offer RSS Feeds for Web Search Results
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 8, 2008 1:20 PM
A rumor that's been floating around the web lately is that Google will offer RSS feeds for new results in basic web search. Today Search Engine Land confirmed that Google will "soon" offer this functionality. Why is this big news? Because there's no better way to keep track of new mentions of a company, person or concept online than through RSS.
Tools & Techniques
http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/10/08/2132212&from=rss
Recovering Blurred Text Using Photoshop and JavaScript
Posted by timothy on Wednesday October 08, @06:31PM from the careful-how-you-hide-stuff dept. Security
An anonymous reader writes
"There's been a lot of talk about recovering blurred or pixelated text, but here's an actual implementation using nothing but Photoshop and a little JavaScript. Includes a Hollywood-esque video showing the uncovered letters slowly appearing."
Pure evil: Send this to your dieting friends.
http://www.chow.com/stories/11340
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