A quick 'Heads up!”
"Netcraft confirms
a recent increase in the number of malicious proxy auto-config
(PAC)
scripts being used to sneakily route webmail and online banking
traffic through rogue proxy servers. The scripts are designed to
only proxy traffic destined for certain websites, while all other
traffic is allowed to go direct. If the proxy can force the user to
keep using HTTP instead of HTTPS, the fraudsters running these
attacks can steal usernames, passwords, session cookies and other
sensitive information from online banking sessions."
Local.
The Durango Police
Department has requested the FBI’s help to investigate widespread
credit card fraud that targeted numerous people registered for this
year’s Iron Horse Bicycle Classic.
Meanwhile, race
officials worked Friday to identify the source of the security
breach, said Gaige Sippy, director of the event.
“We are still
trying to understand where all of this took place,” he said. “As
of right now, there is no clear path.”
Dozens of credit
cards have been used for fraudulent charges, all with a common thread
of also having been used to register for Iron Horse events, Sippy
said.
[...]
Organizers are
unaware of any security breaches involving the Iron Horse website,
which does not store credit card information, Sippy said. The Iron
Horse uses third-party companies, including Durango-based Mercury and
Plug and Play, to handle credit card processing, he said.
Read more on Durango
Herald.
[From the article:
Most of the fraudulent activity appears
to have occurred during the first week of February, but some people
have reported fraudulent charges up to three weeks ago, Sippy said.
Fraudulent charges have ranged from $200 to $1,400, he said.
The charges have occurred at a variety
of vendors, including Match.com, GameStop, Groupon, Micro Center,
Lowe’s and the U.S. Postal Service.
Some people said their
credit card companies automatically denied suspicious charges and
shut down the credit card. [Credit Card processors were among the
first “Big Data” analyzers, just to catch bogus charges. Bob]
Photo Mis-Interpretation. Perhaps this
could evolve into something like “SWATting” “My God Holmes,
that child has a Maverick armed UAV!”
Facebook
pic of toy mortar leads to armed cops raid
When you make your Facebook profile
picture that of Action Man (aka the British G.I. Joe), it can be a
clue to your fascination with fantasy.
It also suggests that if there's a toy
mortar in the background of the picture, that, too, might actually
not be entirely real.
Please try telling that to the five
carloads of police who raided Ian Driscoll's house in Tewkesbury,
England, armed with guns and a search warrant.
"The Action Man looked a bit like
me, so I decided to put it as my Facebook picture. I didn't even
notice the mortar in the background," 43-year-old Driscoll
explained
to the Daily Mail.
The
image offered more clues as to the mortar's unreality. There was
a TV remote control by its side. It offered what some might call
scale and perspective.
A couple of reports I should find time
to read...
Unmanned
Aircraft Systems
Continued Coordination, Operational
Data, and Performance Standards Needed to Guide Research and
Development
CYBERSECURITY
National Strategy, Roles, and
Responsibilities Need to Be Better Defined and More Effectively
Implemented
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