That is one Nigerian less to bother people with those scam-mails. Let’s hope that by the time he gets out, spam/scam will be no more.

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You come home after a long, honest day’s work, stroll by your message machine, and see the light blinking. Did a loved one call with good news? Is there a friend calling to find out what you’re doing tomorrow? Some people are finding that they have instead received a “misdialed” call from a stranger, leaving a “hot” investment tip for a friend. The message is designed to sound as if the speaker didn’t realize that he or she was leaving the hot tip on the wrong machine. Maybe the message sounds like this:

“Hey Tracy, it’s Debbie. I couldn’t find your old number and Tammy says this is the new one. I hope it’s the right one. Anyway, remember that hot stock exchange guy that I’m dating? He gave my father that stock tip on the company that went from under a buck to like three bucks in two weeks and you were mad I didn’t call you? Well I’m calling you now! This new company is supposed to be like the next really hot clothing thing. And they’re making some big news announcement this week. The stock symbol is … He says buy now. It’s at like 50 cents and it’s going up to like 5 or 6 bucks this week so get as much as you can. Call me on my cell, I’m still in Orlando. My Dad and I are buying a bunch tomorrow and I already called Kelly and Ron too. Anyway I miss you, give me a call. Bye.”

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Security researchers on Tuesday said they had discovered an enormous flaw that could let hackers steer most people using corporate computer networks to malicious websites of their own devising.

For bad news, that’s pretty impressive. But there are two pieces of good news: First, no bad guys are known to be using the flaw yet. And second, in a possibly unprecedented display of industry cooperation, virtually every major software company affected is issuing patches to fix the problem.
–> Found by Computer Security genius Dan Kaminski and announced at the Blackhat

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The term net neutrality, unless you
’re a tech geek, conjures up thoughts of fair trade, international policy or possibly anti-fishing zones.
Here’s a clarification the oft confusing technical jargon slimmed down to only the necessary information:

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