WARNING - Internet Under Attack - MUST READ

[undo11]

this kind of thing has been going on for a long time already.  back when i ran a dune roleplaying writing forum/website, i made a dune encyclopedia section, and created a graphic for it that was clickable. the graphic was based on the description of leto's library archives in the dune encyclopedia (no images were listed, it was just my theory of how it might have looked based on the description).   the compiler of the official encyclopedia, had an attorney contact me with a warning that if i didn't remove it, he would sue me. 

of course, i removed it right away but contacted the compiler of the encyclopedia to ask him how something that was merely my interpretation of the information, could stand up in court. he told me: "that's not the idea.  just the fact you will have to fork over the fees to retain a lawyer, will most likely cost you more than its worth to have it posted on the internet.  whereas i have the resources. you have to decide if it's worth it to you.  that's an expensive website addition if it costs you 40 thousand in lawyer fees."  i said, "i see your point." lol

we became friends after that though and i was always careful to verify how much data he considered usable.  the issue was that the fans of dune wanted the encyclopedia to be reprinted as it had gone out of print.  however the author of the dune series (frank herbert) had died and his estate and copyrights on the books and related dune materials, had passed to his son, who didn't like the dune encyclopedia guy and refused to republish the encyclopedia.  the encylcopedia guy was afraid more and more data from it would be printed on the web and soon there would be less and less requests for a reprint. 

i saw his viewpoint on it, and made sure to restrict the information to only stuff that was already available on the net from sites he had approved .  it was kind of sad cause many of the people who worked on the encyclopedia, were counting on royalities from its sales to help them survive in their waning years. and fans really wanted a reprint so they could have their own copy.  they even generated a petition and sent it to all applicable parties,  including the publishing house to show the intense interest, but it was all in the hands of the inheritor of the copyright and he refused.

the encyclopedia compiler has since died.  he was already in his early 70s at the time we first made contact.  he was quite the scholar.

[bobathome]

didnt the FBI WEB SITE,,
warn this was going too happen.

just last week??

ya
ygb
i understand but hey if one has too do it
then all should,,
,like fasting lol

its time consuming but it reminds us of what we all lost.
in this case.
layers,,over layers,,

trust

[Amaterasu]

How true, Ellirium, how true!
If I could buy a computer with no back doors I would buy ten. We really are a strange society of odd folks. The way we shoot our foot off, to spite our leg, is nominal behaviour for our ruling classes, and most of their cronies, yet I guarantee, if no way to spy had been interspersed with our software and web, the internet would already be shut down, as most of the hackers who make a big splash are sponsored by the governments to begin with.

It's money & power games.  If there was no need for money, and equal power to ALL Individuals...  This place would run FAR better!

[bobathome]

I say give it back too the Gamers

[Ellirium113]

I find it amazing how we can have govt. sponsored hacker groups and cyber warfare teams developing super trojans that can shut down specific PLC's yet they allow other hackers to wreak havoc to their infrastructure and military hardware. I am pretty sure they could tweak this virus to put an end to Anonymous, Lulzsec or any other type of threat if they wanted to. I believe this continues because they allow it to continue. 

Only need to look at the military complaining about chips imported from China containing additional properties that could allow it to spy or take control of various components. They insist on using imported parts from their enemies and then are suprised when it turns up in them. The head of cyber-security said the internet as it stood was "UNDEFENDABLE"....and they did it to themselves. 

Well thats my rant for the day. 

[zorgon]

Google releases 'troubling' data on government requests to remove content
U.S. leads the pack in sheer volume of requests

Google pulled back the curtains on itself Sunday with the release of its latest "transparency report," calling the results "troubling."

The search giant's report is the fifth of its kind, and details the number and kind of requests the company receives from governments around the world regarding the removal of user content.

The U.S. government submitted the most requests in terms of sheer volume, logging 6,321 requests for Google to take down user data during those months.

Google fulfilled 93% of those requests, in stark contrast to some of the other countries listed in the report. Turkey, Hungary and Russia each had 0% of their requests satisfied by Google in the same time period.

The search engine also restricted some videos in Germany after receiving a request that 70 YouTube clips allegedly violated the German Children and Young Persons act.

Google releases 'troubling' data  - New York Daily News

[Amaterasu]

Would love to know the details of those requests...

