The message contains a fake Federal Reserve letterhead and warns users in typically broken English that a “large-scales phishing attack started and has been still lasting”.
In addition to the shoddy grammar, the messages are identifiable in their attempt to lure victims to an outside URL.
On clicking the link, the user is briefly sent to a fake Federal Reserve page which attempts to download a PDF file, supposedly containing further details on the attack. Shortly after accessing the page, the user is forwarded to a pornographic web site.
Federal Reserve spam attack emerges - vnunet.com
admin @ November 15, 2008
The Skein algorithm family works from 256-bit to 1,024-bit in strength, 512-bit representing the primary proposal. “Skein-256 is our low-memory variant,” the Skein document states, while “Skein-1024 is our ultra-conservative variant.” The block cipher at the core of Skein is called Threefish.
About 40 submissions in total are anticipated as entries in the NIST crypto hash algorithm contest. A tough public review of algorithm candidates will begin in earnest at a NIST conference next year. NIST’s goal is to select a new hash standard in 2012 after a full public review of the finalists that manage to make it through the rigorous process of critical analysis from experts around the world.
Crypto hash algorithm competition set to begin - Network World
admin @ October 30, 2008
A “Star Wars” inspired hover chair, a 125 mph electric motorbike and hi-fi speakers that cost as much as a small house are among the attractions at Britain’s biggest gadget show in London this weekend.Organizers of Stuff Live hope thousands of visitors will forget their financial worries for a few hours and dream instead about the latest hi-tech toys.
Scores of exhibitors will show off everything from a pocket-sized DJ mixing desk, a solar-powered mobile phone charger and a “robot guitar” that uses tiny motors to tune its own strings.
Among the more unusual items on show is the British-designed Lounger, a chair that uses powerful magnets to float in the air.
Hover chair hopes to rise above economic woes | Oddly Enough | Reuters
admin @ October 30, 2008
In letters to the heads of nine major U.S. banks getting propped up with billions of taxpayer dollars, Waxman said he “question[s] the appropriateness of depleting the capital that taxpayers just injected into the banks through the payment of billions of dollars in bonuses, especially after one of the financial industry’s worst years on record.”
Those banks have spent or set aside $108 billion to pay out bonuses to top executives, Waxman said, referencing the firms’ public filings.
ABC News: Turning Up the Heat on Bailed-Out Banks Over Bonuses
( it’s old news but it does explain the 700 billion crisis…in a word…greed )
admin @ October 28, 2008
A 15-year-old high school student in New York State has been charged with three felonies after he allegedly accessed personnel records on his school’s poorly configured computer network and then notified his principal of the security weakness.
The unnamed student of Shenendehowa Central School was charged Thursday with computer trespass, unlawful possession of a personal identification information and identity theft, according to news reports. He has been suspended from school and ordered to stand charges in family court in Saratoga County.
He and a peer allegedly gained access to file containing the personal information of 250 workers because of a district-wide error in setting up a new server. After accessing the information, he sent an email alerting the principal to the breach and signed it “A student.” With the help of the district’s IT department, the principal identified the boy as the culprit.
Student charged after alerting principal to server hack • The Register
admin @ October 28, 2008
