Always interesting to have a new contender for the crown. But they are a long way from the top.
http://www.databreaches.net/?p=10635
S.Korea to probe huge online data leak
March 15, 2010 by admin
Another contender for a future Top 10 list:
South Korea said Friday it would launch a probe into security systems of major retailer Shinsegae and 24 other companies after private data on some 20 million customers was leaked.
The move came a day after police arrested three South Koreans for selling private information, including IDs, passwords and addresses, of more than 20 million compatriots online.
The three suspects bought the data from Chinese hackers who are still at large, police said.
The Ministry of Public Administration and Security said in a statement that government agencies and police would investigate the 25 companies, to see whether they had protected the private data of customers with security codes.
The incident appears to be the country’s worst case of personal data leakage. In 2008 private information on some 10 million customers was leaked through hacking attacks on Internet Auction, now eBay’s South Korea unit.
Read more from AFP.
Interesting. A Privacy paper that talks about Cloud Computing! (and just in time for the Privacy Foundation's Seminar this Friday. http://privacyfoundation.org/)
http://www.pogowasright.org/?p=8298
Privacy’s Trajectory
March 14, 2010 by Dissent
Tanya Forsheit writes:
As many of our readers know, the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) will celebrate 10 years this Tuesday, March 16. In connection with that anniversary, the IAPP is releasing a whitepaper, “A Call For Agility: The Next-Generation Privacy Professional,” tomorrow, March 15. Monday morning you can find the whitepaper here. I am honored that the IAPP has given me the opportunity to read and blog about the whitepaper in advance of its official release. Where exactly is privacy going in today’s environment? What is the role of the privacy professional over the next 10 years? And, a lot of people I know and love (you know who you are) would ask, what in the world is a privacy professional anyway?
Read more on InformationLawGroup.
It's not the pictures, it's making it easy for everyone to view them. If you can imagine an evil action facilitated by Google images, someone somewhere will attempt it.
Google Street View: survey raises privacy concerns
Google Street View, which has now been expanded to cover more than 95 per cent of Britain’s roads, is being seen as a “service for burglars”, according to new research.
A little too much Privacy? Looks more like, “We have nothing to hide – take our word for it!”
http://www.pogowasright.org/?p=8296
Privacy rules halted investigation of rogue scientists
March 14, 2010 by Dissent
Margaret Munro reports:
The federal government has been pushing Canada’s largest research council to release the names of scientists who fudge research results, plagiarize reports or misspend grant money, according to federal documents obtained by Canwest News Service.
But the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council has yet to change its rules, despite pointed recommendations from its political masters. The council, which distributes $1 billion in federal funding every year to thousands of researchers across the country, says federal privacy laws prevent it from identifying scientists involved in misconduct, or their universities.
Read more on Canada.com
(Related) A little too much fear of government? Looks more like, “We don't trust them either!”
http://www.pogowasright.org/?p=8292
UCLU apologise for releasing ISoc and RUMS Isoc personal information
March 14, 2010 by Dissent
Andrew de Castro reports:
James Hodgson, UCLU [University College London Union] Student Activities Officer, admitted that “mistakes were made” when mobile phone numbers and email addresses of Islamic Society and Medical Islamic Society members were released to Anti-Terror Police, without a legal requirement to do so.
The data was released in connection with the alleged bomb attack on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was president of UCL’s ISoc [Islamic Society] between 2006-7. Hogdson apologised at UCL’s EGM [Extraordinary General Meeting] on Tuesday 9th March, adding; “It is now not a UCLU policy to release data, unless it is legally binding to do so.” The Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) has been applying pressure on UCL for some time to determine who passed on unwarranted personal information.
Read more on London Student.
Anti-censorship or pro (we're the good guys) advertising? Is this a purely corporate decision or is there more (a US government trade experiment?) behind it?
http://www.pogowasright.org/?p=8312
Google ‘99% certain’ to shut China engine
March 15, 2010 by Dissent
Richard Waters in San Francisco and Kathrin Hille in Beijing report:
Google has drawn up detailed plans for the closure of its Chinese search engine and is now “99.9 per cent” certain to go ahead as talks over censorship with the Chinese authorities have reached an apparent impasse, according to a person familiar with the company’s thinking.
