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It's a non-story because it needs action, fast. It needs action because it is very broadly written, but it's supporters (who with the blessing of BSA et al) do not. (The evidence? They think that the iPod would not be harmed by such a bill).

We cannot risk something this ridiculous to even have the opportunity at being fast tracked. Why?

1. A post like this, could have the author thrown in jail if the INDUCE Act becomes law.

2. For more titulating (sp?) examples, see Hatches List

I guess they are hoping we are asleep. I hope to God that we are not.

This is a great read! One has to wonder: Isn't it much easier to social-engineer ones way into a system than the "hacking" approach?

How hard can it be to get usernames/passwords this way? And since we are in linux-land here: I would bet that more than half of the sysads here would open up their systems to the first pretty girl that would walk along their cubicle. Obviously she cannot be too pretty as that would be VERY suspicious.

There are plenty of stories going around about people just walking into a server room, and taking a few servers home with them. We even had one of those on slashdot here a few months ago ,something with the Australian customs office. And there is the now really famous French guy who used to simply walk in on high level government events and get his picture taken.

But the world is probably safe: Somehow good social skills and good technical skills are mutually exclusive...

Not just telcos, but government departments too, need to take their physical security more seriously. Anyone recall Australian Customs having some mainframes stolen late last year?
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Online trading/selling of items has been occuring since the first account was sold on Ebay (Ultima Online) up to the formation of the Open Gaming Market (a currency exchange place for online game currency).

There have been people who have quit their normal jobs and took the "job" of play Diablo to make money. There's even been a court case for return of stolen in-game items.

It is a crazy world where currency in online games actually have more worth than the currency of some countries. I've personally sold virtual items for real life cash and I think people are crazy for paying what they do for these things, but then again I also can't understand why people pay large amounts of money for junk on E-Bay. I guess what they say is true, "one man's trash is another man's treasure", whether the trash is virtual or real. The online market just makes it easier to get those two people together.

Scroll down a bit and you find links to download the smartcard programs.

Also, have a look at This page (search for "seca")

Taken from http://www.securitynewsportal.com/article.php?sid= 1354&mode=thread&order=0

Code Red--the soda--has been spreading almost as fast as its namesake computer worm, which has infected hundreds of thousands of computers to date. The caffeine-laden, cherry-flavored version of its pale-yellow cousin, Mountain Dew, was released in May, months before the Code Red worm threatened to clog Internet traffic. And as computer security experts work to contain the damage from the Code Red worm, the soda's maker, Pepsi, is coincidentally featuring a "Crack the Code" contest on the Mountain Dew Web site.

Code Red has been an especially big hit with computer programmers, who often guzzle the high-octane drink to fuel late-night code-writing sessions. Among the drink's fans were the staff of eEye Digital Security, who say they identified the Code Red worm and named it after their favorite soda..

The rest of the story can be found on http://www.securitynewsportal.com/article.php?sid= 1354&mode=thread&order=0 .

Its funny. Laugh. Please?

Taken from http://www.securitynewsportal.com/article.php?sid= 1354&mode=thread&order=0

Code Red--the soda--has been spreading almost as fast as its namesake computer worm, which has infected hundreds of thousands of computers to date. The caffeine-laden, cherry-flavored version of its pale-yellow cousin, Mountain Dew, was released in May, months before the Code Red worm threatened to clog Internet traffic. And as computer security experts work to contain the damage from the Code Red worm, the soda's maker, Pepsi, is coincidentally featuring a "Crack the Code" contest on the Mountain Dew Web site.

Code Red has been an especially big hit with computer programmers, who often guzzle the high-octane drink to fuel late-night code-writing sessions. Among the drink's fans were the staff of eEye Digital Security, who say they identified the Code Red worm and named it after their favorite soda..

The rest of the story can be found on http://www.securitynewsportal.com/article.php?sid= 1354&mode=thread&order=0 .

Its funny. Laugh. Please?