http://www.databreaches.net/?p=12835
NM: Computer Heist at Bank Nets $700K: Student Loan Foundation Account Victimized
July 31, 2010 by admin
John Fleck reports:
Someone accessed the bank account of the New Mexico Educational Assistance Foundation earlier this month, making off with as much as $700,000.
The nonprofit foundation manages federal student loans worth $1.3 billion for 94,000 New Mexicans, said the organization’s president, Elwood “Woody” Farber. Farber said only the foundation’s bank account, not any personal client data such as names or Social Security numbers, was accessed in the break-in.
Farber said the matter has been turned over to the FBI.
Read more from this Albuquerque Journal story on Trading Markets.
[From the article:
Experts say that, in cases like this, it is more likely that an account was accessed with a user password rather than by a breach of the bank's firewalls. [You would think the bank would insist that be mentioned if it was true here. Bob]
Someone is angry... I assume the lying is SOP...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20012253-245.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Researcher detained at U.S. border, questioned about Wikileaks
A security researcher involved with the Wikileaks Web site was detained by U.S. agents at the border for three hours and questioned about the controversial whistleblower project as he entered the country on Thursday to attend a hacker conference, sources said on Saturday.
He was also approached by two FBI agents at the Defcon conference after his presentation on Saturday afternoon about the Tor Project.
Jacob Appelbaum, a Seattle-based programmer for the online privacy protection project called Tor, arrived at the Newark, New Jersey, airport from Holland flight Thursday morning when he was pulled aside by customs and border protection agents who told him he was randomly selected for a security search, according to the sources familiar with the matter who asked to remain anonymous.
Appelbaum, a U.S. citizen, was taken into a room, frisked and his bag was searched. Receipts from his bag were photocopied and his laptop was inspected but it's not clear in what manner, the sources said. Officials from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Army then told him he was not under arrest but was being detained, the sources said. They asked questions about Wikileaks, [They peobably don't do that with truly random selectees. Bob] asked for his opinions about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and asked where Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is, but he declined to comment without a lawyer present, according to the sources. He was not permitted to make a phone call, they said.
After about three hours, Appelbaum was given his laptop back but the agents kept his three mobile phones, sources said.
But... They just want to be your friend!
Who Is Downloading the Torrented Facebook Files?
Posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 31, @09:20AM
"Gizmodo's got an interesting scoop on a list of IPs acquired from Peer Block revealing who is downloading the Facebook user data torrented this week: Apple, the Church of Scientology, Disney, Intel, IBM and several major government contractors just to name a few. The article notes that this doesn't mean it's sanctioned by these companies or even known to be happening, but the IP addresses of requests coming to one of the users' machines match to lists of IP blocks for each company."
Ubiquitous surveillance: It's from the children!
'I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up!' v2.0
Posted by timothy on Saturday July 31, @06:53PM
"Remember those old Lifecall commercials? Well, you've come a long way, Grandma! The NY Times reports on a raft of new technology that's making it possible for adult children to remotely monitor to a stunningly precise degree the daily movements and habits of their aging parents. The purpose is to provide enough supervision to allow elderly people to stay in their homes rather than move to an assisted-living facility or nursing home. Systems like GrandCare, BeClose, QuietCare, and MedMinder allow families to keep tabs on Mom and Dad's whereabouts, and make sure they take their meds. Perhaps Zynga can make a game out of all this — GeriatricVille?"
Statistics. I would like to see the final study results. What is the range & standard deviation for each vendor? Verizon's numbers suggests both are large.
Average Cellphone Data Usage Is 145.8 MB Per Month
Posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 31, @11:26AM
"For the first time, the majority of cell phones are accessing data services — 53 percent, compared to only 42 percent last year, according to a new study by Validas. And each user downloads an average of 145.8 MB per month (the average was just 96.8 MB per month in 2009). The heaviest users are Verizon smartphone owners, averaging 428 MB per month (338 MB on average for iPhone users). In fact, Verizon users were twice as likely as iPhone users to exceed both 500 MB and 2 GB each month."
[From the article:
One potential note of caution is that Validas is a company which analyzes phone bills for customers and advises them if they have been billed incorrectly or if they could get a better deal elsewhere. The data used in the study comes from customer bills, which means it is based on customers who take a particularly keen interest in their spending. That may bias the results towards people who use more data than the general public (and thus have higher bills to query), though it shouldn’t favor or penalize any particular network.
What part of “early adopter” don't they understand?
http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/porn-industry-to-cash-in-on-iphone-4s-face-time-feature/
Porn Industry to Cash In on iPhone 4’s Face Time Feature
It’s a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in.
So when Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn’t take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.
How to be a criminal in Europe.
http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/024843.html
July 31, 2010
European e-Justice Portal is now online
The European e-Justice Portal: Includes links to primary documents in the following areas: EU law, Member State law, International law, Case law, Judicial systems, Legal professions and justice networks, Going to court, Mediation, Victims of crime, Tools for courts and practitioners, Registers, and more.
For all my students.
http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/024839.html
July 31, 2010
Google With Direct Dictionary Result
Via Google Blogscoped: "Perhaps bad news for the traffic of dictionary sites, which often don’t show the actual word definition in the search engine snippets: Google now has a onebox of their own immediately offering the definition(s) for certain words you’re searching for. Try enter e.g. pleasant into Google.com and the top will read: “pleas·ant/ˈplezənt/Adjective ... 1. Giving a sense of happy satisfaction or enjoyment. ... 2. (of a person or their manner) Friendly and considerate; likable.”
[From the article:
Note entering e.g. define:pleasant still works, too, and triggers a bit of a more extensive page.
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