In a hardening of positions on both sides, the Chinese government also on Friday threw down a direct public challenge to the US search company, with a warning that it was not prepared to compromise on internet censorship to stop Google leaving.
Read more on FT.com
Similarly,Loretta Chao and Ben Worthen report:
A person familiar with situation said on Saturday that Google is likely to take action within weeks. Separately, Chinese authorities on Friday told local news Web sites that Google’s Chinese site is likely to close and that, if it does, the news sites will be required to use only official accounts of the situation, rather than publish stories from anywhere else, according to a person familiar with the order.
Read more in the WSJ.
And Mark Lee and Brian Womack report:
Google Inc. advertisers in China are being advised to switch to rivals such as Baidu Inc. and business partners are exploring alternatives as speculation grows the U.S. company will shut its Web site in the country.
“When we talk to clients, we have been pushing them in the direction of Baidu more,” said Vincent Kobler, managing director at EmporioAsia Leo Burnett in Shanghai, which buys advertising on behalf of customers. “The Chinese government has taken a firm stance, and Google, they have their own principles, and are going to shut down.”
Read more on BusinessWeek.
For its part, China is also reportedly telling Google partners that they must comply with censorship laws even if Google does not, Sharon LaFraniere reports in the New York Times.
For your next Security Training (newsletter, seminar, etc.) Train your employees to recognize a scam.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/031210-layer8-fbi-internet-scams.html
FBI details most difficult Internet scams
FBI says fake anti-virus, hitman, economic stimulus scams are but a few of the really popular ways to be ripped off
By Michael Cooney, Network World March 12, 2010 02:37 PM ET
Online scams continue to be the scourge of the Internet and there seems to be no end to the “imagination” of these criminals. As part of its annual wide-ranging look at Internet crime, the Federal Bureau of Investigation took a look at the top Internet scams of 2009.
At last, the “Ronco Price-o-matic” has arrived! Buy anything you want for pennies on the dollar! (Also read and copy Passports and other RFID enabled documents)
How To Make Your Own iPhone RFID Reader
Posted by timothy on Sunday March 14, @01:52PM
andylim writes
"It's been rumoured for some time now that Apple will include RFID technology in a future iPhone. An RFID-packing iPhone could interact with various objects including opening doors and it could even be used in shops to register items at the checkout. Beating Apple to the RFID punch, last year a company called Wireless Dynamics announced an iPhone RFID accessory called the iCarte, but if you'd rather make your own reader then you'll be interested to know how a research assistant at University College London has managed to build his own RFID iPhone accessory."
I want to play with this. Looks useful! Also a great toy for my Spreadsheet class.
Google Makes Apps Script Available To All
Posted by Soulskill on Sunday March 14, @09:49AM
theodp writes
"Formerly only available to Apps Users, Google has made Apps Script available to everyone (sample script), including you Google Docs low-lifers. Apps Script lets you automate actions across spreadsheets, sites, calendars, and other Google services. No spamming, kids!"
Beyond Google, there is data for researchers...
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-search-engines-explore-deep-invisible-web/
10 Search Engines to Explore the Deep End of the Invisible Web
By Saikat Basu on Mar. 14th, 2010
… The Invisible Web refers to the part of the WWW that’s not indexed by the search engines. Most of us think that that search powerhouses like Google and Bing are like the Great Oracle…they see everything. Unfortunately, they can’t because they aren’t divine at all; they are just web spiders who index pages by following one hyperlink after the other.
… To get a more precise idea of the nature of this ‘Dark Continent’ involving the invisible and web search engines, read what Wikipedia has to say about the Deep Web. The figures are attention grabbers – the size of the open web is 167 terabytes. The Invisible Web is estimated at 91,000 terabytes.
Possibly useful, but the Statistics videos could be improved by a little editing or a more carefully scripted talk.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Khan Academy - Educating the World via YouTube
In the debate over whether or not schools should block access to YouTube, Khan Academy is an example of the good educational content available on YouTube.
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