For my Ethical Hacking students and my lawyer
friends: Should the US have a Department of White Hat Hacking?
Regulatory
agencies [Don't
own the copyrights Bob] are trying to use copyright law
to crack down on dangerous tampering with automobile computers,
sparking fears that they will stymie needed cybersecurity research.
… Concerns about who should and shouldn’t
have access to vehicle software came to a head this summer when
“white hat hackers” exploited a vulnerability and took control of
a Jeep's steering, brakes and transmission.
… “The enemy of security is not a security
researcher who wants to report a bug,” said Katie Moussouris, Chief
Policy Officer at vulnerability management firm Hacker One.
“The enemy of security is nondisclosure of the
vulnerabilities, because then there’s nothing you can do about
them.”
In the case of the Jeep hack, the researchers
worked with parent company Chrysler for nine months leading up to
their stunt on the highway. The manufacturer quietly released a
patch during that time, but criticized the hackers for publicizing
their work.
Interesting.
Victims of
Identity Theft, 2014
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on Oct 3, 2015
Victims
of Identity Theft, 2014 – Erika Harrell, Ph.D., – BJS
Statistician
“An estimated 17.6 million persons, or about 7
percent of U.S. residents age 16 or older, were victims of at least
one incident of identity theft in 2014, the Bureau of Justice
Statistics (BJS) announced today.
… In 2014, the most common type of identity
theft was the unauthorized misuse or attempted misuse of an existing
account—experienced by 16.4 million persons.
… Most identity theft victims discovered the
incident when a financial institution contacted them about suspicious
activity (45 percent) or when they noticed fraudulent charges on an
account (18 percent). The
majority of identity theft victims did not know how the offender
obtained their information, and 9 in 10 identity theft
victims did not know anything about the offender. Two-thirds
of identity theft victims reported a direct financial loss.
… About 14 percent of identity theft victims
experienced an out-of-pocket loss of $1 or more. Of those, about half
suffered losses of $99 or less and 14 percent lost $1,000 or more.
… In 2014, fewer than one in 10 identity theft
victims reported the incident to police. The majority (87 percent)
of identity theft victims contacted a credit card company or bank to
report misuse or attempted misuse of an account or personal
information, while 8 percent contacted a credit bureau.”
Probably should be in any settlement involving
privacy. I can see insurance companies asking for Security Officers
too. (Although, privacy or security consultants and audits might
work just as well.)
Well, this is different. Dave Paresh reports:
California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris is requiring Silicon Valley start-up Houzz Inc. to hire a “chief privacy officer” as part of a settlement resolving breach-of-privacy allegations, the first time the office has imposed such a provision.
Over six months in 2013, Irvine-based employees of the popular home design and decor shopping app failed to notify people on sales calls that the conversations they were engaging in were being recorded for “training and quality-assurance purposes,” the attorney general’s office said Friday. The state’s wiretapping and eavesdropping laws require that everyone in a chat consent to it being recorded.
Read more on L.A.
Times.
Advice for all the candidates.
Tech-savvy
Sen. Maria Cantwell says Hillary Clinton needs to respond faster in
the digital age
U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell dug into her tech
background during the GeekWire Summit on Friday to offer presidential
candidate Hilary Clinton some free campaign advice: “I think you
have to respond more rapidly.”
Cantwell, who is a former RealNetworks executive
and has since been a champion of tech issues in Washington, D.C.
representing Washington state, said we’ve entered a new age where
we’re not just always
connected, but we’re always communicating.
Perspective.
Spotify
expects to have close to 100 million users by year’s end
You might think Spotify would be feeling the heat
from Apple’s entry into the crowded music-streaming market, but
recent comments from a high-ranking Spotify executive suggest the
Swedish company remains largely unaffected.
In the early part of June, weeks ahead of Apple
Music’s launch, Spotify announced that its subscriber base had
soared to more than 20 million (twice as many as a year ago), while
the overall number of users stood at a record 75 million (versus 35
million a year ago).
… Spotify Chief Revenue Officer Jeff Levick
told an advertising conference in New York earlier this week that the
company is on course to reach the 100-million-user mark by Christmas,
according to the International
Business Times. He didn’t say how many of these new users are
expected to pay for the service, but if historical usage claims are
anything to go by we’re probably looking at an additional 6 to 7
million subscribers.
For those of us with no artistic talent... I
could draw Mickey Mouse, color him, turn him into a 3D image, print
him on a 3D printer, install a few gears and wires and have him dance
on my table!
Disney
Research app turns colored drawings into 3D characters
For all my students.
Future
Learn – Free Courses
For excellent and free professional development
sign up to FutureLearn.
… This particular course is one of the
FutureLearn
Choices series which offer a chance for students to see
what studying a subject at university will be like. It strikes me
that these could also provide professional development for teachers
too and offer ideas for teaching in the Sixth Form (and lower down
the school).
… From The University of Reading, A
Beginner’s Guide to Writing in English for University Study
… There are many courses to choose from, take
a look at all the course
categories here.
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