In reality, there's not
much more to be done. Congress has said, “Don't bother us, we're
fund raising.” (and no one wants to be the last politician to die
in the Crimea.)
… "Comrade
Obama, what should those who have neither accounts nor property
abroad do? Have you not thought about it?" Deputy Prime
Minister Dmitry Rogozin tweeted. "I think the decree of the
President of the United States was written by some joker."
(Related) Interesting
that the BBC has created a “real time” Crimea page. Perhaps
their experiences make it more of a concern?
Krebs reported on March
5th
(http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/03/sally-beauty-hit-by-credit-card-breach/)
that cards were already for sale. Perhaps looking for evidence like
this should be part of your “breach detection” process?
Sally Beauty has
updated its report
on a security breach first disclosed by security researcher Brian
Krebs:
In a new statement
on their website, they write:
As
we previously stated on March 5th, our
systems detected an unauthorized attempted intrusion into
our Sally Beauty Supply LLC network. At the time of this discovery,
we immediately engaged a top-tier forensics firm (Verizon) to
investigate this security incident. As a result of this ongoing
investigation, we have now discovered evidence that fewer than 25,000
records containing card-present (track 2) payment card data have been
illegally accessed on our systems and we believe it may have been
removed. As experience has shown in prior data security incidents at
other companies, it is difficult to ascertain with certainty the
scope of a data security breach/incident prior to the completion of a
comprehensive forensic investigation. As a result, we will not
speculate as to the scope or nature of the data security incident.
We
take this criminal activity very seriously. We continue to work
diligently with Verizon on this investigation and are taking
necessary actions and precautions to mitigate and remediate the
issues caused by this security incident. In addition, we are working
with the United States Secret Service on their preliminary
investigation into the matter.
Customers
are our top priority at Sally Beauty, and we will be responding to
customers’ needs concerning this security incident. Please check
our website sallybeautyholdings.com
in the coming days to learn about the progress of our work to address
the security incident, the status of our investigation, and steps we
will be taking to assist any affected customer. We will be providing
appropriate notifications to affected consumers and others, as
necessary, as the facts develop and we learn more.
This one slipped by me.
These have very short lives, but seem to have access to “every
movie ever made” on the day they are released (and sometimes before
release.) The MPAA must feel like they are playing “whack-a-mole.”
When will they learn to make money using technology like this?
Popcorn
Time: Video and Television Torrenting App Deleted, Could be Sued
Popcorn Time, an app
that quickly became popular, has been deleted from its host website
Mega.co.nz.
The app enabled users
to watch a range of movies and TV shows for free and has been
described as a having a “Netflix-style” interface that actually
has more up to date selections.
A Popcorn Time
development member told
Torrent Freak that Kim Dotcom, the owner of
Mega, deleted the app.
(Related) Look at who
didn't miss it...
Popcorn
Time app that allows you to watch free movies online removed by its
host Mega
… It is open-source
software, freely distributed, and was hosted on New Zealand based
file sharing website, Mega, owned by Kim Dotcom
… Some of the movies present on the menu of Popcorn Times are –
American Hustle, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Dallas Buyers Club,
12 Years a Slave and Frozen. Normal torrent sites require you to
download the file and then play it. This application finds selected
titles from the torrent directories and then streams the titles
within no time.
It
was tweeted by the developers of the application that they are
finding a new hosting provider and soon they will be back. The
Popcorn Time website states that a bunch of geeks from Buenos Aires
created the application.
It
was reported by piracy-news website TorrentFreak that according to
one of the developers behind the application, who identifies himself
as Sebastian, they did not expect any legal issues as
the app is free of charge, carries no advertisements and even the
files were not hosted on the application itself.
Tools for recording
student responses. Could be useful.
Seven
Good Student Response Systems That Work On All Devices
Earlier today I
received an email from someone who had found this
comparison chart of student response tools. He was interested in
learning a bit more about each of them beyond what was in the chart
so I put together this collection of information about popular
student response tools. Each of these tools can be used on iPads,
Android tablets, and in the web browser on your laptop or Chromebook.
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