Is this the tip of a Breach Iceberg?
We don't know who was actually breached, but even “a few” domains
could service millions of individuals. Will this vendor disclose the
breach, even if no individuals (just corporations) are customers?
101Domain.com
Suffers Securty Breach
November 27, 2011 by admin
Michael H. Berkens reports:
101Domain.com
has apparently
suffered a security breach which “may have resulted in
unauthorized access to your personal information and possibly payment
information.”
According to
Webhosting.info,
101domain.com has around 10,000 domain names
under management.
Read more on TheDomains.com.
From the notification letter:
We are writing to
you as a primary contact on your account with 101domain.com. We need
to make you aware of a security breach that may potentially have
affected your account.
We
were recently informed by one of our vendors that some of
its systems, and those of a few of its customers,
including 101domain.com, were compromised to varying degrees by a
phishing attack. Although there is no direct evidence that your
information was stolen and we have received no customer complaints,
this attack may have resulted in unauthorized access to your personal
information and possibly your payment information.
It sounds like although 101Domain.com’s
customers are affected, the breach was not theirs but their vendor’s.
Or am I reading this incorrectly?
For my Ethical Hackers: Need a new car
for Christmas?
New
Siri Hack Will Start Your Car If You Ask Nicely
… Developer
Brandon Fiquett is behind this little hack, and boy what a hack
it is. Building off the same Siri
Proxy server that allowed @plamoni to control a thermostat over
WiFi, Fiquett created a plugin that interacts with a PHP script that
lives on his own webserver. That PHP script allows Fiquett to send
commands to any (registered) car with a Viper SmartStart system,
which in this case means his silver Acura TL.
“We're doing it for the cost savings
– not because we are otherwise unable to manage our employees.”
CT:
Time is money: DCF looks to shed costs by tracking its employees
November 28, 2011 by Dissent
Jacqueline Rabe Thomas reports:
Following the lead
of private and nonprofit businesses, the [Connecticut] Department of
Children and Families is considering adding GPS devices to its fleet
of 800 vehicles to quash misuse of its vehicles.
In her proposal
to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget office, DCF Commissioner Joette
Katz estimates these GPS devices will save the state nearly $250,000
in the first year by being able to prove misuse of
vehicles, verify overtime hours and save 20 percent on fuel
consumption.
Read more on The
CT Mirror.
I suspect this will be good for music
and musicians. Will RIAA freak? Probably. In the end, it won't
matter.
Steven
Levy on Facebook, Spotify and the Future of Music
Even if Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
hadn’t been introduced to Spotify two years ago, it was probably
inevitable that the two companies would hook up. The European music
service had already won millions of fans, thanks to a business model
that allowed music nuts to stream any song,
instantly, for free.
… And that’s why, when former
Facebook president and Napster cofounder Sean Parker discovered
Spotify in 2009, he made a point of telling Zuckerberg about it.
… Within a day, Zuckerberg had
updated his Facebook status: Spotify is so good.
… In September, after two years of
speculation following Zuckerberg’s four-word swoon, Facebook
announced an ambitious initiative that lets its users quickly and
easily share music with one another—in many cases for free.
[Music players on
Facebook?
SPOTIFY Customers can stream unlimited
music for free—at first. After six months, the monthly limit drops
to 10 hours, at which point Spotify hopes users will pony up for a
subscription.
MOG The latest version of the
streaming music service allots a set amount of music that users can
listen to for free. They can earn more free tunes by sharing songs
and playlists.
EARBITS This free streaming online
radio service isn’t supported by advertising. Instead, it plans to
charge artists to promote themselves while listeners check out their
music.
IHEARTRADIO With this Clear Channel
app, users can tune into broadcasts from 750 radio stations or tailor
stations to their own taste for free. No commercials—at least
until the end of the year.
TURNTABLE This free service operates
as a virtual venue for Djing. Users vie for points by creating
crowd-pleasing playlists for other avatars in genre-themed listening
rooms.
RHAPSODY The godfather of streaming
music charges $10 a month to listen to tunes on one phone or MP3
player. Pay a few bucks more to add additional mobile devices.
Perspective I used technology (the
Conestoga wagon) to move here FROM New Jersey, severing contact with
most of my relatives.
November 27, 2011
Pew:
Why Americans use social media
Why
Americans use social media - Social networking sites are
appealing as a way to maintain contact with close ties and reconnect
with old friends, by Aaron Smith, Senior Research Specialist,
11/14/2011
- "Two-thirds of online adults (66%) use social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace or LinkedIn. These internet users say that connections with family members and friends (both new and old) are a primary consideration in their adoption of social media tools. Roughly two thirds of social media users say that staying in touch with current friends and family members is a major reason they use these sites, while half say that connecting with old friends they’ve lost touch with is a major reason behind their use of these technologies."
It's a bit tricker than slapping
together an eBook...
November 27, 2011
Digitized:
Audubon’s Birds of America, accompanied by his Ornithological
Biography
"The University of Pittsburgh is
fortunate to own one of the rare, complete sets of John James
Audubon’s Birds of America. It is considered to be the single most
valuable set of volumes in the collections of the University Library
System (ULS). Indeed, only 120 complete sets are known to exist.
While Audubon was creating Birds of America, he was also working on a
companion publication, namely, his Ornithological Biography. Both of
these sets were acquired by William M. Darlington in the
mid-nineteenth century and later donated, as part of his extensive
library, to the University of Pittsburgh. Recognizing that the
Darlington
Library includes significant historical materials, such as rare
books, maps, atlases, illustrations, and manuscripts, the ULS charted
an ambitious course to digitize a large portion of Mr. Darlington’s
collection, including the Birds of America. We are pleased to
present our complete double elephant folio set of Audubon’s Birds
of America, accompanied by his Ornithological Biography, through this
Web site. Together these sets constitute an unprecedented online
combination."
“How to win friends and influence
people, socially?” 99% of my readers agree!
Social
Proof Is The New Marketing
… What is social proof? Put
simply, it’s the positive influence created when someone finds out
that others are doing something. It’s also known as informational
social influence.
Wikipedia describes social
proof as “a psychological phenomenon where people assume the
actions of others reflect the correct behavior for a given situation…
driven by the assumption that the surrounding people possess more
information about the situation.”
Five Types of Social Proof
Expert
social proof – Approval from a credible expert, like a
magazine or blogger, can have incredible
digital influence.
Celebrity
social proof – Up to 25%
of U.S. TV commercials have used celebrities to great effect, but
only a handful of web startups have to date.
User
social proof – Direct TV marketers are masters at sharing
user success stories. (fascination with this was actually the
inspiration for this blog post)
Wisdom of
the crowds social proof – Ray Kroc started using social
proof in 1955
by hanging an “Over 1 Million Served” sign at the first
McDonald’s. Highlighting popularity or large numbers of users
implies “a million people can’t be wrong.” [10
Billion flies can't be wrong! Eat garbage! Bob]
Wisdom of
your friends social proof – Learning from friends thru the
social web is likely the killer app of social proof in terms of 1:1
impact, and the potential to grow virally.
Dilbert illustrates one of the primary
rules of statistics/data mining...
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