Monthly Archives: December 2007

GMail Security Hole Allowed Malicious Hacker to Invade the Life of a Blogger

Mr. [tag]David Airey[/tag] a blogger and designer from UK had his [tag]site[/tag] Hacked by some useless bastard. This [tag]gmail[/tag] hacker set up a malicious site that exploited a security flaw in gmail to set up an email filter that autoforwarded … Continue reading

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Big Brother Is Listening … And Listening … And Listening

“The NSA intercepts entire streams of electronic communications containing millions of telephone calls and e-mails. It runs the intercepts through very powerful computers that screen them for particular names, telephone numbers, Internet addresses, and trigger words or phrases. Any communications … Continue reading

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Paper: disregard for customers, DMCA led to Sony CD rootkit

A new paper revisits the Sony rootkit debacle, trying to understand how Sony BMG decided to pack its CDs with two problematic forms of copy protection. Did Sony make an honest mistake or take a calculated risk?read more | digg … Continue reading

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*SCAM* British National Lottery Christmas (BNL Notification) *SCAM*

*SCAM****************************************************** Attention!!! Your email address has emerged as one of the winning email accounts in the just concluded [tag]British[/tag] National Lottery Christmas Draw. Prize attached is 250,000 Pounds. Draw number is #147,send your personal information as requested for below: Name: … Continue reading

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uCertify Software – IT Certifications

Warning: Shameless promotion of a kick ass product!! I recently got a chance to test drive uCertify’s IT certification software. I loaded the CY0-101, Security+ PrepKit. I must say I like the software and I am thinking of getting the … Continue reading

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MI5 alert on China’s cyberspace spy threat

The Government has openly accused China of carrying out state-sponsored espionage against vital parts of Britain’s economy, including the computer systems of big banks and financial services firms. In an unprecedented alert, the Director-General of MI5 sent a confidential letter … Continue reading

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RECORD NUMBER OF AMERICANS JAILED

The Justice Department reported in November that a record 7 million people — or one in every 32 adults in the U.S. — were behind bars, on probation or on parole at the end of last year. Some 2.2 million … Continue reading

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The SISSU process

I finally starting to understand where the AF is going with the SISSU process. Its implemented in EITDR which pretty much walks you through what is needed for DIACAP, IA Controls, FISMA requirements, IPV6 and everything else. The system really … Continue reading

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What is W32 Myzor?

W32 Myzor is a part of a family of “Scamware”. These are trojans that pose as anti-virus/anti-spyware appliations that actually install malware on to your computer (viruses, worms, mass emailers). They attempt to gather your personal information and scare you … Continue reading

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China OUBEN Company Import & Export Co., Ltd *SCAM?*

Sounds like a SCAM to me! Compliments of the day to you, I represent China OUBEN Company Import & Export Co., Ltd based in China, and we export jewellery into Canada, America and Brazil . For this we are recruiting … Continue reading

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