I doubt this will change anything for my Ethical
Hacking students. We still have to build and use the tools and we
never sell them to the black hats.
Feds'
Photobucket Strategy Could Hobble White Hats
There's a new twist in the way feds are seeking to
penalize bad actors for making and distributing software used in
crimes, suggest recent arrests by Justice Department and FBI
officials.
"There's a more concerted campaign to go
after go after those folks who are distributing in the underground,"
said Tom Kellermann, chief cybersecurity officer at Trend
Micro.
… The case in question involves two men
charged with creating an app to steal credentials and content from
online photo and video community Photobucket.
DoJ and FBI agents last month arrested Brandon
Bourret, 39, of Colorado Springs, Colorado,
and Athanasios Andrianakis, 26, of Sunnyvale, California, and charged
them with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse, access
device fraud, identification document fraud and wire fraud.
… In addition to trafficking in stolen
credentials and content, the pair developed, marketed and sold a
malicious tool that allowed others to steal content from Photobucket
that was private and password-protected, the indictment notes.
… Bourret and Andrianakis both face one count
of conspiracy, which carries a penalty of up to five years in federal
prison US$250,000 in possible fines; one count of computer fraud, aid
and abet, which also carries the same possible penalties; and two
counts of access device
fraud, which carries a penalty of up to 10 years in
prison, and the possibility of a $250,000 fine for each count.
Unforeseen Consequences
However, the new focus on the tools employed could
have some unforeseen consequences for white hat researchers.
"So far, no one has been arrested for
creating a tool. It was more the using of the tool that has been the
issue," noted Johannes B. Ullrich, chief research officer at the
SANS
Institute.
"This does more than affect the underground.
This affects thousands of [penetration] testers who make a living
testing the defenses of companies with their permission,"
Ullrich told TechNewsWorld.
"If creating and distributing a tool is
considered a crime," he continued, "then many of them are
out of a job."
Interesting, but I can't believe this has gone
unnoticed. Look at the “8 letter message” and tell me this isn't
regularly encountered?
A simple
8-letter message is permanently breaking people's Skype apps
There's a nasty new bug going around Skype,
VentureBeat
reports — it's an 8-letter message that can break the recipient's
app so badly they need to totally reinstall it.
It's similar to another bug currently at large on
iPhones. Receiving
a certain string of unicode characters on iOS can cause Messages and
other apps to crash, and even force the device to reboot
entirely.
The bug is caused by a failure to render the
unicode characters properly.
Now, a similar bug has been discovered on
messaging app Skype, and it's even more disruptive. While the iOS
bug can be fixed, the Skype one can crash the recipient's app
permanently.
…
Here's
the offending message: http://:
Perspective. Are we moving to a “free shipping
for everything” world? (Perhaps I can get a paperback book shipped
free? Could be useful!)
Amazon just
announced a new shipping program that could steal more business from
your local convenience store
… This week, the company banished its $35
minimum on free shipping. Instead people can opt for free,
four-to-eight-day delivery on thousands of small, light products,
such as phone cases, ear plugs, and toothbrushes.
Amazon calls it its "small and light"
program, because it applies only to products that weigh less than 8
ounces, are smaller than 9x6x2 inches, and cost under $10.
Perspective.
At
JPMorgan, Voicemail Deemed Obsolescent
The Wall Street bank is eliminating voicemail for
thousands of employees who do not take calls from customers, at a
savings of $10 a month per person, Gordon Smith, chief executive of
the company's consumer banking operations, said at an investor
conference on Tuesday.
… "We realise that hardly anyone uses
voicemail anymore," Smith said. "We are all carrying
something in our pockets that is going to get texts or email or a
phone call," he said. "We started to cut those off."
Perspective. Big Data does not require big
hardware. Very “James Bond,” “Q” will be amsused.
SanDisk
Squeezes 128GB of Storage Into a Dime-Sized Drive
Tools for my Website development students.
Build It:
11 Brilliant Chrome Extensions For Web Developers
SanDisk has found a way to squeeze 128GB of flash
storage into an external drive that’s smaller than our smallest
coin. Forget the thumb drive; this is a thumbnail drive.
The SanDisk
Ultra Fit isn’t a new form factor; it debuted last fall in
16GB, 32GB, and 64GB varieties. But 128GB in a pebble-sized drive
represents a significant capacity-to-size breakthrough. That is,
after all, the same amount of storage you’ll find in a baseline
MacBook Air (or, for that matter, top-end iPhone). It’s enough
space to fit up to 16 hours of full HD video
Even games could help my Math students. God knows
some of them really need help.
6 Cool Math
Games for Android
Could be useful...
KhanAcademy
For the first time ever, the creators of the SAT
have given Khan Academy exclusive access and advice to build a
personalized practice program for anyone, anywhere.
These tools are free and available now for every
student to take ownership of their learning and their future.
For my starving students.
Friday Is
National Doughnut Day. Here's Where to Get Deals.
Dunkin' Donuts: If you buy a beverage at Dunkin'
this Friday, feel free to also grab a free doughnut.
Krispy Kreme: Krispy Kreme is serving up free
doughnuts – one per guest
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