Topic: Phone - on December 19, 2011 at 1:04:00 PM CET
AT&T, Sprint: Carrier IQ Tracking Agreed To By Customers
More than two weeks ago, security researcher Trevor Eckhart posted a video about Carrier IQ, an obscure software installed on approximately 150 million smartphones. The 17-minute video sparked a firestorm not only because it alleged the software logged numerous details about users' activities, but also because it did so without their knowledge.
But this week, two wireless carriers that use Carrier IQ's software said customers should not have been surprised that some of their activities were being tracked. In letters to Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), who asked them to explain how they used the software, AT&T and Sprint said Carrier IQ's capabilities were clearly outlined in their privacy policies.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 19, 2011 at 1:01:00 PM CET
'XSS on steroids' crafted to highlight web security holes
A hacker has published code for potent cross-site scripting attacks that he claims go beyond the usual cookie stealing and phishing for users' private details.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) flaws allow attackers to present content under their control in the context of a vulnerable yet trusted site, thus tricking marks into handing sensitive information to miscreants. As well as creating a means to present pop-ups that link to a hacker-controlled site, XSSes can also lead to cookie theft.
Niklas Femerstrand is the hacker who in October 2011 discovered that a debugging tool on the American Express website was vulnerable to an XSS flaw. He developed an "XSS on steroids" script while researching a similar flaw on the website of an unnamed Swedish bank.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 19, 2011 at 11:43:00 AM CET
Why Do We Have To Break The DNS?
Last month, we posted our position piece on the Stop Online Piracy Act, also known as SOPA or the E-Parasite Act. In this post, I’m going to examine the technical details of the act and how it relates to the operation of the global Domain Name System (DNS).
SOPA proposes the idea of using DNS-based filtering by Internet Service Providers (ISPs) as a means to remove U.S. support of a foreign infringing website.
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Topic: POLITIK - on December 19, 2011 at 10:32:00 AM CET
Newt Gingrich: I’ll ‘ignore’ any Supreme Court ruling I disagree with
“They just ignored it,” he said. “A commander-in-chief could simply issue instructions to ignore it, and say it’s null and void and I do not accept it because it infringes on my duties as commander-in-chief to protect the country.”
Gingrich also backed his position to subpoena judges or abolish courts entirely if he thought their final rulings were wrong.
rawstory.com FBI Considered a Sting Aimed at Newt Gingrich in 1997 [pdf] old shit
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Topic: War and Peace News - on December 19, 2011 at 10:21:00 AM CET
Alleged Libyan rape victim struggling to start anew in America
Hers is a struggle shared by all freshly arrived refugees in the United States. Learning English. Getting a job. Adapting to American culture.
But starting life anew has been that much tougher for Eman al-Obeidi, the woman who came to embody the cruelty of Moammar Gadhafi's regime in the midst of Libya's brutal civil war. She lives every day with the scars of the rape she alleges was committed by Gadhafi's thugs.
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Topic: POLITIK - on December 19, 2011 at 9:39:00 AM CET
Verfassungsschutz soll Polizeiarbeit sabotiert haben
Bei der Fahndung nach den Mitgliedern der Zwickauer Terrorzelle arbeiteten die Behörden offenbar gegeneinander: Der Thüringer Verfassungsschutz soll laut "Berliner Zeitung" Ermittlungen der Polizei behindert und detaillierte Informationen über Observierungen verraten haben.
Das Zwickauer Neonazi-Trio Zschäpe, Mundlos und Böhnhardt tauchte im Februar 1998 ab - bei der anschließenden Fahndung sabotierte das Thüringer Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz angeblich einzelne Fahndungsmaßnahmen der Polizei. Wie die "Berliner Zeitung" unter Berufung auf Sicherheitskreise berichtet, habe der Verfassungsschutz den Thüringer Neonazi-Anführer Tino Brandt über die gegen ihn gerichteten Observationsmaßnahmen der Polizei auf dem Laufenden gehalten.
