“We're
waiting for something really horrible to happen. Meanwhile we just
sit and drink coffee.”
US
Unprepared for Cyber-Attack: 9/11 Report Authors
In
July 2004, the independent 9/11 commission issued a comprehensive,
nearly 600-page report with numerous recommendations for upgrading
the US security apparatus to avoid a new catastrophe.
A
decade later the commission's former members have released a blunt
follow-up, pointing out gaps in US security that increase the risk of
cyber-attacks on infrastructure, including energy, transport and
finance systems, and the theft of intellectual property from the
private sector.
After
exhaustive meetings with national security officials, "every
single one of them said we're not doing what we should be doing to
protect ourselves against cyber-security" threats, former 9/11
commission co-chair Tom Kean told a House homeland security panel.
Anything
you do, anywhere you do it! Today the Internet, tomorrow your
bedroom!
What
Does Facebook Selling Your Data Mean For Privacy?
…
“But wait . . . doesn’t it already sell
tons of data to advertisers?” you might be asking. Yes, it
does. But there’s an important distinction that many people don’t
realize: right now, the information that Facebook sells to
advertisers has to do with your activity on Facebook: pages you like,
people you follow, apps you connect, and so on. Until
now, Facebook hasn’t sold any of the data it collects about your
browsing outside of Facebook.
But
that’s about to change: in an announcement on June 12, Facebook
announced that it would begin selling users’ browsing data directly
to advertisers, and that it would roll out new ads over the following
weeks, meaning that soon you’ll see more targeted ads on Facebook,
and advertisers will know even more about your and your habits,
supposedly because when asking users about how ads can be improved,
they said “they want to see ads that are more
relevant to their interests.”
Interesting.
Anything requiring communication with large numbers of bad actors
can be “noticed” and possible victims can be notified.
Georgia
Tech Unveils 'BlackForest' Open Source Intelligence Gathering System
Coordinating
distributed denial-of-service attacks, displaying new malware code,
offering advice about network break-ins and posting stolen
information – these are just a few of the online activities of
cyber-criminals. Fortunately, activities like these can provide
cyber-security specialists with advance warning of pending attacks
and information about what hackers and other bad actors are planning.
Gathering
and understanding this cyber-intelligence is the work of BlackForest,
a new open source intelligence gathering system developed by
information security specialists at the Georgia
Tech Research Institute (GTRI). By using such information to
create a threat picture, BlackForest complements other GTRI systems
designed to help corporations, government agencies and nonprofit
organizations battle increasingly-sophisticated threats to their
networks.
“We
can make spending money so easy you won't know you've done it until
the bill arrives!”
Target
In A Snap Image Recognition App Aimed At Boosting Sales
In
its latest effort to boost sales, Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) is
launching an app called In a Snap, which enables users to purchase
items after scanning ads through their smartphone.
Inevitable?
A
Plan To Untangle Our Digital Lives After We're Gone
…
Last week, the Uniform Law Commission drafted the UNIFORM FIDUCIARY
ACCESS TO DIGITAL ASSETS ACT, a model law that would let the
relatives of a late loved one access the social media accounts of the
deceased. A national lawyers' group, the ULC aims to standardize law
across the country by recommending legislation for states to adopt,
particularly when it comes to timely, fast-evolving issues.
[The
Draft:
http://www.uniformlaws.org/shared/docs/Fiduciary%20Access%20to%20Digital%20Assets/2014am_ufadaa_draft.pdf
Eventually,
everything will be connected to the Internet of Things, but if you
can't wait this is for you.
Internet
of Things Comes to DIYers, Thanks to LittleBit
Not
to be left out of the nascent Internet of Things, do-it-yourself
enthusiasts now have a platform to connect their homemade devices to
the Internet. A New York City start-up just launched a module known
as cloudBit, which consists of a small Wi-Fi chip and USB power
Relevant Products/Services source. Although not a device itself,
cloudBit connects to other devices in order to make them
Internet-enabled.
…
LittleBits also announced that it has partnered with the popular
IFTT Web app, which allows users to create automation scripts and
protocols for a variety of Web services.
The
path to bankruptcy. Please don't tell my power-shopping wife!
Online
Stores that offer International Shipping
[Examples:
harrods.com – The iconic
department store of London now ships stuff worldwide and you can pay
via PayPal or credit cards.
marksandspencer.com -
Marks and Specer would deliver clothese and home decor to
international addresses with a flat shipping fee.
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