For my Ethical Hackers:
As the number of records stolen goes up, the price per record goes
down. (It hardly pays to steal less than a million fullz.)
Cybercrime
shopping list study points to falling prices
Fancy a bank account with $300,000 (£184,000) in it? If you know
where to look and you don't mind dealing with cybercriminals then the
going rate is just $300, a study of the hacking underworld suggests.
For that you'll get the
bank account details, plus online username and password providing you
with full access to the money.
For criminal buyers
that price is a steal compared with the sums they were paying as
little as two years ago. Back in 2011 the most they could have
expected to acquire for $300 would have been a compromised bank
account with just $7,000 in it, and probably less, the researchers
say,
… It's not just the
price of online bank account credentials that has fallen, Mr Stewart
adds.
For example, a full
dossier of financial and other information about an individual that
can be used to commit identity theft now costs just $25 for a US
victim, or $30-40 for a British one.
Two years ago these
full dossiers - known as Fullz in hacker speak - changed hands for as
much as $60 each.
… The going rate is
about $4 per card for US Visa or Mastercard details, and $7-$8 for UK
or European ones, he says.
My government in
action...
EPIC
Settles FOIA Case, Obtains Body Scanner Radiation Fact Sheets
by Sabrina
I. Pacifici on January 11, 2014
“EPIC has received
the
documents that were the subject of EPIC’s Freedom
of Information Act appeal to the D.C. Circuit in EPIC v. DHS
(Body Scanner FOIA Appeal). The agency had previously withheld test
results, fact
sheets, and estimates
regarding the radiation risks of body scanners used to screen
passengers at airports. EPIC challenged
the lower court’s determination
that the factual material was “deliberative” and therefore
exempt from the FOIA. After filing an opening brief to the D.C.
Circuit, EPIC participated in a new appellate mediation program. As
a result of the mediation, EPIC obtained not only the records sought,
but also attorneys’ fees. The fact sheets show that the agency
did not perform a “quantitative analysis” of risks and benefits
before implementing the body scanner program. EPIC addressed
that concern in the 2011 lawsuit EPIC v. DHS (Suspension of Body
Scanner Program). That EPIC case also had a favorable
outcome, and ultimately resulted in the removal of backscatter
x-ray scanners from US airports. For more information, see EPIC
v. DHS – Body Scanner FOIA Appeal and EPIC
v. DHS – Suspension of Body Scanner Program.”
One example, for my
students
7
Business Apps Every Professional Should Download
7.
IFTTT (If This Then That) (iPhone only)
Wouldn’t
it be neat if every time you took a screenshot of your iPhone, that
screenshot was automatically saved to where you want it? Or if every
time you completed a Reminder on your phone, it emailed the
appropriate person to let them know, automatically? Or if you could
see, on your phone, every photo you’ve been tagged in from
Facebook? With IFTTT
(short for If This Then That), that kind of two-step, non-thinking
action is entirely possible. The hardest part is thinking up the
“recipes” that you want for your phone, but after playing with
the website a bit, you should get a real sense of just how many
things can be done without your having to even think about it. Be
sure to install this iPhone app so you can take full advantage of
that set-and-forget productivity. (iTunes).
Dilbert explains how to
“Manage Up”
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