Friday, 29. November 2002
Dänische Anti-Softwarepiraterie-Gruppe verschickt "Strafmandate"
Die dänische Anti-Piracy-Group (APG) hat rund 150 Internet-Surfern in Dänemark Rechnungen über insgesamt 133.600 Dollar geschickt. Grund: Sie hatten sich illegal Musiktitel, Videospiele und Filme aus dem Internet heruntergeladen. [ComputerWoche: Nachrichten]
Record the Surveillance Cams
Have you noticed all the video cams watching your every movement? Perhaps we are becoming accustomed to always being watched. University of Toronto Associate Professor Deibert has an excellent idea of setting aside a day in which we take notice of being watched. Here's a Wired article about taking pictures of the surveillance camers. [Slashdot: Your Rights Online]
Jeder zehnte Bundesbürger nutzt täglich das Internet
[heise]
Die verschwiegenen Datensammler
Nachdem die staatlichen Ermittler weltweit mehr Freiheiten bei der Datensammlung verlangen, ist es um die kommerziellen Schnüffler still geworden. Dabei sind Projekte wie Alexa durchaus eine nähere Betrachtung wert. [intern.de]
Anger as Microsoft hires EU official
Microsoft hires a European Commission official who was close to Europe's ongoing antitrust case against the company. [BBC News Online]
Cracking OpenVMS Passwords with John the Ripper
Jean-loup Gailly has written a patch for John the Ripper to allow cracking OpenVMS (Vax and Alpha) passwords. [Help Net Security]
Security Experts Say Identity Theft Scams Likely To Get Worse
The massive identity theft scam cracked by the FBI this week underscores the need to tighten down security in the finance industry, security experts said, as the scope of the latest scam continues to grow.
Identity theft is likely to worsen in the future, said security expert Bruce Schneier, founder and CTO of Counterpane Internet Security.
&147;This is a growth area of crime. It's really profitable. We're seeing more and more professionals do it,&148; Schneier said.
Efforts by business and government to consolidate and link records on consumers from disparate sources -- in the name of improved marketing or national security -- will make it easier for criminals to gain more information on consumers to use in identity theft.
&147;That's one of the reasons identity theft is on the rise; I can steal it here and use it there,&148; Schneier said. [...] [TechWeb: Security]
Computer forensics specialists in demand as hacking grows
"There simply are not enough people to do this work," says Scott Pancoast, a Seattle-based certified forensic computer examiner with the Washington state Attorney General's Office. One of just 180 forensics investigators certified worldwide by the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists, Pancoast is among the 15 to 20 computer forensics examiners who work in this state.
These "digital detectives" collect, preserve and analyze computer evidence according to careful style so that it can be criminally prosecuted.
Not only is demand for computer forensics investigators hot, but several labor forecasts predict a shortfall of nearly 50,000 within the IS security profession, too.
In police parlance, if computer forensics investigators are detectives, then IS security experts are the patrol cops who protect computers and network systems from high-tech safecrackers and vandals. Businesses, government and law-enforcement agencies all are "scrambling" for such workers, says Lake Washington Technical College dean Mike Potter. [LinuxSecurity.com]
Tech Provisions in Homeland Security Bill
Orin Kerr, over at the Volokh Conspiracy, summarizes some tech-related provisions in the new Homeland Security bill. [Freedom To Tinker]
Psychiater: Internet-Suizidforen nicht generell problematisch
[heise]
Jewish group tells of 'electronic Jihad' plan
Some militant Islamic groups are urging their followers to conduct "electronic Jihad" on Jewish websites, according to the Simon Wiesenthal Centre. [Help Net Security]
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