Author: The Internet Patrol
VoIP SPIT: Even Plain Old Telephone Users Need to Worry About It
[Courtesy of Guest Author Craig Hughes] Security guru Bruce Schneier writes on SPIT today in his security blog. A mighty neat trick to write on a liquid you say? Well, different semantics for “on” and “SPIT” than you might expect, unless you’re a regular reader of AS. SPIT of course…
Microsoft to Deliver Automated, All-in-One PC Health Service for Consumers
Microsoft is rolling out a new program, called “Windows OneCare”. The idea is that one service will do it all – provide security, protection, take care of maintenance, and optimize performance. Of course, you need to be able to trust the service provider to do each of these things well…
Federal Trade Commission Seeks Input On CAN-SPAM
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced that they are seeking comments on several aspects of CAN-SPAM which they will be clarifying or modifying. According to the FTC, the proposed clarifications or modifications to CAN-SPAM include modifying the definition of “sender” to make it clearer just who is responsible for…
New Chicago Law Makes Illegal Holding a Cell Phone While Driving
A brand new law in Chicago makes it illegal to hold and use a cell phone while driving. The new law permits drivers to use headsets and other hands-free devices, but bans driving while holding a cell phone in your hand. Good for them! While the law generally requires the…
Circuit City Claims No Obligation to Protect Customer’s Most Personal Data
How many people a day do you suppose go into a mega-electronics store like Circuit City and purchase a new computer? And how many of those people do you suppose have the store like Circuit City transfer their personal data from their old computer to their new computer for them?…
U.S. Military and Government Computers Hacked by Teenager
It’s bad enough that military and government computer systems at Patuxent River Naval Air Station in Maryland, the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory were hacked and compromised. But to add insult to that injury, it appears that they were all hacked by the…
Get McAfee Internet Security 2005 for Windows for Free!
If you own any McAfee or Norton Security product for your Windows machine, you can now either upgrade or switch to McAfee Internet Security Suite 2005 (7.0) for free! “How’s that work, Aunty?” you may ask. Well, it works like this! Right now you can get McAfee Security 2005 on…
Danny Goodman Takes Aim at a Phisher
[Spam Wars author Danny Goodman doesn’t just write about spam wars – he’s actively engaged in the trenches. Here, guest author Danny Goodman, fresh from the ordeal, tells us about taking aim at a phisher just last night.] May 10, 2005 Imagine That: Phishers Are Cynical One newbie PayPal phisher…
AIM Mail: AOL Jumps on the 2Gig Webmail Bandwagon with AOL Instant Messenger Mail
With the introduction of its new AIM Mail service, Internet giant America Online (AOL) has jumped on the “free webmail with 2 gigabytes of storage” bandwagon, but with an added twist: the new service is tied in to your AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) account. AOL Instant Messenger Mail (AIM Mail…
Microsoft Announces Web View Security Hole in Windows 2000
Microsoft this week has announced a newly-discovered vulnerability in its Windows Explorer for Windows 2000. When the vulnerability is triggered, someone wishing to exploit the vulnerability would be able to remotely execute code on the user’s system, the advisory explained. “A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that…
WidgetJacking: Zaptastic Shows Us the Big Hole in Tiger’s Dashboard
That gaping hole in Tiger’s Dashboard is no air vent – it’s a wide-open, highly exploitable security threat for users of Apple’s newest version of OS X for Mac. And we have Stephan.com’s Zaptastic and Goatse widgets to thank for showing us the big hole. For those of you who…
New Windows AIM Virus Invites You to the Pub
A new AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) virus is being reported, and this one sure is a friendly little guy. After taking over your AIM buddy list, it sends out instant messages to all of your friends, inviting them to visit a link to the website of The Harp, an Irish…
New “Extremely Critical” Security Holes Discovered in Firefox
Firefox, which is by all accounts and measures a superb web-browser, recently celebrated their 25millionth download. Yes, you read that right – Firefox has been downloaded twenty-five million times, and in large part this is due not only to its excellent user interface, but its generally providing a much more…
Breaking News! Court Strikes Down FCC’s Broadcast Flag!
In a surprise move today, a Federal appeals court struck down the FCC’s proposed “broadcast flag“. The broadcast flag is an anti-copying scheme for digital broadcasts which the FCC was trying to force on all consumers, and into all devices capable of receiving and recording a digital broadcast. The broadcast…
State of Pennsylvania is an eBay Power Seller
Ok, sure, it makes perfect sense, but still we were surprised to learn that a state entity – in this case the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and more specifically the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of General Services State Surplus Property Division – not only sells things on eBay, but is a genuine, bona fide eBay power seller. With 869 positive feedback responses in the past year, five neutral, and four negative.
