Microsoft’s PC Quarantine Plan
• Jim Rapoza via Prison Planet.comA plan by Microsoft Security Chief Scott Charney would place infected or unsecured PCs in an Internet isolation ward. And block users from Internet access
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Microsoft pitches PC isolation ward to defeat botnets
• COMPUTERWORLDUnder Charney's proposal, PCs would be issued a "health certificate" that showed whether the system was fully patched, that it was running security software and a firewall, and that it was malware-free. Machines with deficiencies would require pat
Secret-Spilling Sources at Risk Following Cryptome Breach
• Kim Zetter via WIRED.comSecret-spilling site Cryptome was hacked over the weekend, possibly exposing the identities of whistleblowers and other confidential sources, according to a hacker who contacted Wired.com and claimed responsibility for the breach.
Even Without COICA, White House Asking Registrars To Voluntarily Censor 'Infringing' Sites
• TechDirtThe White House's Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IP Czar) has been holding meetings with ISPs, registrars, payment processors and others to get them to agree to voluntarily do what COICA would mandate. While the meeting is carefully f
Program or Be Programmed: The Video Short
• Boing Boing / Douglas RushkoffIf you use a computer program without knowing its purpose you are not a user, you are the used.
Eric Schmidt: Google gets close to 'the creepy line'
• Shane Richmond via Telegraph.co.ukEric Schmidt, the CEO of Google, has described his company’s policy: “Google policy is to get right up to the creepy line and not cross it.”
Hacker infiltration ends D.C. online voting trial
• Mike DeBonis via The Washington PostLast week, the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics opened a new Internet-based voting system for a weeklong test period, inviting computer experts from all corners to prod its vulnerabilities in the spirit of "give it your best shot."
Carrier pigeons are faster than rural broadband
• Telegraph.Co.ukCarrier pigeons have won a race against rural broad band after delivering USB keys more quickly than a computer using rural broadband was able to download. Ten pigeons carrying USB keys were released from a Yorkshire farm on Thursday. They reache
Obama’s Grab for New Spy Powers
• prisonplanet.comTouted as a simple technical “fix” that would “modernize” existing legislation for wiretaps, government security officials will demand that telecommunication firms and internet service providers provide law enforcement with backdoors that would enabl
Love Google. Hate Facebook. Here’s Why
• Peter Kirwan via WIRED.comRecently, I’ve been working on a big research project. Yesterday, I had Delicious links, PDFs, spreadsheets and Word documents open on my desktop when I came across a couple of useful presentations on Scribd.
Why Johnny Can't Program: A New Medium Requires A New Literacy
• HuffPo / Douglas RushkoffIf [users] don't know what the programs they are using are even for, they don't stand a chance to use them effectively. They are less likely to become power users than the used.
The Huffington Post Spying Game
• Keith Thomson and CryptomeCryptome was interviewed by telephone today by Keith Thomson, a reporter for The Huffington Post. After a bit of palaver Keith said a confidential source claimed a Chinese spy agency had given Wikileaks $20 million. What did Cryptome think about that
The Vice Tightens: New Internet Censorship Bill Introduced
• Rense.comIf enacted, this bill lets the Attorney General and Justice Department "break the Internet one domain at a time - by requiring domain registrars/registries, ISPs, DNS providers, and others to block Internet users from reaching certain websites."
New Internet Censorship Bill Introduced
Stephen LendmanConstitutional rights are fast eroding
EFF Sues Newspaper Chain’s Copyright Troll
• wired.comRighthaven, the Las Vegas-based copyright troll, may have sued one website too many. The Electronic Frontier Foundation hit the company with a lawsuit Monday alleging Righthaven is abusing copyright law by suing for excerpting or posting newspaper ar
EFF Sues Newspaper Chain’s Copyright Troll
• WiredRighthaven, the Las Vegas-based copyright troll, may have sued one website too many. The Electronic Frontier Foundation hit the company with a lawsuit Monday alleging Righthaven is abusing copyright law by suing for excerpting or posting newspaper ar
Private Moment Made Public, Then a Fatal Jump
• NY TimesIt started with a Twitter message: "Roommate asked for the room till midnight. I went into Molly’s room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay." That night he used the camera to stream the roommate’s intimate encounter live on
'Cyber Storm III' tests US preparedness for cyber attack
• AFPBrett Lambo, director of DHS's Cyber Exercise Program, stressed "Cyber Storm III," which is expected to last 3 days, is "completely simulated." "We're not attacking any real networks," Lambo said. "We're not injecting any real malware."
Chris Anderson: How web video powers global innovation
• Ted.comVideo
Unpublished Iraq War Logs Trigger Internal WikiLeaks Revolt
• wired.comA domino chain of resignations at the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks followed a unilateral decision by autocratic founder Julian Assange to schedule an October release of 392,000 classified U.S. documents from the war in Iraq, according to former Wik
Cyber Storm III uses Internet to attack itself
• federalnewsradio.comIn places like Arlington, Va.; Washington, D.C.; across the U.S. and around the world, a global cybersecurity exercise is underway designed to test the limits not only of the "network of networks," but the ingenuity of the people charged with protect
List of porn pirates leaked on to internet
• telegraph.co.ukThe personal details of thousands of internet users who have allegedly been illegally sharing adult movies online have been leaked.
New Cybersecurity Bill Gives Obama ‘Power To Shut Down Companies’
• Prison PlanetAllow the President to shut down not only entire areas of the Internet, but also businesses and industries that fail to comply with government orders following the declaration of a national emergency – the legislation will be a political tool.
Obama’s Internet Wiretap Move: Just One Small Facet Of Total Domination Project
• prisonplanet.comExperts warn that Internet is being centralized under government control
U.S. should be able to shut Internet, former CIA chief says
• LAtimes.comHayden made the comments during a visit to San Antonio where he was meeting with military and civilian officials to discuss cyber security. The U.S. military has a new Cyber Command which is to begin operations on October 1.
Worm hits computers of staff at Iran nuclear plant
• Associated PressTEHRAN, Iran — A complex computer worm capable of seizing control of industrial plants has affected the personal computers of staff working at Iran's first nuclear power station weeks before the facility is to go online, the official news agency repo
U.S. is seeking to expand wiretaps on the Internet
• www.mercurynews.comEssentially, officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications -- including encrypted e-mail transmitters like BlackBerry, social networking websites like Facebook and software that allows direct "peer to peer" messaging like
FBI Investigating 'Here You Have' Worm
• PC WorldThe FBI has launched an investigation into the "Here you have" worm, which disrupted corporate e-mail systems in the U.S. two weeks ago. A hacker using the name Iraq Resistance has exchanged a number of e-mails with IDG over the past 2 weeks
EFF: Censorship of the Internet Takes Center Stage in "Online Infringement" Bill - S.3804
• Michael Nystrom via Daily Paul Liberty ForumSenator Patrick Leahy yesterday introduced the "Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act" (COICA). This flawed bill would allow the Attorney General and the Department of Justice to break the Internet one domain at a time
Copying Is Not Theft - Best!
• Nick Phelps via YouTube.comOur free culture anthem gets a fabulous arrangement by Nik Phelps. Vocals by Connie Champagne. Animation and song by Nina Paley.
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