Topic: SECURITY - on August 8, 2013 at 1:04:00 PM CEST
Risk Assessment / Security & Hacktivism “Hand of Thief” banking trojan doesn’t do Windows—but it does Linux
Signaling criminals' growing interest in attacking non-Windows computers, researchers have discovered banking fraud malware that targets people using the open-source Linux operating system.
Hand of Thief, which was recently discovered by researchers from security firm RSA, sells for about $2,000 in underground Internet forums and boasts its own support and sales agents. Its functionality—consisting of form grabbers and backdoor capabilities—is rudimentary compared to Windows banking trojans spawned from the Citadel or Blackhole exploit kits, but that's likely to change. RSA researcher Limor Kessem said she expects Hand of Thief to become a full-blown banking trojan that includes more advanced features such as the ability to inject attacker-controlled content into trusted bank webpages.
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Topic: MUSIK - on August 8, 2013 at 12:17:00 PM CEST
Marshall Fridge
I am quite sure that any musician worth his or her salt would have had heard of the brand name Marshall before, and most of the time, you would be familiar with it in music videos as well as commercials. The Marshall amp can be said to be a mainstay in the musical industry, but for those who have a great love for all things music, and yet want to decorate their home in a tasteful manner, there is the £399.00 Marshall Fridge which will be a surefire conversation starter, no two ways about it.
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Topic: STRANGE - on August 8, 2013 at 12:14:00 PM CEST
Toter Hai in New Yorker U-Bahn-Wagen entdeckt
Eine stinkende Überraschung erlebten New Yorker, die am frühen Mittwochmorgen (Ortszeit) die U-Bahn von Coney Island nach Queens benutzten. In einem Wagen lag ein toter Hai, nach Augenzeugenberichten ungefähr einen Meter lang. Wie das Tier dort hinkam, sei ein Rätsel, berichteten mehrere US-TV-Sender.
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Topic: SECURITY - on August 8, 2013 at 12:09:00 PM CEST
Nicknames and Codewords
Below is a listing of nicknames and codewords related to US Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Communications Security (COMSEC). Most of them are from the NSA, some are from other government or military agencies. Due to secrecy, it's not always clear whether a word is a nickname or a codeword. Some of them also have an abbreviation which is shown in brackets.
Nicknames are generally unclassified. NSA uses single word nicknames, outside NSA they usually consist of two separate words, with the first word selected from alphabetical blocks that are assigned to different agencies by the Joint Staff. Usually, nicknames are printed using all capital letters.
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