MediaPost: Social Net Tagged Agrees To Destroy Allegedly Ill-Begotten Email Addresses
“Tagged promised that it will destroy address book information that was scraped from users who joined the site between April and June, if those users either didn’t send any invitations to their contacts or invited all of their contacts to join the site. The company did not admit wrongdoing as part of the settlement.”
RIPE Labs: Pollution in 1/8
‘1.0.0.0/8 (1/8) was reserved by IANA since 1981. Since then is has been used unofficially as example addresses, default configuration parameters or pseudo-private address space.
The most prominent unauthorised use of 1/8 is…a decentralised peer-to-peer network that allows users to anonymously share content.
…almost 60% of the UDP packets [detected by RIPE] are sent towards the IP address 1.1.1.1 on port 15206…Some sources list the port as being used by a trojan called “KiLo”, however information about it seem sparse.’
BBC News: Microsoft to patch 17-year-old computer bug
“First appearing in Windows NT 3.1, the vulnerability has been carried over into almost every version of Windows that has appeared since.”
MakeUseOf.com: Please Unsubscribe me from Your Internet
“A couple of weeks ago we received an actual, honest to goodness US Postal service real snail-mail letter to our department.”
Consumerist: 8 Ways To Make Sure Your Complaint Letter Will Be Ignored
“You’re mad, you’re annoyed, or you’ve been ripped off. So you decide to take action, and open up your word processor or e-mail client to write a complaint letter. But that doesn’t mean you actually want anyone to take you seriously, or to help you. Follow these tips to make sure your complaint goes nowhere near anyone in power.”
Schneier on Security: Anonymity and the Internet
“Universal identification is portrayed by some as the holy grail of Internet security. …The problem is that it won’t work.”
Forbes: Cisco's Backdoor For Hackers
“…Internet Security Systems researcher Tom Cross unveiled research on how easily the “lawful intercept” function in Cisco’s IOS operating system can be exploited by cybercriminals or cyberspies to pull data out of the routers belonging to an Internet service provider (ISP) and watch innocent victims’ online behavior.”
Twitter: Reason #4132 for Changing Your Password
“It appears that for a number of years, a person has been creating torrent sites that require a login and password as well as creating forums set up for torrent site usage and then selling these purportedly well-crafted sites and forums to other people innocently looking to start a download site of their very own. However, these sites came with a little extra — security exploits and backdoors throughout the system. This person then waited for the forums and sites to get popular and then used those exploits to get access to the username, email address, and password of every person who had signed up.”
CNET News: Experts weigh in on Mac vs. PC security
“For my survey I asked security experts: Which is more secure for consumers—Mac or PC, and why? Here are their (mostly) unedited responses, in alphabetical order by last name.”
Bank Info Security: Vishing Scam: Four More States Struck
“Vishing is a form of phishing, where instead of people receiving an email trying to lure them into giving personal information, the criminal uses a phone call, either live or automated, to attack the bank or credit union customer and get critical information.”
Jart Armin in Internet Evolution: How & Where Cybercriminals Hide
‘This short-term corporate environment is perfect for organized cybercrime operations. We only have to look at the examples of the RBN, McColo, and other cybercriminals that were able to mislead reporters, researchers, and investigators for considerable time by hiding behind what are essentially “Mickey Mouse” corporate shields in Delaware.’
Computerworld: Google joins the 'kill-IE6' campaign
“Google has announced that Google Docs will drop support for Microsoft’s nearly nine-year-old Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) browser starting on March 1.
Ironically, if Google had taken its anti-IE6 advice to heart before hackers broke into its corporate network last year, it might not now be mulling whether to abandon the Chinese search market.”
Consumerist: How Can I Make The Newspaper Stop When I Don't Subscribe?
“We know that the newspaper industry is suffering. …However, this does not mean that it is a good idea to throw sacks of junk mail on the lawns of people who won’t subscribe to your paper. It will not endear you to them. We’re looking at you, Baltimore Sun.”
Consumerist: How Should I Go About Whistle Blowing?
“We have started calling customers to offer a free promotion. I feel that we got these customers phone numbers for a different reason and that it is wrong to call them all to advertise with special promotions. I have taken a big risk by sending a survey out to all of our employees to see what they thought, and so far, everyone agrees with me. I plan on presenting my arguments in a speech to the corporate office which I believe I can arrange in a couple of weeks. I am seeking advice from those who stick up for the customer for a living.”
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