Topic: WEB - on September 24, 2008 at 3:50:00 PM CEST
Fake popup study sadly confirms most users are idiots
For most of us, security issues happen to "other people"—we block popup ads, we carefully examine dialog boxes and, for those of us on the Mac platform, we snicker when confronted with something that attempts to mimic a Windows system warning. But everyone knows that they are exceptional—what's the behavior of a more typical user like? Some researchers have tested how college students respond to fake dialog boxes in browser popup windows and found that the students are so anxious to get the dialog out of the way, they click right through obvious warning signs.
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Topic: e-bay - on September 24, 2008 at 3:36:00 PM CEST
eBay enacts PayPal only policy in the US
Beginning "late October 2008," checks and money orders will no longer be allowed as payment methods on eBay.com. Items can only be paid for using PayPal, Credit or debit, ProPay, or Payment upon pickup. The only exceptions to the policy change are vehicles, enterprise equipment, real estate, and "mature audiences" items.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 24, 2008 at 3:20:00 PM CEST
US responsible for the majority of cyber attacks
SecureWorks published the locations of the computers, from which the greatest number of cyber attacks were attempted against its clients in 2008. The United States topped the list with 20.6 million attempted attacks originating from computers within the country and China ran second with 7.7 million attempted attacks emanating from computers within its borders.
This was followed by Brazil with over 166,987 attempted attacks, South Korea with 162,289, Poland with 153,205, Japan with 142,346, Russia with 130,572, Taiwan with 124,997, Germany with 110,493, and Canada with 107,483.
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Topic: SPY - on September 24, 2008 at 3:18:00 PM CEST
"U.S. drone" crashes in northwest Pakistan
A suspected U.S. pilotless drone has crashed in the northwestern Pakistani region of South Waziristan after a spate of missile attacks by unmanned U.S. aircraft in Pakistan strained ties between the allies.
Pakistan has said U.S. missile attacks and one U.S. ground assault are a violation of its sovereignty and the army has vowed to defend Pakistani territory.
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Topic: WAR - on September 24, 2008 at 3:17:00 PM CEST
United States is planing to start a Civil War in Pakistan: Partitioning Pakistan
A new and classified American military proposal outlines an intensified effort to enlist tribal leaders in the frontier areas of Pakistan in the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, as part of a broader effort to bolster Pakistani forces against an expanding militancy, American military officials said.
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Topic: War and Peace - on September 24, 2008 at 3:16:00 PM CEST
How 6,700 Tons of Radioactive Sand from Kuwait Ended Up in Idaho
On April 26, 2008, the BBC Alabama arrived in Longview, Wash., carrying 6,700 tons of Kuwaiti sand. The sand had become contaminated with depleted uranium when U.S. military vehicles and munitions caught fire at Doha Army base in Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf War. The depleted uranium was being repatriated. The sand was a gift of the Kuwaiti government.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 24, 2008 at 3:10:00 PM CEST
Homeland Security Department Testing "Pre-Crime" Detector
New Scientist reports that the Department of Homeland Security recently tested something called Future Attribute Screening Technologies (FAST) — a battery of sensors that determine whether someone is a security threat from a distance. Sensors look at facial expressions, body heat and can measure pulse and breathing rate from a distance. In trials using 140 volunteers those told to act suspicious were detected with 'about 78% accuracy on mal-intent detection, and 80% on deception,' says a DHS spokesman.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 24, 2008 at 3:07:00 PM CEST
Video: Solar Sunrise, the Best FBI-Produced Hacker Flick Ever
With Ehud "The Analyzer" Tenenbaum back in legal hot water, what better time to revisit the 1998 Pentagon computer intrusions that made Tenenbaum famous? So I descended into the Threat Level media vault and retrieved this aging VHS copy of Solar Sunrise: Dawn of a New Threat, an 18-minute FBI training video that dramatizes the first -- though not the last -- recreational hacker attack to send the U.S. government into a tizzy.
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Topic: WEB - on September 24, 2008 at 3:00:00 PM CEST
FBI searches apartment of alleged Palin hacker
Federal authorities are ramping up an investigation of a 20-year-old college student for allegedly hacking into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's e-mail account.
The FBI searched the apartment of alleged hacker David Kernell on Sunday morning, and three of Kernell's roommates could testify this week about the case before a grand jury in Chattanooga, according to local news reports.
cnet.com No Indictment Tuesday Against Palin Hacker old shit
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Topic: HOLLYWALD - on September 23, 2008 at 12:45:00 PM CEST
Hollywood against Palin could backfire
CNN’s Brooke Anderson reported that many Hollywood stars have spoken out about Sarah Palin.
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Topic: STRANGE - on September 23, 2008 at 12:32:00 PM CEST
Angler bekommt Elch an den Haken
In Schweden kann man neuerdings auch Elche angeln: Das passierte einem jungen Angler nahe Jönköping. Mit einem Freund fischte er aus einem See einen sogenannten "König des Waldes", mehr als 500 Kilo schwer.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on September 23, 2008 at 12:25:00 PM CEST
NASA Uses 90 Rubber Ducks to Study Global Warming
NASA scientists have dropped 90 yellow rubber ducks into holes in Greenland's Jakobshavn glacier in an attempt to understand why glaciers speed up during summer months as they slip into the sea. The ducks, attached to a football-sized probe, have an email address and message prompting anyone who discovers the ducks to contact NASA to reveal where and when the duck was found. There is an undisclosed award for anyone who finds one of these rubber global warming crusaders. The NASA scientists, based at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, hope this campaign will shed new light on the melting mechanisms behind Greenland's fastest moving glacier…
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