Author: The Internet Patrol
Osama Bin Laden Internet Worm a Dud
A new email worm being carried in email purporting to contain pictures of a captured Osama Bin Laden has failed to elicit the likely intended response – releasing the worm and allowing it to spread. According to spokespersons at both F-Secure and McAfee, the worm was unleashed last week, attached…
Yahoo and Cisco Join Forces and Products to Develop DKIM (Domain Keys + Identified Internet Mail)
Internet web portal and ISP Yahoo, and router and software giant Cisco, have joined forces to jointly produce an anti-spam product based on Yahoo’s Domain Keys and Cisco’s Identified Internet Mail system. Domain Keys, which was announced last year, is Yahoo’s entry into the email authentication space. “Yahoo is receiving…
3.9 Million Citigroup Customers’ Data Compromised
In the latest in a rash of incidents in which the personal data of customers of various institutions has been compromised, Citigroup has revealed that the personal account information of 3.9 million customers has gone missing. 3.9 million customers. Wow. In one fell swoop, the number of people in the…
New Improved Bagle Worm Win32.Glieder! Now with Win32.Fantibag and Win32.Mitglieder
Not content to just do its normal wormly dirty work, a new variation on the infamous Bagle worm, Win32.Glieder, brings with it two companion Trojans, Win32.Fantibag and Win32.Mitglieder (literally, in German, “with Glieder”). Said Chris Thomas, a security architect with Computer Associates, “We’ve seen blended threats before where a virus…
AOL Instant Messenger Mail Now Available – Taking AIM at a New Market
AOL’s previously announced Instant Messenger-based AIM Mail email system is now a reality. Windows users who upgrade to the new AIM version 5.9 will have access to the new web-mail service, which is one of the first of its kind to integrate instant messenger and email service. As Aunty has…
AIM Gpic.aol Worm Says “damn this looks just like me lol”
This is an update on the Gpic.aol worm which is borne by AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). This is the worm which spreads itself by sending the target (that’s you) an instant message via AIM which says “damn this looks just like me lol”. According to some sources, the worm is…
New Gpic AIM Worm Invites Users to Look at Pictures on Google
A newly discovered worm dubbed “Gpic.aol” and being transported via AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) arrives as an instant message along the lines of “damn this looks just like me lol” and proffering a link which claims to be a link to pictures.google.com However, as soon as the unwitting recipient clicks…
Register All of Your Sex Partners at Shagster.net
They are calling it the “Sex Degrees of Separation” website. Shagster.net is the Friendster or Linked-In of the intimate relationship. Slept with someone? Register them on Shagster.net. Slept with several, or several dozen someones? Register them all on Shagster.net! According to Shagster founder Chris Leate, “The idea came from the…
New Law Would Kill Municipal Wifi Nationwide
It seems like just yesterday that Aunty told you about how ISP and broadband providers are lobbying to prevent municipal wifi, which would keep you from being able to have city-wide free wifi such as some cities are now offering. Well, apparently some of the lobbyists took it to a…
Should Online Dating Services Perform Criminal Background Checks?
Herb Vest’s online dating service, True.com, tauts itself as being one of the only, if not the only, online dating services which performs criminal background checks on all of its members. But that is not enough for Vest. Oh no. Vest is now lobbying the legislatures of several states to…
If They Had Their Way, Free Municipal Wifi Would Never See the Light of Day
You may have heard about the cities which are coming online and offering free wifi on a city-wide (municipal) basis. What you probably haven’t heard about is the fights which often go on behind the scenes to keep you, the good citizens of these cities, from having access to municipal…
Cell Phone Use and Brain Tumors: Is there a connection? (News Release)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 31 /PRNewswire/ — Is there a link between cell phones and brain tumors? Over the past 15 years, there has been growing concern about this possibility. Part of this concern stems from the fact that there are over one billion cell phone subscribers worldwide, and the number…
Lingo Is 1st VoIP Phone Service to Offer Unlimited Calling to Mexico (News Release)
MCLEAN, Va., May 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Lingo, the U.S. Internet phone service provider, today became the first VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) provider to offer unlimited phone calling to Mexico. The new Lingo “Unlimited Mexico” VoIP plan provides members of the U.S. Mexican community, among others, the opportunity to use…
24hBet Becomes 24hPoker: Swedish Gaming Giant Starts 11 New Sites in 8 Countries (News Release)
STOCKHOLM , Sweden, May 31 /PRNewswire/ — Eleven new gaming sites were recently launched within the company’s network, 24hNetwork. The new sites are marketed by local partners who use 24hPoker’s software for poker and sport betting on the Internet. The sites are targeting players in Russia, Asia, South Europe, Great…
Would You Like Ringtones with That? Supersize Your MP3?
McDonald’s is introducing, I kid you not, downloadable music and ringtones under the golden arches. The offerings, available via Blaze Net kiosks, are McDonald’s latest bid to stay current with the times. Other offerings include store-wide wifi, and McLattes. Said McDonald’s spokesperson Bill Whitman of their newly funkified locations, “It…