[1Worldwatcher]

Well, we knew it would only be a matter of time for the PTB's to take over Cyber space as well Guy's. The reflecting pool is now disturbed and blaming the little people for their insecurities and their demise for the freedom of information act, now soon to be monopolized by the forces that are so hungry for control, anything becomes fare game in their cross hairs.
Oh well, we will "ALL" have to be more adamant and careful with what we post to "OUR" threads and "Direct Links" for sure, I hope

1Worldwatcher

[zorgon]

YAHOO PASSWORDS HACKED

Yesterday  I had problems getting into my email account and my Amazon account. Both those accounts still had an older password that I haven't changed for a while

In both cases what happened was I couldn't log on. The email account was a simple password reset at the host level, but Amazon needed calling the technician as the email password reset didn't get through




Dear EarthLink Member,

We at EarthLink are focused on helping you protect your security online. We want to make you aware of a data breach that occurred at Yahoo earlier this week. Yahoo has confirmed that hackers obtained the email addresses and passwords for approximately 450,000 Yahoo users. If you use your EarthLink email address in connection with your Yahoo account, the hacker may have obtained your EarthLink email address and Yahoo password.

You can read about this Yahoo incident here:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/yahoo-breach-extends-beyond-yahoo-to-gmail-hotmail-aol-users/
or you can use a search engine to search for "yahoo email breach" and choose an article to read.

If you have not done so already, you should change the password associated with your Yahoo account. We strongly encourage you to also change the password on any account that uses the email address and password that you use with your Yahoo account. You can change your EarthLink password through myAccount: https://myaccount.earthlink.net.

For more information on keeping your passwords secure, please visit: http://staysafeonline.org/stay-safe-online/protect-your-personal-information/passwords-and-securing-your-accounts

We appreciate your business and want to help you stay safe online.

Elizabeth Orth
Vice President, Customer Support

[zorgon]

Yahoo Breach Extends Beyond Yahoo to Gmail, Hotmail, AOL Users

SAN FRANCISCO — Another month, another major security breach.

Yahoo confirmed Thursday that about 400,000 user names and passwords to Yahoo and other companies were stolen on Wednesday.

A group of hackers, known as the D33D Company, posted online the user names and passwords for what appeared to be 453,492 accounts belonging to Yahoo, and also Gmail, AOL, Hotmail, Comcast, MSN, SBC Global, Verizon, BellSouth and Live.com users.

The hackers wrote a brief footnote to the data dump, which has since been taken offline: "We hope that the parties responsible for managing the security of this subdomain will take this as a wake-up call, and not as a threat."

The breach comes just one month after millions of user passwords for LinkedIn, the online social network for professionals, were exposed by hackers who breached its systems. The breaches highlight the ease with which hackers are able to infiltrate systems, even at some of the most widely used and sophisticated technology companies.

Marcus Carey, a researcher at Rapid7, a security company found that among the data were some 106,000 Gmail e-mail addresses, 55,000 Hotmail e-mail addresses and 25,000 AOL e-mail addresses. Those e-mail accounts were not hacked; instead people had used their e-mail address as user names for a Yahoo service.

Sucuri, a company that checks for malware, set up a Web site, labs.sucuri.net/?yahooleak, that lets concerned users check if their account details were compromised in the breach.

Dana Lengkeek, a spokeswoman for Yahoo, said the compromised accounts belonged to Yahoo's Contributor Network, and that fewer than 5 percent of the passwords posted were still valid.

Chris Gaither, a spokesman for Google, said Google immediately reset passwords for vulnerable Gmail accounts.

The hackers claimed to have stolen the passwords using a hacking technique called an SQL injection, which exploits a software vulnerability.

"We are fixing the vulnerability that led to the disclosure of this data, changing the passwords of the affected Yahoo users and notifying companies whose user accounts may have been compromised," Ms. Lengkeek said in the statement.

Mr. Carey said it was unclear whether Yahoo's breach had been contained and noted that hackers could still be inside its systems.

Computer security experts recommended that Yahoo users consider changing their passwords to other sites, as hackers tend to test those passwords across multiple sites.

They were quick to chastise Yahoo for allowing hackers such an easy way into its systems. "Why haven't organizations like Yahoo got it yet? SQL injection is a known attack," said Mark Bower, a vice president at Voltage Security. "If what is stated is true, it's utter negligence to store passwords in the clear."

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/yahoo-breach-extends-beyond-yahoo-to-gmail-hotmail-aol-users/

(Reuters) - More than 400,000 Yahoo Inc user names and passwords were stolen and published on the Web, putting other websites at risk as well, after hackers exploited a vulnerability in Yahoo's computer systems.