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Topic: POLITIK - on December 18, 2011 at 1:41:00 PM CET
Deutscher Neonazi-Terror: Geld vom Verfassungsschutz?
Die Neonazi-Terrorzelle von Zwickau, der zehn kaltblütige Morde zur Last gelegt werden, hat offenbar Geld vom deutschen Verfassungsschutz bekommen: Konkret hat die Thüringer Behörde laut einem Bericht der „Bild am Sonntag“ kurz vor der Euro-Einführung via V-Leute 2.000 Mark überwiesen - zur Beschaffung neuer Pässe. Der Plan, auf diese Weise den Aufenthaltsort der Rechtsextremisten herauszufinden, scheiterte aber kläglich. Stimmt der Bericht, ist das ein weiterer schwerer Rückschlag für den Verfassungsschutz.
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Topic: POLITIK - on December 18, 2011 at 1:33:00 PM CET
Vaclav Havel ist tot
Der ehemalige tschechische Präsident Vaclav Havel ist tot. Seine Assistentin Sabina Dancecova bestätigte, Havel sei Sonntagfrüh in seinem Wochenendhaus im Schlaf gestorben. Erst vor wenigen Wochen, am 5. Oktober, hatte der einstige Dissident und Schriftsteller seinen 75. Geburtstag gefeiert.
Havel war der Protagonist schlechthin der „Samtenen Revolution“ und der erste frei gewählte Präsident nach dem Fall des kommunistischen Regimes, das der Dissident selbst als „Absurdistan“ bezeichnete. Als Präsident half er beim teils schwierigen Übergang zu Demokratie und Marktwirtschaft. Auch fiel unter seine Amtszeit die Aufspaltung der Tschechoslowakei in die Tschechische Republik und die Slowakei.
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 18, 2011 at 12:31:00 PM CET
Three Russian journalists detained in Kazakhstan
Three Russian journalists covering riots in western Kazakhstan were detained without cause, Russia's Kommersant business daily said on its website on Sunday.
"The journalists were detained on Sunday by people with automatic rifles in the square of the town of Zhanaozen without the explanation of any reasons," Kommersant said.
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Topic: POLITIK - on December 18, 2011 at 12:27:00 PM CET
In Kasachstan in Zentral-Asien weiten sich die Proteste aus
Die Unruhen griffen auf mehrere Städte über. Das melden örtliche Medien.
Die Zahl der Todesopfer wird mit zwölf angegeben. Demonstranten warfen der Polizei vor, sie habe auf Unbewaffnete geschossen. 70 Menschen seien getötet und mehr als 500 verletzt worden.
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Topic: POLITIK - on December 18, 2011 at 12:25:00 PM CET
Police fire on rioters in Kazakhstan, 1 killed
Police opened fire on rioters in a town in the tense southwest of the Kazakhstan, leaving one person dead and 11 wounded, authorities said Sunday.
A statement from the Prosecutor General's office said the violence occurred Saturday in Shetpe, in the same region as the city of Zhanaozen where 11 people died in a clash with police on Friday.
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Topic: POLITIK - on December 18, 2011 at 12:10:00 PM CET
Kazakhstan Disables the Internet
Kazakhstan's president on Saturday imposed a three-week state of emergency in an oil town where 10 people were killed in a clash between police and demonstrators. The city of Zhanaozen has had their internet and local cellphone towers disabled. They claim that they have gained control of the people by imposing a curfew. According to the associated press, internet users are unable to open several independent news sites from Zhanaozen since the disturbance began.
As of now, hactivist group telecomix has stepped in to help restore the internet to the town of Zhanaozen. Internet censorship is not an acceptable way to control people. Similar to how they helped egypt, dial up internet servers are being set up so that people in Kazakhstan will be able to communicate on dial up soon.
washingtonpost.com socialistworld.net State of emergency declared in town in western Kazakhstan after riots telecomix.org
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