Archive for November 10, 2009
4 Hackers Indicted in $9.5 Million Bank Card Attack
Nov 10th
Four men have been indicted in Georgia on charges that they hacked into the Atlanta-based bank card processing company RBS WorldPay. They allegedly used an army of flunkies to steal $9.5 million in cash from ATM machines around the world in a span of hours.
Public pressure stops BBC's HDTV DRM drive (for now)
Nov 10th
Under pressure from Hollywood, the BBC suggested encrypting some key bits of its new over-the-air high-def TV broadcasts… and it would only give the keys to set-top box makers who agreed to a secret set of copy protection measures. After public pressure, the government has put the brakes on the scheme.
Google Gives the Gift of Free Airport Wi-Fi
Nov 10th
Google announced today that the company is picking up the tab for your Wi-Fi at major airports across the United States starting today. The company is working with Boingo Wireless, Advanced Wireless Group, Airport Marketing Income and other providers to pay for the otherwise pricey airport Wi-Fi until January 15.
http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/84199/google-provide-free-wi-fi-airports-during-holidays
Security firm chokes sprawling spam botnet
Nov 10th
A botnet that was once responsible for an estimated third of the world’s spam has been knocked out of commission thanks to researchers from security firm FireEye.
After carefully analyzing the machinations of the massive botnet, alternately known as Mega-D and Ozdok, the FireEye employees last week launched a coordinated blitz on dozens of its command and control channels. The channels were used to send new spamming instructions to the legions of zombie machines that make up the network.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/10/fireeye_takes_out_ozdok/
How Murdoch Can Kill Google
Nov 10th
Leave it to News Corporation chief Rupert Murdoch to try blowing back at the search hurricane tearing through the media industry. In an interview over the weekend, Murdoch said he may block Google from indexing his news sites… which is exactly the opposite of what most web-savvy content people do. We desperately want Google to notice us.
http://blogs.forbes.com/velocity/2009/11/09/how-murdoch-can-kill-google/
Brazilian Blackout Traced to Sooty Insulators, Not Hackers
Nov 10th
SAO PAULO, Brazil — A massive 2007 electrical blackout in Brazil has been newly blamed on computer hackers, but was actually the result of a utility company’s negligent maintenance of high voltage insulators on two transmission lines. That’s according to reports from government regulators and others who investigated the incident for more than a year.
AFACT v Australian ISP, iiNet: Barrister Tears Into iiNet Key Witnesses
Nov 10th
The case continues between anti-piracy group AFACT and Aussie ISP iiNet. As AFACT makes its closing submissions, their chief barrister Tony Bannon has torn into the evidence and credibility of iiNet’s key witnesses, CEO Michael Malone and chief regulatory officer Steve Dalby.
http://torrentfreak.com/afact-v-iinet-barrister-tears-into-iinet-key-witnesses-091110/