Yahoo breach puts users of other sites at risk

[zorgon]

Yahoo! Hacked: What You Need to Do Now

Last month 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords showed up on a Russian website. Very recently, 450,000-plus Yahoo! usernames and passwords were published by a hacker group called D33Ds. On one hand, you want to think that Yahoo! is on top of its own cyber-security. On the other hand, you know its not. So, what do you need to do now?

First, change your Yahoo! password. This really is not optional. Yahoo! has been compromised. And, until Yahoo! says that they have found and corrected the security bug that allowed the hackers to access the username and password files, be ready. You may need to change your password more than once.

As you know, I am an advocate of strong passwords -- inconvenient, long, strong passwords.

Yahoo! Hacked: What You Need to Do Now
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[zorgon]

Security Faux Pas: Lessons LinkedIn and Mitt Romney Taught Us

When browsing the Internet, how safe do you think your information is? Before you answer, let me remind you about that time Sony was hacked and 77 million accounts were stolen. "Oh, but that was a long time ago," you'll say. "Companies are more responsible now." You're right, they are. Instead of 77 million, only 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords were leaked to a Russian hacking forum this month. Yay progress!

Unfortunately, these attacks are increasingly common and it seems you can't go more than a few days without yet another data breach reported. Accordingly, the real headline here wasn't the fact that LinkedIn got hacked, but rather the amateur methods they used to protect the one piece of information you use to identify yourself: your password.

LinkedIn, eHarmony, and Last.fm were all the victims of password disclosure this month, and all of them, astoundingly, provided next to no encryption. They had all been storing your passwords as unsalted SHA1 hashes, which these days is about as good as storing the passwords in plain text thanks to various pre-computation attacks. With this kind of negligence, it's not surprising to see various lawsuits already being filed.

Whether you want to protect your personal email, your business training videos, or company information, trust that your information remains secure is important – and hard to come by. According to the Computer Security Institute, nearly half of the individuals surveyed had been the subject of at least one targeted attack.

Security Faux Pas: Lessons LinkedIn and Mitt Romney Taught Us

[zorgon]

Skype bug forwards conversation snippets to random people

We recently has an issue involving one of our members here and Skype. Everyone involved thought that member had gone crazy.... it seems we may have the answer..

Skype has confirmed that — under "rare circumstances" — parts of instant message conversations made over the chat service may be forwarded to an unintended recipient.

How devastating is this issue?

A Skype spokesperson didn't elaborate beyond a pre-written statement, but based on user comments in the official Skype support forums, we can piece together what happens if you're one of the unlucky few affected by this bug.

Let's say that User A and User B are exchanging instant messages over Skype today. Tomorrow, User A might log on and find a message from User C — one of his or her contacts — asking about something that was said in that conversation. The message User C received, without any action by User A or User B, would've been a line or two from the conversation the two had.

Scary, no? Just think back to the last few instant message conversations you've had and imagine what would happen if some random lines from it were sent to a random person on your or your conversation partner's contact lists. (Now that I think about my own conversations, I suddenly want to upgrade that "scary" to a "terrifying.")

Skype bug forwards conversation snippets to random people

[Amaterasu]

I would love to change My Yahoo password, but Yahoo Mail is one of the sites that come back with a "certification" error when I try to visit with this pathetic Linux shell.  Fortunately, I didn't use Skype as it made My system a bit wiggy.  Haven't used it in a year or more.

Working on trying to install a full Linux version, but having trouble.  Sooner or later, I will have things back to normal.

[burntheships]

BEWARE-

A newer Trojan type attack found while checking out a few threads
at that G L P place.

I was reading that thread at GLP, then clicked on a few thread looking
about.... then, my comp had a virus attack!
It was a fake Adobe Reader Update!

Which, I thought, how odd ( as destiny would have it I had just updated my Adobe reader, hows that for serendiptiy )

So, thinking....I just did that, why do it again?

I clicked the "close" option  then, my antivirus checked in
and reported it blocked  a Trojan attack.

Apparently its a very stealth virus trojan  point is it was loaded on
GLP somehow I was just snooping about and BAM

Fortunatlely, I escaped narrowly! Unlike this poor soul...

If I ever get my hands on the techno-nerd computer genius who wrote this little gem of a contagion, I'll first shake his hand impressed by his programming proficiency then bash him over the head about his inability to comprehend the havoc he's wreaking on unsuspecting and gullible idiots like me. I hope you're reading this, you little f**ker.

http://www.oyetimes.com/technology/26623-adobe-flash-update-i-m-infected-and-i-m-an-idiot