Topic: WEB - on June 21, 2012 at 8:18:00 AM CEST
Nigerian scams are hyper-efficient idiot finders
The bigger the lie, the bigger the pile of cash scammers scoop, says MSFT boffin
A Microsoft researcher, Cormac Herley, has penned a paper titled “Why do Nigerian Scammers Say They are from Nigeria?” (PDF), and concludes the whoppers the scam includes are actually a very efficient way of finding likely targets.
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Topic: AUSTRIA - on June 20, 2012 at 9:10:00 AM CEST
Jäger in Tirol tötet "versehentlich" einen Steinadler
Der Mann leugnete zunächst, auf das Tier geschossen zu haben und sprach später von einem Querschläger - Mehrere tausend Euro Strafe möglich
Ein von einem Tiroler Jäger "versehentlich" erlegter Steinadler sorgt im Ötztal für Aufsehen. Ein Bergführer, der vergangenen Mittwoch mit einer deutschen Wandergruppe bei Vent unterwegs gewesen war, hatte den Vorfall beobachtet. Seinen Angaben gegenüber "ORF Radio Tirol" nach sei das auf einem Felsvorsprung sitzende Tier nach einem Schuss tot runtergefallen.
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Topic: weiss nicht - on June 20, 2012 at 9:08:00 AM CEST
Karl Marx bank cards prove hit in eastern Germany
Two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, some eastern Germans are once again carrying round images of Karl Marx - if only in their pockets.
The disappearance of communist former East Germany has not deterred them from using credit cards emblazoned with the image of the man who foretold the end of capitalism and the triumph of communism.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 20, 2012 at 9:07:00 AM CEST
Visa, Mastercard Credit Card Information Hacked? What you should do know
Two days ago a hacker going by the name Reckz0r claimed to have gained over 50 Gigabyte worth of data from 79 banking companies that he hacked in to over the course of the past three months. The data is said to contain extensive information, including customer Visa and Mastercard credit card data.
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Topic: SECURITY - on June 20, 2012 at 9:06:00 AM CEST
U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say
The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, according to Western officials with knowledge of the effort.
The massive piece of malware secretly mapped and monitored Iran’s computer networks, sending back a steady stream of intelligence to prepare for a cyberwarfare campaign, according to the officials.
The effort, involving the National Security Agency, the CIA and Israel’s military, has included the use of destructive software such as the Stuxnet virus to cause malfunctions in Iran’s nuclear-enrichment equipment.
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Topic: POLITIK - on June 20, 2012 at 9:04:00 AM CEST
China: Arbitrary Expulsions of Tibetans from Lhasa Escalate
As many as several hundred Tibetans from eastern areas of the Tibetan plateau who live in Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), have been arbitrarily expelled from the city as part of a drastic security drive, Human Rights Watch said today. The policy measure appears to have been taken in response to an incident on May 27, 2012,in which two Tibetan protesters from eastern Tibet set themselves on fire in front of Lhasa’s famous Jokhangtemple.
Since the Jokhang incident, security forces in Lhasa have been carrying out sharply increased identity checks on the streets of the city. Tibetans from areas where protests have recently taken place, in eastern Tibet, have been ordered to leave not only the capital, but the TAR as well. Those expelled are not known to have been accused of any wrongdoing and there are no reports to date of non-Tibetans being expelled.
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Topic: EU - on June 20, 2012 at 9:03:00 AM CEST
Exclusive: Secret EU summit document shows first step to banking union
A classified draft of next week’s EU summit conclusions is the first step on an emerging “roadmap” to a banking union, pooling debt via eurobonds and political union via EU treaty change over the next 10 years.
The “limite” text - published exclusively by The Daily Telegraph, is secret, restricted for the "eyes only" of diplomats and officials preparing for the 28 and 29 June European Council in Brussels.
Most of the text, the annexed “Compact for Growth and Jobs”, are deals on project bonds and other small scale EU initiatives that FranCois Hollande is trumpeting as a €120bn “growth pact”.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 19, 2012 at 9:02:00 AM CEST
EU trade committee to vote this week on ACTA
Despite the fact that ACTA was seemingly on its deathbed just last month, the European Union’s International Trade Committee (INTA) is now set to meet this Thursday, June 21 in Brussels to give its recommendation to the European Parliament as a whole. This vote is the most significant in the run-up to what will eventually be the full vote before the European Parliament, which has slated it for a vote in July.
This, of course, is after the fact that four (count ‘em, four!) parliamentary committees have already rejected ratification of the international treaty. The controversial intellectual property treaty does not enter into force until six signatories have ratified it. So far, none have.
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Topic: food - on June 19, 2012 at 8:58:00 AM CEST
Aufklärungskampagne gegen synthetische Süßstoffe
Agrana Zucker geht mit einer knallfarbenen Kampagne gegen den Begriff "zuckerfrei" auf die Barrikaden
Die neue Aufklärungskampagne im Auftrag von Agrana Zucker stellt Süßstoffe wie Acesulfam, Cyclohexylsulfaminsäure oder Stevia-Glycoside E960 in den Mittelpunkt. Um den Vormarsch der vermeintlichen gesünderen Süßstoffe zu stoppen, um den Begriff "zuckerfrei" in der allgemeinen Wahrnehmung mit dem Begriff "Chemie" zu verbinden.
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 19, 2012 at 8:55:00 AM CEST
Oliver Stone: 'Grass Is God's Gift'
Oliver Stone is making the rounds to promote his new movie, Savages, which is about the marijuana trade in California.
“I’m like Willie Nelson,” he tells the Hollywood Reporter. “I believe that grass is God’s gift. California makes the best in the world now. When I was a kid, it was Vietnamese, it was Thai, Jamaican for a while. All my life I’ve been doing it, off and on. I can stop marijuana. I can [go without it] for weeks and weeks. I’m not addicted, but I enjoy it. I also enjoy alcohol. Cocaine, I stay away from. But I believe in LSD, mescaline, mushrooms, ayahuasca. You ever heard of ayahuasca? It’s a very strong juice that comes from the rubber trees. Ecstasy is great, too.”
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Topic: EU - on June 18, 2012 at 9:30:00 AM CEST
Eurozone crisis live: Markets rally on Greece election results
7.52am: There is very little in terms of economic data scheduled for today, so the two-day G20 meeting in the resort of Los Cabos in Mexico will take centre stage. "European leaders are expected to come under increasing pressure to deal more decisively with the financial crisis as many nations outside Europe like China and the US are being negatively impacted ever more by the ongoing turmoil in financial markets," said Mark Huber at ETX Capital.
The first news is expected to come at lunchtime UK time when David Cameron lands in Mexico, having briefed journalists on the plane. Los Cabos is seven hours behind the UK.
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Topic: DRUGS - on June 18, 2012 at 9:29:00 AM CEST
Drogen - nur illegal ein gutes Geschäft?
Beim G20-Gipfel wird er kein Thema sein, obwohl er sich direkt vor der Tür abspielt: Der in Mexiko tobende Drogenkrieg. Sogar der Einsatz der Armee konnte die Geschäfte der Kartelle nicht stoppen. Einige Politiker fordern deshalb ein Umdenken - eine begrenzte Legalisierung von Drogen.
Wenn es um die Sicherheit geht, ist Los Cabos wohl eine gute Wahl. An der Südspitze der Halbinsel Baja California gelegen, lässt sich die Gegend rund um den Badeort komplett abriegeln. An Land sollen Tausende Polizisten und Soldaten dafür sorgen, dass vom Norden her alles dicht ist. Vor der Südküste patrouilliert die mexikanische Marine. Alles bestens also.
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